44. APOGON. 239 



34. Apogon annularis. 



Riippell, Atlas, p. 48, and N. W. Fischo, p. 85. 



Whitish (in spirits), with a broad zone round the base of the 

 caudal fin. 



Yar. Apogon EOSEipnoas. 



Apogon roseipinnis, Cuv. l^- Val. iii. p. 490, vi. p. 553 ; Bleek. Anib. 

 and Cir. p. 25.'5 ; Peters, Wuym. Arch. 1855, p. 234; Quoy df Gaim. 

 Vol/. Astrol. Poiss. p. 649. pi. 1. f. 5. 



A scries of black spots (a violet band in life) along the base of the 

 analis, 



Eed Sea ; Coast of Mozambique ; Indian Ocean. 



«. Adult female: skeleton. Amboyna. From Mi\ Frank's Collection. 



b. Adidt. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



c. Adult. Ambopia. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's Collection. 



d. Adult. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



€. Adult. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



In well-preserved specimens the whole tr actus intestinalis exhi- 

 bited a deep black colour, not produced by the contents of the stomach 

 and of the intestines, but by a pigment deposited in all its membranes. 

 There arc four pjdoric appendages, of the same intense black colour. 

 The other abdominal intestines have the usual coloiu'. The pos- 

 terior thii'd of the ovarium is united, the two anterior ones separated. 



SJceleton. — The veiy fine, velvet-lilce vomerine teeth form a rather 

 acute angle ; those of the palatine bones are sitiiated in a narrow 

 biserial band. The prffiorbital bone is rather flat, the others slightly 

 concave, with cntii-e edges : of the edges of the prajoperculum only 

 the posterior part of the external margin is minutely serrated. The 

 ridge of the frontal bones is low, the groove not deep, which is in 

 accordance with the less-developed eanalicull mucosi of the other 

 parts of the skull in this species. There are ten abdominal and 

 fourteen caudal vertebrae. 



35. Apogon lineatus. 



Te7n7n. ^- Schlcr/. Faun. Japan. Pom. p. 3 ; Bleeher, Verhand. Batav. 

 Gimootsch. xxvi. p. 54. t. 1. f. 1. 



Reddish brown (in spirits), with 8-12 very obsolete brownish 

 cross-streaks ; no black spot at the base of the caudal fin. 

 Japanese Sea. 



c. Body with longitudinal bands. 



36. Apogon quadrifasciatus. 



Vahncicnnes, ii. p. 153; Bleelar, Perc. p. 28; Cantor, Catal p. 3; 

 Peters, Wiegm. Arch. 1855, p. 234. 



Caudalis notched. WTiitish (in spirits), on each side two parallel 



