22. CHEILINUS. 129 



•and two-fifths of the total (without caudal) ; head a little longer 

 than high. Canine teeth moderately strong ; snout pointed, chin 

 not prominent. Tubules of the lateral Hne simple, bifid or trifid. 

 Caudal rounded. Uniform brown, with a series of six to eight darker 

 spots along the side ; the spinous dorsal brownish, with a black spot 

 anteriorly, the soft yellow behind ; ventrals and anal violet, spotted 

 with yellow ; caudal with transverse series of violet spots. 

 Batoe, Flores, Batjan, and Amboyna. 



a. Fine specimen. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 



7. Cheilinus festivus. 

 Cuv. Sf Val. xiv. p. 104. 



The height of the body is two-fifths of the total length. Brownish- 

 olive, with numerous short vertical lines ; snout with two or three 

 lines. 



Island of Oualan. 



Known from a drawing only. 



8. Cheilinus undulatus. 



Eiipp. N. W. Fische, p. 20. taf. 6. fig. 2; Cuv. 8f Val. xiv. p. 108; 

 Bleek. Batav. p. 492, and Atl. Ichth. p. 68. tab. 26. fig. 3. 



D. 9^. A. |. L. lat. 22. Vert. 9/14. 



The height of the body is one-third or a little less than one-third 

 of the total length, and equal to the length of the head ; head a little 

 longer than high, with a prominent hump in old specimens ; jaws 

 subequal anteriorly, lips thick. Tubules of the lateral Kne simple ; 

 the scales disappear with age on the head and fi'ont part of the trunk. 

 Caudal rounded ; ventrals not produced. Head and thorax with 

 numerous undulated yeUow vertical lines, scales of the body with 

 similar lines of greenish colour ; a blackish band on the snout and 

 two oblique ones behind the eye. Vertical fins with numerous un- 

 dulated lines. 



Jied Sea. Batavia. 



9. CheUinus fasciatus. 



Renard, Poiss. Mol. tab. 26. no. 132 ; Valeiit. iii. nos. 74 & 113. 

 Spai'us fa.«ciatus, BI. v. p. 18. taf. 257; Bl. Sch». p. 269; Lacep. iv. 



t>p. 39, 127 

 abr 



Labnis enneacanthus, Lacip. iii. pp. 433, 480. 



Cheilinus fasciatus, pt., Riipp. Atl. Fi.sclu>, p. 23. 



fasciatus, Cuv.^- Val. xiv. p. 92; Rdpp.N. W. Fi.'iche, p. 18 ; Bleek. 



Verhand. Batav. Gcnootsch. xxii. Labr. p. 31, and Atl. Ichth p. 67. 



tab. 26. fig. 2. 



D. A. A. |. L. lat. 23. Vert. 10/13. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length. Caudal 

 fin truncated, witli the upper and lower rays slightly produced. 



TOL. IV. K 



