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5. Apogonichthys glaga. 

 Apogon glaga, Bleeker, Perc. p. 29. 



Apogonichthys glaga, Bleek. Verh. Batav. Genootsch. xxVi. p. 67. 

 Rose-colom-ed (in life), head minutely dotted with bro^^-n • the 

 hCT^n? , "f t-blaek in its uppc-r half, the soft dorsal with hght 

 blue spot, and a broad blaekish upper edge ; caudal im black-edged. 

 anX'^'TI \" i' fif t ^"rsal. Caudalis truncated, with rou/ded 

 angles. L. lat. 23. L. transv. 8-9. 

 Javanese and Japanese Seas ; Singapore. 



6. Apogonichthys carinatus. 

 Apogon carinatus. Cur. Sf Val. ii. p. 157; Faun. Japon. Pom. p. 3. 

 Apogomchhys carinatus, Bleeker, Floris, p. 321, and Verh. Batav. 

 trenootsch. xxvi. p. 56. pi. 1. f. ,3. 



Ten soft rays in the anal fin ; unifoi-m whitish (in spirits) ; the four 

 hinder rays of the second dorsal black. 

 Japanese and Chinese Seas. 



7. Apogonichthys perdix. 

 Bleeker, Floris, p. 321. 



Orange-coloured in hfe, marbled with brownish ; cheeks and oper- 

 cles brown ; the first dorsal fin violet, the other fins orange, with aU 

 the rays_ bro^vn-spotted. CaudaHs rounded; the tliii'd and fourth 

 dorsal spines longest. L. lat. 20. L. transv. 8-9 



Sea of Floris. 



8. Apogonichthys aprion. 



Apogon aprion, Richards. Ann. Nut. Hist. 18-12, vol. ix. p. 16. 

 Caudal rounded. The fii-st dorsal ^vith sLx spines* ; pr^operculum 

 not sen-ated; a smaU cluster of teeth on the tongue. L lat 40 



on rT'f''-^?- ^ri'^f'' ^^^^ ^^^^* "8'^t ^l^'^kish cross-bands 

 on the back ; top of the first dorsal deep black 

 Coasts of ]!^orth Australia. 



n Adult. Port Essington. Presented by J. Gould, Esq. 

 6. Adidt: stuffed. Port Essington. Presented by J. Gould, Esq. 

 c. Adult : stuffed. Australia, ^ 



d Adult : skin. Port Essington. From Mr. Gilbert's Collection. 

 «. Adult : skm. Kmg s River, near Victoria (Port Essington). 



9. Apogonichthys americanus. 



Apogon ^m^nmm,Castelnau, Anim. nouv. ou rares Amer. du Sud, 

 s^oiss. p. o. pi, o, I, 2. 



Caudalis forked ; nnaUs ^^-ith eight soft rays. Unilbm reddish 

 Olive. (UasteJn.) 

 Coast of Bahia. 



