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length, the length of the head three times and three-quarters. Snout 

 convex. Tlie upper maxillary extends behind the vertical from the 

 posterior margin of the orbit. Black, each scale with a blue spot ; 

 an oblique blue longitudinal line on the dorsal and anal fins ; caudal 

 sometimes with a red band, parallel to the margins of the fin. 

 Red Sea. East Indian Archipelago. Coast of Australia. 



a. Half-grown. Australia. From Mr. MacgilHvraj's Collection. 



3. Plesiops corallicola. 



Plesiops corallicola, (K. <5- v. II. ) Bh-ek. Sutnatra, ii. p. 280. 

 B. 6. D. ^. A. ^. V. 1/4. L. lat. 26-29. L. transv. 13. 



The height of the body is two-ninths of the total length, the leagth 

 of the head one-fourth. Snout convex. The upper maxillary ex- 

 tends behind the orbit. Brownish, each scale with a bluish dot ; a 

 blue spot on the operculum. Fins blackish -violet : a blue longitu- 

 dinal line on the spinous dorsal ; the soft dorsal and the anal with 

 blue lines between the rays, each line mnning in the direction of 

 the rays ; caudal fm with short blue transverse streaks between 

 the raj'S. 



East Indian Archipelago. Feejee and Tonga Islands. 



a. Adult : bad state. Moluccas. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



b-c. Adult and yoimg. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



d-f. Adult and half-grown. Feejee Islands. Voyage of the ' Herald.' 



g-7i. Young. Tonga Islands. From the Ha-slar Collection. 



i. Adult. China. Presented by Sir* J. Richardson. 



h. Young. From the Haslar Collection. 



4. Plesiops oxycephalus. 



Sleeker, Batoe, p. 320. 



B. 6. D. ^. A. |. V. 1/4. L. lat. 26. 



The height of the body is contained three times and two-thirds to 

 three times and three-fourths in the total leng-th, the length of the 

 head three times and a half. Snout pointed. The maxillary extends 

 scarcely behind the vertical from the posterior margin of the orbit. 

 Greenish-violet ; scales with a bluish spot : dorsal fin -with an oblique 

 blue longitudinal Hue ; the membrane between the anal rays with 

 blue streaks ; caudal with a yellow margin, and with a horseshoe- 

 like yellow cross-band in the middle. {Bl.) 



Seas of Batoe and Amboyna. 



5. Plesiops bleekeri. 



D. -. A. ^. P. 18. V. 1/4. L. lat. 45. L. transv. 5/19. 



Body with four black cross-bauds. 

 Habitat ? 



a. From the Haslar Collection. 



