234 PERCID^. 



posterior part of the second ; tail with a round black spot (lateral ?) ; 

 the first dorsal black-edged. 

 Singapore. 



15. Apogon koilomatodon. 



Bleeker, Teniate, p. 4. 



Prteorbital slightly denticulated; the upper raasUlary bone reaching 

 to just below the middle of the eye ; back and sides with darker spots ; 

 two black half-rings encircling the back, the first corresponding to the 

 anterior dorsal fin, the second to the hinder part of the posterior. 



Teruatc (Moluccas). 



e. Body with longitudinal bands. 



16. Apogon margaritopliorus. 



Bleeker, Batjan, p. 363. 



Along the back two blackish-violet and two bright red alternate 

 bands ; along the middle of the side a broad orange-coloiu'ed band 

 ■with a row of 12 bluish spots ; crown with a yellowish-green mark 

 in the shape of a V ; on each side of the head four bright red longi- 

 tudinal bands ; fins uniform red. 



Batjan. 



17. Apogon taaniatus. 



Apofjon tseniatus, (Ehrcnberq) Cm. <^ Val. ii. p. 159 ; Ituppell, Atlas 

 Fische, p. 48, and N. W. Fisehc, p. 87. 



Brownish, with five lighter longitudinal lines ; above the pectoral 

 fins a roimd browTi spot ; a blackish sjiot at the base of the caudalis ; 

 a vertical dark band in the middle of the second dorsal fin. 



Djetta (Bed Sea). 



Cuvier Q. c.) gives the number of rays of the dorsal fins 7 j j, but 

 EiippeU (I. c.) twice states it to bo 6 1 i-. 



18. Apogon amboinensis. 



Bleeker, Amboina, iv. p. 329. 



YoUowish (in life), with two brown longitudinal bands, one 

 running from above the eye to the side and curved, the other from 

 the muzzle through the eye to the tail ; a round black spot at the 

 root of the caudal fin ; iins imiform, the tii'st dorsal blackish in front. 

 CaudaHs notched ; the upper maxiUary bone reaching to behind the 

 middle of the eye ; pra;opercidum with only the posterior mai'gin 

 denticulated ; sub- and interopercidum entire ; the second spine of 

 the first dorsal longest. L. lat. 24. L. transv. 9. 



Bivers of Amboyna. 



