126 LABRID^. 



of which are bent outwards ; no posterior canine tooth : lower jaw 

 not produced backwards. Dorsal spines subequal in length ; formula 

 of the fins : D. -tttv ^' Wq) ' ^^® third anal spine is the longest. 

 From the eastern coasts of Africa to the Chinese Seas and the 

 tropical parts of the Western Pacific. 



1. Cheilinus trilobatus. 



Cheilinus trilobatus, Lacep. iii. pp. 529, 537. pi. 31. fig. 3 ; Hiipp. Atl. 



Fisch. p. 22 ; Cuv. ^ Val. xiv. p. 79 ; Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Ge- 



nootsch. xxii. Lahr. p. 34, and Atl. Ichth. p. 60. tab. 27. fig. 2 ; Cuv. 



Rbgne Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 86. fig. 2. 

 Labrus trilobatus, Shaw, Zool. iv. p. 487. 

 ? Cheilinus sinuosus, Quoy ^- Gaim. Voy. Uran. Poiss. p. 278 ; Cuv. ^ 



Val. xiv. p. 95 (young). 

 Cheilinus nebulosus, Richards. Ichth. Chin, p. 261. 

 tetrazona, Bleek. Sumatra, ii. p. 293. 



D. ^. A. |. L. lat. 20. Vert. 10/13. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length ; snout 

 subconical in young specimens and obtuse in adult ones. Canine 

 teeth rather small. Caudal in young specimens rounded, in adult 

 ones trilobed, the upper, lower and middle rays being more or less 

 produced. Tubules of the lateral line much branched. Green : 

 head with red stripes and dots, the former disposed before and below 

 the eye ; each scale on the body with one or two red vertical streaks. 

 Vertical fins green, dorsal and anal with red margins ; the soft dorsal 

 sometimes red. A blackish spot at the base of the hinder dorsal 

 rays, more distinct in immature specimens than in adult ones. 

 Young specimens with four broad, irregular brownish cross-bands. 



Prom the eastern coasts of Africa to China and the New Hebrides. 



a. Specimens, 18-20 inches long, with the caudal lobes considerably 

 prolonged. 



a. Stuffed. Mauritius. From Dr. Janvier's Collection. 



b. Stuffed. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



jS. Specimens, 9-12 inches long, with the caudal strongly convex, 

 and with the upper and lower rays slightly produced. 



c. Stuffed. Aneitoum. From Mr. MacgiUivray's Collection. 



d. China. Presented by Sir J. Hichardson. 



-/. Specimens, 2-8 inches long, with the caudal simply rounded. 



e. Stuffed. Aneiteum. From Mr. MacgiUivray's Collection. 

 /. Moluccas. 



g. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



h. China. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. — Type of Cli. nebulosus, 



Richards. 

 i-lc. From the Haslar Collection. 



