232 PERCID^. 



4. Apogon thermalis. 



Cue. ^- Val. iii. p. 492 (not Bleeker). 



A black blotch on each side of the tail. Uniform yellowish ; in- 

 terspace between the second and third spines of the lii'st dorsal fin 

 blackish. 



Warm springs of Cania (Ceylon). 



The circumstance of this species being found in warm springs 

 makes it probable that it is different from the preceding. The ori- 

 ginal description, like most of Valenciennes's, is too imperfect to de- 

 termine specimens by it. 



5. Apogon pcecilopterus. 



Apogon pcecilopterus, (Kuhl Sf van Hassdt) Cuv. ^ Val. ii. p. 154 ; 

 Cantor, Catal. p. 2. 



No black blotch on the tail; sides brown-spotted ; a large black spot 

 on the first dorsal fin ; the second marbled with brown, and with a 

 bro^\Ti band at the base. Nine soft rays in the analis. 



Javanese Sea. 



6. Apogon godini. 



Bleeker, Sumatra, iii. p. 496. 



No black blotch on the tail; rosc-coloiu'ed; scales with violet edges ; 

 fins not spotted. Thirty-three scales in the lateral line. Caudalis 

 emarginate. 



Western coast of Sumatra. 



7. Apogon axillaris. 

 Valenciennes, Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 1832, p. 5G. pi. 4. f. 3. 



Reddish, minutely punctulatcd with blackish ; a deep black spot 

 at the base of the pectoral fins, which are pimctiilated with black. 

 Caudalis slightly notched ; prajorbital entire ; praeoperculum with a 

 single edge beneath ; analis with seven soft rays. 



Ascension Island. 



8. Apogon hypselonotus. 

 Bleeker, Batoe, p. 309. 



Uniform greenish. Caudalis deeply forked ; suprascapula, sub- 

 and interoperculum entire ; the second dorsal spine longest. L. lat. 

 23-25. L. transv. 9. 



Sea of Batoo. 



9. Apogon leptacanthus. 



Bleeker, Ternate, viii. p. 204. 



Coloration uniform. Caudalis notched ; the dorsal spines flexible ; 

 the second elongate, filiform. L. lat. 24. L. transv. 8-9. 

 Sea of Ternate. 



