44. APOGON. 235 



ly. Apogon sangiensis. 

 Sleeker, Sangi, p. 875. 



Shining golden ; a broad deep brown band from tho muzzle through 

 the eye to the oiierculum ; a round black spot at the root of tho 

 caudal fin ; anal fin sparingly spotted Avitli blue. CaudaUs notched ; 

 suprasca2)ula, sub- and interoperculum entire ; the third dorsal spine 

 longest. L. lat. 25. L. transv. 9-10. 



Sea of Sangi. 



20. Apogon ceramensis. 

 Sleeker, Amb. 8,- Cer. p. 256. 



Caudalis notched. Greenish; head sprinkled with darker; a narrow 

 brown streak from the thorax (?) to the tail ; a black spot at the 

 root of the caudal iin ; the interspace between the second and third 

 dorsal spines black. 



Sea of Wahai (Ceram). 



a. Body without longitudinal or transverse bauds. 



21. Apogon nigripinnis. 



Cuv. cj- Val. ii. p. 152 ; Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 3. 



Analis with eight soft rays ; tho limbs of the praeoperculum den- 

 ticulated ; caudahs roimded. The fii'st dorsal black, at least in its 

 upper half; the second dorsal and the anal fin with a black band 

 along the base, sometimes extending over all the fin ; the hinder 

 margin of the caudal and the ventral fins black. 



Chinese and Japanese Seas. 



a. Adult. China, Presented by Capt. Sir E. Belcher. 



b, c. Half-gTown, China. Presented by Capt. Sii- E. Belcher, 

 d-f. Yoimg ; not good state. China. Presented by Capt. Sir E. 



Belcher. 



g-i. Adult : bad state. East Indies. From the Haslar Collection. 



k-r. Half-growTi specimens. East Indies. From the Haslar Col- 

 lection. 



s. Half-grown. East Indies. From the Haslar Collection. 



t-v. Yomig. East Indies. From the Haslar Collection. 



22. Apogon tseniopterus. 

 Beimett, Proc. Zool. Soc. iii. 1835, p. 20G. 



Analis with eight soft rays ; the limbs and the inner edge of the 

 prajopcrculum and the orbit denticulated ; caudalis notched. The 

 first dorsal with oblique black spots between tlie spines; the second 

 and tho anal fin with a black band along tlic base ; each lobe of the 



