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12. Petroscirtes ancylodon. 



RiippeU, N. W. Fische, p. 1. taf. 1. fig. 1. 



D. 29. A.W. 



iJ}^ ^1^'^* i ^^^ ^f^' ^' ^«^tained fom- times and a half in the 



orM "Ihe- d ^^T'/' •'"°'""\^ ^"^^'^^ ' '-^ ^-^-^11 tentacle Sfove the 

 01 bit. The dorsal fin is not elevated, commeaces before the o-il] 

 opemng and does not extend on to the caudal. A veiflaU caniu; 



J^ack with six m-egidar bro^vTi cross-bars; the lower part of the 

 s^des with severa series of whitish spots; the margin of the doi^al 

 withjwo longitudinal series of white Its ; caudal whit^l^^tl 



Massaua (Red Sea). 



13. Petroscirtes polyodon. 



Blennechis polyodon, £leek. Blenn. m Gob. p. 254. 

 B. 6. D. 30. A. 20. V. 8. 



The height of the body is contained five times and three-omrto,-. 



Sthoffw- r A*)''^' '"'"^''^^^ t^^t-'^^l*^ «^o^^ the orbit; the 

 doS 1 "^tero^t.itaj space equals the diameter of the eye. The 

 doisal fin IS not elevated, begins before the giH-opening ancl extendi 

 on to the base of the caudal. A white band fi-om the s^t beW 



me vertical fans b owmsh, dotted with rose-coloured and brown (Bl \ 

 Seas of Java, Celebes, and Amboyna. ^ '' 



14. Petroscirtes cyprinoides. 



Blennechis cyprinoides. Cm: ^- Val. xi. p. 286. 

 D. 30. A. 19-20. 



tnf^f ^1f !l,°^*^' ^'^y ^' contained five times and a half in the 

 total length, the length of the head four times and a nuar?;, w i 

 broad, mth the snout obtuse. The dorsnl fin Z\.J\l\ ^'"'^'^ 

 mences on a line with the posterior m°i-o|n of tbo ,1 ""^f' '''^- 

 terminates somewhat before thTLudr A ii T4T1™' ^^^ 



East Indies. 



«. Between Bombay and Singapore 

 h, c. From the Haslar Collection. 



15. Petroscirtes solorensis. 



Bleeker, Solor, p. 81. 



B. 6. D. 30. A. 20. 

 The height of the body is contained five times and a half to six 



