134 LABBID^. 



21. Cheilinus ketlitzii. 



Cuv. ^ VaL xiv. p. 106. 



Snout rather pointed ; the upper profile of the head concave ; caudal 

 rounded. Rose-coloiu-ed,with red spots, and a blue spot on the opercle. 



Ulea. 



Known only from a drawing, four inches and a half long. 



Cheilinus sanguineus (Cuv. & Val. xiv. p. 106), described from a 

 drawing, eight inches long, is, perhaps, merely the adult state of C7i. 

 Tcetlitzii ; it has the caudal lobes produced. 



23. PSEUDOCHEILINTJS. 



Pseudocheilinus, Bleek. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 409. 



Body compressed, oblong, covered with large scales ; lateral line 

 interrupted ; cheeks with two series of large scales ; praeoperculum 

 entire. Teeth in a single series ; the upper jaw with a pair of very 

 large canine teeth bent outwards and backwards ; no posterior canine 

 tooth ; lower jaw not produced backwards. Nine dorsal spines, sub- 

 equal in length ; three anal spines, the middle of which is the longest. 



East Indian Ai'chipelago. 



1. Pseudocheilinus hexataenia. 



Cheilinus hexoXidmA, Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Lido- Nederl. ii. Amhoina, viii. 

 p. 84, and Atl. Ichth. p. 73. tab. 23. fig. 2. 



D. ^. A. |. L. lat. 24. 



The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, 

 and contained thrice and a half or foiu- times in the total length ; 

 head longer than high, with the upper profile concave ; jaws equal 

 anteriorly ; chin not prominent. Tubules of the lateral line simple. 

 Caudal rounded ; ventral not prolonged. OUve, with six rosy longi- 

 tudinal bands ; head with numerous white dots inferiorly ; a black- 

 ish ocellus superiorly at the base of the caudal ; fins immaculate, 

 with the spines and rays green. 



Seas of Amboyna and Goram. 



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



24. EPIBULUS. 



Epibulus, Cm: Reyne Anim. 



Body compressed, oblong, covered with large scales ; lateral line 

 interrupted ; cheeks with two series of large scales ; praeoperculum 

 entire ; mouth very protractile, the ascending branches of the inter- 

 maxillaries, the mandibles and the tympanic being much prolonged. 

 Teeth in a single series, two canines in each of the jaws ; no pos- 

 terior canine tooth. Dorsal spines pungent ; formula of the fins : 



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Indian Ocean and Archipelago. 



