33. UOMl'HOSUS. I'Jo 



c. Adult: .stuffed. 



(/. Half-grown. Sumatra. Presented by iSir T. S. Raftle.s. — Type 

 of Gom^ihosvs orniittis, Benn. 



2. Gomphosus tricolor. 



? Jienmd, ii. pi. 22. fiL^ 109. 



Gompbosu.s tricolor, Qiwy Sf Gaim. Voy. Uran. Zool. p. 280. pi. 55. fig. 2 ; 



Bhi'h. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl. i. Matiado <^ Makass. p. 54, and Atl. 



Ichth. p. 85. tab. 21. fig. 6. 

 cepedianiis, Cuv. i<f Val. xiv. p. 18. pi. 390. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 29. L. transv. 3/9. Vert. 9/15. 



Caudal fin slightly emarginate. Green, with a broad oblique 

 yellow band on the shoulder and thorax ; vertical fins yellow, caudal 

 with the upper and lower margins violet ; pectoral brownish-\'iolet, 

 with a blue band running parallel to the hinder margin, yellow at 

 the base, with a violet spot superiorly. 



East Indian Seas ; western parts of the Pacific. 



a. Fine specimen. Presented by Vice- Admiral Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 



b. Adult. China. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



c-d. Adult and half-grown : skins in bad state. Ceylon. From 

 Dr. Kelaart's Collection. 



3. Gomphosus varius. 



Gomphosus varius, Lacep. iii. p. 104. pi. 5. fig. 2. 



pectorali.s, Quoy i^- Guim. Vm/. Uran. Zool. p. 282. 



luscus, Cuv. Sf Val. xiv. p. 25. 



D. •^. A. ^. L. lat. 29. L. transv. f^. 



Caudal fin truncated, with the lobes slightly produced in adult 

 specimens. Upper part of the head and the tnink reddish, each scale 

 with a violet spot at the base ; tail and vertical fins brown, thorax 

 and belly whitish. A brown longitudinal band through the lower 

 part of the eye ; dorsal and anal fins with a naiTow, caudal with a 

 broad transparent margin ; anal with a longitudinal series of trans- 

 parent round spots. 



Mauritius. Polynesia. 



a. Half-grown : stuffed. Aneiteum. From Mr. MacgiUivray's Col- 

 lection. 



b-c. Half-gro'mi : very bad state. Otaheiti. Old Collection, as Z«- 

 bruit nasutus. 



4. Gomphosus melauotus. 



Valent. no. 504 ; Renard, i. pi. 5. fig. 3G, pi. 14. fig. 83. 

 Gomphosus melanotus, BU'eki-r, Kokos, iv. p. 457, and Atl. hhth. p. 87. 

 tab. 21. fig. :'.. 



D.^. A. A. L.]at.2(;. 



Caudal fin rounded, with the lobes slightly produced in adult 



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