238 PERCID^. 



caiiflalis veiy Blightly notched. Yellowish, head brown ; the upper 

 half of the first dorsal fin black. 

 Bata\ia. 



b. Body with dai'ker transYei-se bands or oblong transverse spots. 



31. Apogon bifasciatus. 



Apogon bifasciatus, RuppeU, N. W. Fische, p. 86. t. 22. f. 2. 

 Apogon trimaciilatus, (iiot Cm:') Richards. Ichthijol. CJii/m, p. 221. 



Analis with eight soft rays. WTiitish, with two brownish half- 

 rings cncirchng the back, the fii'st corresponding to the anterior 

 spines of the first dorsal, the second to the last rays of the second ; 

 on each side of the base of the eaudalis a blackish spot*. (Cfr. 

 Apogon trimaciilatus, p. 233.) 



Red Sea ; Chinese Seas. * 



This species has three pyloric appendages. 



«. Adult. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 

 h. Adult. Philippines. 



c. Yoimg : bad state. Sine patria. 



d. Adult. Red Sea. 



€. Adult female ; skeleton. Red Sea. 



Skeleton. — The bones of the suborbital arch form an open canal, the 

 edges of wliich are strongly serrated, ■«dth the denticulations dii'ected 

 backwards, except in the prteorbital, the edges of which are entire. 

 Both the margins of the prfeoperculum strongly serrated, the denti- 

 eidations of the imicr ridge being coarser, gradually becoming larger 

 at the angle. The suprascapula, sub- and interoperculum are entire. 

 The vomerine teeth arc in a single series, forming a right angle. 

 There are ten abdominal and fourteen caudal vertebrae. 



32. Apogon timoriensis. 



Bleeher, Natuurh. Tydsch: Ncdcrl Ind. vi. 1854, p. 207. 



Suprascapida denticulated. Shining golden, with two broad, 

 bro-miish-violet transverse bauds, the first beneath the spinous 

 dorsal, the second beneath the soft dorsal, triangular, with the point 

 rcacliiag to the base of the anal ; the spinous dorsal black at the tip. 



Sea of Timor Kupang. 



33. Apogon bandanensis. 



Bleckvr, Banda, iii. p. 95. 



Suprascapula entire. Brownish, with three broad violet bands, 

 the first corresponding to the anterior dorsal fin, the second to the 

 posterior, and the third to the middle of tail ; fins not spotted. 



Banda Sea. 



* Eiippell states in this species nine soft rays of the anal fin ; but all the 

 specimens in the British Museum Collection, some of which were sent by Dr. 

 Eiippell himself, exhibit eight only. 



