2. ciERHiTiCHinrs. 73 



4. Cirrhites amblycephalus. 



Sleeker, Sangi, p. 378. 



D. ^. A. |. L. lat. 48. 



Seven simple pectoral rays ; the first dorsal ray elongate. Orange- 

 colonred, ^vith about sixteen brownish longitudinal streaks ; a brown 

 spot behind the eye, edged with yellow. {Bl.) 



Sea of Sangi. 



5. Cirrhites aprinus. 



Cuv. 8f Val. iii. p. 76. 



-U.y^. A. g. 



Six simple pectoral rays ; dorsal very distinctly notched. Red, 

 with six blacldsh vertical bands, cxtcndiiig on the dorsal ; dorsal fin 

 dotted with black. (Cnv.) 



Sea of Timor. 



6. Cirrhites fasciatus. 



Cur. fy Val. iii. p. 76. pi. 47 (not Bennett). 

 D.i|. A.|. 



12 



Five simjjle pectoral rays ; dorsal deeply notched. Greyish, with 

 blackish cross-bars ; head, back, and dorsal with small white spots. 

 (Chw.) 



Coast of Pondicherry. 



7. CiiThites cinctus. 



Cin'hites fasciatus, Be/m. Zool. Journ. 1829, p. 39 (not Cuv.). 

 D. i^. A.|. L. lat. 49. L. transv. 5/12. 



Six simple pectoral rays, the longest of which reaches nearly to 

 the anal. Brownish-olive, with five brown cross-bars ; the first 

 across the operculum, where it forms a dark-coloured spot ; the last 

 nearly black, behind the dorsal fin ; head and anterior part of the 

 body minutely dotted with whitish. 



Coasts of Madagascar, He de France, and Sandwich Islands. 



a. Adult. Sandwich Islands. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



—Type of Mr. Bennett's description. 



b. Adult. Madagascar. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 



c. Adult : stuffed. lie de France. 



d. Adult : not good state. From the Haslar Collection. 



2. CIRRHITICHTHYS. 



Cin-hitichthys, Bkck. Act. Soc. Scient. Iiulo-Nederl. ii. Amhoina, p. 39. 



The five or six lower pectoral rays are simple. D. -^:[z^. A. ^ 

 ViUiform teeth in both the jaws, with the addition of canines ; teeth 



