45. APOGONICHTHYS. 245 



as Blecker himself' supposes. His specimens exhibit a black spot at 

 the root of the caudal fin, which is not mentioned by Cuvier ; and at 

 least one additional soft ray in the anal fin. 



55. Apogon bleekeri. 



^B Apogon macropterus, Bleaker, Natuurk. Tydschr. Nederl. Indie, 1861, 



■L p. 16d. 



^^B ? Apogon argcnteus, Valenc, Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 1832, p. 60. 



^^^jial with fourteen to seventeen soft rays ; caudal slightly forked ; 



the upper maxillaiy bone reaching to below the middle of the eye. 



L. lat. 23. The second dorsal spine longest, the first not much shorter. 



Uuifoi-m yellowish ; a round black spot at the root of the caudal fin. 



BataN^ia ; Padang ; Amboj-na. 



a. Half-grown : not good state. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's 

 Collection. 



56. Apogon macropteroides. 

 Bleeker, Banka, ii. p. 724. 



Anal with sixteen or seventeen soft rays ; caudal notched ; the 

 upper maxillary bone reaching to below the middle of the eye. L. lat. 

 23. The second dorsal spine longest, nearly twice as long as the 

 first. Reddish yellow (in life), with about twenty-three red trans- 

 verse streaks ; head and body punctulated wath brown, the points on 

 the sides of the head larger ; at the root of the caudal fin the points 

 are crowded, and fonn a blackish spot ; fins immaculate. 



Sea of Lepar. 



57. Apogon huruensis. 



BUeker, Boei-oe, p. 394. 



Caudal forked ; anal with twelve or thirteen soft rays ; the second 

 and third dorsal spines longest. Yellowish, shining golden, with 

 two brown longitudinal bands ; a blackish spot at the root of the 



, caudal fin. {Bl.) 



j Sea of Boeroe. 



58. Apogon zosterophoms. 



Bleeker, Act. Soc. Nederl. i., Manado en 3Iacassar, p. 36. 



Caudal notched ; anal with fifteen soft rays. Shining golden ; a 

 broad brownish band obliquely descending forwards fi'om the whole 

 base of the second dorsal to the belly ; a blackish band round the 

 snout to the eyes ; a black spot at the root of the caudal fin. 



S^ea of Manado. 



45. APOGONICHTHYS. 



Apop-onichthys, Bleeker, Floris, p. 321, nnd Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. 

 xxvi. p. 56. 



j Closely allied to Apogov. Seven branchiostegals. All the teeth 



