258 TRACHINIDJE. 



4. Pseudochromis adustus. 

 Midi 8f Trosch. Hor. Ichthyol. iii. p. 23. tab. 4. fig. 3. 

 B.6. D.A. A. A v.1/5. 



The height of the body equals the Icng-th of the head, and is one- 

 fonrth of the total. The length of the snout is equal to that of the dia- 

 meter of the ej'e, and more than the width of the interorbital space. 

 Most of the dorsal rays are branched. Dark browTi ; sides yellowish. 



PhiUppiue Islands. 



5. Pseudochromis flavivertex. 

 Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 9. taf. 2. fig. 4. 



D. |. A. ^. V. 1/5. L. lat. 45. Vert. 10/15. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 41 in 

 the total. Dorsal and anal fins not produced posteriorly ; caudal 

 truncated, with the angles pointed ; most of the dorsal rays not 

 branched. Yiolet, with a yellow stripe along the upper part of the 

 head and back ; dorsal yeUow. 



Red Sea. 



a. Adult. Red Sea. 

 h. Adult. Red Sea. 



6. Pseudochromis tapeinosoma. 

 Bleeker, Amboina, iii. p. 115. 



B. 6. D. ^. A. ^^. V. 1/5. L. lat. 30. 



The height of the body is five times in the total length, the length 

 of the head 4^. The snoiit is shorter than the eye ; the maxillary 

 reaches to below the middle of the eye. Caudal rounded. Brown. (i?Z.) 



Sea of Amboyna. 



Pseudochromis cyanotcenia, Bleeker, Booroo, ii. p. 72, is closely 

 allied to this species ; it is said to have eight or nine oblique blue 

 bands on the body. 



7. Pseudochromis polyacanthus. 



Bleeker, Ternate, vii. p. 375. 



B. 6. D. ^. A. ^. V. 1/5. L. lat. 50. 



The height of the body is 4i-4§ in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3|. The maxUlary reaches behind the vertical firom the posterior 

 margin of the eye. The second anal spine is the longest. Greenish- 

 brown, reticulated with brown ; operculum with a dark spot. {Bl.) 



Sea of Ternate. 



20. CICHLOPS*. 



CicMops, 3rull. Sf Trosch. Hor. Ichthyol. iii. p. 24. 

 Head and body rather compressed, more or less elongate ; cleft of 

 the mouth oblique, with the lower jaw longest ; eye lateral. Scales 



* 1. Cichlops trispilos, Blecfccr, Gilolo. ii. p. 110.— Sea of Gilolo. 



