236 PEECIDiE. 



caudal with a blackish streak ; the outer margin of the ventral 

 blackish. 



Isle de France. 



a. Large specimen. Mauritius. Presented by the Zoological Society. 

 (Type of the species.) 



23. Apogon monochrous. 



Bleekei; Act. Soc. Nederl. i., Manado en Macassar, p. 34. 



Analis with eight soft rays. Shining golden, minutely dotted 

 with brown ; fins sometimes rather darker. Bones of the head not 

 seri'ated, except the outer margin of the prseoperculum and the su- 

 prascapula. Caudalis notched. 



Seas of Manado, Amboyna, and of the Feejee Islands. 



a. Adult. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



h, c. Adult. East Indies. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



d, e. Adult. Feejee Islands. Voyage of H.M.S. Herald. 



f-h. Half-grown. Feejee Islands. Voyage of H.M.S. Herald. 



24. Apogon macnlosus, 

 Cuv. <§• Val. vi. p. 494. 



Brown : on each side four series of darker spots ; fins brown- 

 spotted ; head immaculate. 

 East Indian Seas. 



25, Apogon enneastigma. 



Riippell, N. W. FiscJie, p. 87. t. 22. f. 3. 



Reddish, with lighter fins ; the first dorsal with a black front edge ; 

 above the pectoral a round black, whitish-edged spot ; back with five 

 brown specks along the base of the dorsal fins ; another black spot on 

 each side of the tail. D. 7 1 r^. A. r^. 



Massaua (Red Sea). 



26. Apogon riippellii. (Plate XV. fig. B.) 



Reddish, with lighter fins ; a series of seven blackish dots from 

 the occiput along the base of the dorsals, those beneath the fin not 

 being veiy conspicuous. A second series of nine dots along, and 

 immediately above the lateral line. There are two or three indi- 

 stinct dots on the back of the tail. No spot above the base of the 

 pectoral. The first dorsal blackish between the first three spines, 

 the second with some indistinct brownish spots. A brownish streak 

 from the eye to the angle of the praeoperculum. Analis with nine 

 or ten rays. 



Aiistralian Seas. 



a. Adult. Australia. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 

 byC. Adult : stuffed. Victoria. Voyage of H.M.S. Herald. 



