2. uiRuniTicnrnYs. 73 



4. Cirrhites amblycephalus. 



Bleeker, Sangi, p. 378. 



D. 1^. A. |. L. lat. 48. 



Soven simple pectoral rays ; the first dorsal ray elongate. Orange- 

 coloured, with about sixteen brownish longitudinal streaks ; a brown 

 spot behind the eye, edged with yellow. {Bl.) 



Sea of Sangi. 



5. Cirrhites aprinus. 



Cue. 8f Val. iii. p. 70. 



T) •" A - 

 n.-. A. g. 



Six simple pectoral rays ; dorsal very distinctly notched. Eed, 

 with six blackish vertical bands, extendiiig on the dorsal ; dorsal fin 

 dotted with black. (Cuu.) 



Sea of Timor. 



6. Cirrhites fasciatus. 

 Cur. Sf Val. iii. p. 76. pi. 47 (not Bennett). 

 D.|^. A.f. 



12 



Five simple pectoral rays ; dorsal deeply notched. Greyish, with 

 blackish cross-bars ; head, back, and dorsal with small white soots. 

 {Cuv.) 



Coast of Pondicherry. 



7. CirrMtes cinctus. 



CiiThites fasciatus, Beiin. Zool. 'Joiirn. 1829, p. 39 (not Cuv.). 

 D. i5. A. -|. L. lat. 49. L. transv. 5/12. 



Six simple pectoral rays, the longest of which reaches nearly to 

 the anal. Brownish-olive, witti five brown cross-bars ; the first 

 across the operculum, where it forms a dark-coloured spot ; the last 

 nearly black, behind the dorsal fin ; head and anterior part of the 

 body minutely dotted -with whitish. 



Coasts of Madagascar, He de France, and Sandwich Islands. 



a. Adult. Sandwich Islands. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



— Type of Mr. Bvjnnett's description. 

 h. Adult. Madagascar. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 



c. Adult : stuifed. He de France. 



d. Adult : not good state. From the Haslar Collection. 



2. CIRRHITICHTHYS. 



Cirrhiticlithys, Bia k. Act. Soc. Scient. Indo-Nederl. ii. Amboiiia, p. 39. 



The five or six lower pectoral rays are simple. D. jj:^. A. — 

 Villiform teeth in both the jaws, with the addition of canines ; teeth 



