22. CHEILINUS. 133 



18. Cheilinus celebicus. 



Cheiliuus celebicus, jpt., Hkek. Celebes, iv. p. 171. 

 celebicus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 70. tab. 28. fig. 3. 



D. ^. A. f . L. lat. 22. 



The height of the body is less than the length of the head, and 

 one-fourth of the total ; head not quite twice as long as high ; jaws 

 subequal anteriorly ; tubules of the lateral line simple. Caudal 

 rounded. Rosy-olive : head with red streaks on the snout, and 

 reticulated violet lines on the side ; scales with red or violet dots ; 

 two large irregular blackish spots on the tail ; dorsal with a deep- 

 blue (blackish) spot between the first and second spines ; the caudal, 

 and sometimes the soft dorsal and anal, reticulated with violet. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



a. Sixty-eight lines long. From Dr. P. v. Blocker's Collection. 



19. Cheilinus oxyrhynchus. 



Bkek. Atl. Ichth. p. 73. tab. 28. fig. 2. 



D. :^. A. |, L. lat. 23. 



The height of the body is less than the length of the head, and a 

 little more than one-fourth of the total; the depth of the head is 

 contained once and three-fifths in its length ; snout produced, coni- 

 cal, with the jaws equal ; tubules of the lateral line simple. Caudal 

 rounded. Yellowish -olive (in spirits) ; snout without markings ; 

 reticulated brown lines on the hinder half of the head, on the body, 

 and on the soft portions of the vertical fins ; suboperculum crossed 

 by several brown lines ; two irregular blackish blotches on the tail ; 

 dorsal with a blackish spot between the first and second spines. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



a. Sixty-five lines long. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 

 20. Cheilinus hoevenii. 



Bleeker, Versl. ^ Meded. Ahad. Wet. Amsterd. Natuurk. 1862, p. 297, 

 and Atl. Ichth. p. 70. tab. 27. fig. 1. 



D. :^. A. f. L. lat. 22. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is two- 

 sevenths of the total (with the caudal) ; the height of the head is 

 contained once and a foiu'th in its length ; the upper profile of the 

 head is concave ; snout more than twice as long as the eye ; jaws 

 subequal anteriorly ; the lower series of scales does not cover the 

 praeopcrcular Umb ; tubules of the lateral line simple. Caudal fin 

 rounded, not produced. Short red streaks radiate from the orbit ; 

 each scale on the body Avith several red dots ; a very large, band- 

 like brown spot on the lateral line of the tail ; a blue spot between 

 the first and second dorsal spines. (Bleel.) 



.Vmbovna. 



