364 NANDID^. 



length, the length of the head three times and three-quarters. Snout 

 convex. The upper maxillary extends behind the vertical from the 

 posterior margin of the orbit. Black, each scale with a blue spot ; 

 an oblique blue longitudinal line on the dorsal and anal fins ; caudal 

 sometimes with a red band, parallel to the margins of the fin. 

 Red Sea. East Indian Archipelago. Coast of Australia. 



a. Half-grown. Australia. From Mr. Macgillivray's Collection. 



3. Plesiops corallicola. 



Plesiops corallicola, {K. df v. H.) Bleek. Suviatra, ii. p. 280. 

 B. 6. D. ^. A. i. V. 1/4. L. lat. 26-29. L. transv. 13. 



The height of the body is two-ninths of the total length, the length 

 of the head one-fourth. Snout convex. The upper maxillary ex- 

 tends behind the orbit. Brownish, each scale with a bluish dot ; a 

 blue spot on the operculum. Fins blackish-violet : a blue longitu- 

 dinal line on the spinous dorsal ; the soft dorsal and the anal with 

 blue lines between the rays, each line running in the direction of 

 the rays ; caudal fin with short blue transverse streaks between 

 the rays. 



East Indian Archipelago. Feejee and Tonga Islands. 



a. Adult : bad state. Moluccas. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



h-c. Adult and young. Araboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



d-f. Adult and half-grown. Feejee Islands. Voyage of the * Herald.' 



g-h. Young. Tonga Islands. From the Haslar Collection. 



i. Adult. China. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



Tc. Young. From the Haslar Collection. 



4. Plesiops oxycephalus. 



JBlcehcr, Batoe, p. 320. 



B. 6. D. '-J. A. |. V. 1/4. L. lat. 26. 



The height of the body is contained three times and two-thirds to 

 three times and three-fourths in the total length, the length of the 

 head three times and a half. Snout pointed. The maxillary extends 

 scarcely behind the vertical from the posterior margin of the orbit. 

 Greenish-violet ; scales with a bhiish spot : dorsal fin Avith an oblique 

 blue longitudinal hne ; the membrane between the anal rays with 

 blue streaks ; caudal with a yellow margin, and Avith a horseshoe- 

 like yellow cross-band in the middle. {Bl.) 



Seas of Batoe and Ambojoia. 



5. Plesiops bleekeri. 

 D. -. A. K P. 18. V. 1/4. L. lat. 45. L. transv. 5/19. 

 Body Avith four black cross-bands. 



Habitat 



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a. From ^ho Haslar Collection. 



