118 LABiUDJi. 



13. Labrichthys punctulata. 

 D. ^. A. f^. L. lat. 27. L. transv. 3/10. 



A posterior canine tooth. Cheek nearij naked, some rudimentary 

 scales being situated near the limb of the praeoperculum. Yellowish- 

 olive (in a dried state), with numerous bluish dots ; they are edged 

 with brownish on the middle of the length of the fish, and entirely 

 brownish posteriorly on the tail. 



Swan River. 



a-b. Fourteen inches long : skin. Swan River. 



Description. — The form is the same as in all the fishes of this 

 genus. Head longer than high. The upper jaw has two canines in 

 front, and a series of lateral conical teeth, within which there is 

 another series destined to replace the former. The prseorbital is 

 wider than the orbit ; the naked limb of the praeoperculum is very 

 broad ; scales of the operculum as large as those of the body ; the 

 tube of each scale of the lateral line is divided into fouiteen to six- 

 teen branches, occupying nearly the whole of a scale. Spines of the 

 fins of moderate length and strength ; none of the fin-rays produced ; 

 base of the dorsal and anal not scaly. 



inches, lines. 



Total length 14 



Length of the head 3 11 



of the ninth dorsal spine 11| 



of the thii-d anal spine 10| 



of the caudal fin 2 



of the pectoral 2 4 



of the ventral 1 6 



To this genus perhaps belongs 



14. Labrichthys (?) imilineata. 



Cossypbus uniliueatus, Guichen. in Guer.-Menev. Rev. Zool. 1847, 

 p. 284. 



^' 10-12 V'' 12(?) 



A posterior canine tooth. Two anterior canine teeth in each of 

 the jaws ; head scaly, longer than high ; prfeoperculum not serrated. 

 Brownish (in a di'ied state), with a j-eUowish band from the snout, 

 below the eye, to the upper part of the tail. (Guich.) 



Guam. 



18. LABROIDES, 



Labroides, Bkek. Banda, i. p. 249. 



Labroides et Diproctacanthus, Bleek. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 415. 



Body compressed, oblong, covered with scales of moderate size ; 

 snout pointed, with the lips prominent, one or the other notched 

 anteriorly. Opercles, cheeks, and base of the vertical fins scaly ; prae- 



