CIERHITID.E. 



on the vomer und the palatine bones. Six branchiostegals. Praeopcr- 

 ciilum dentic-ulated ; operculum spiniferous. Scales cycloid, of mode- 

 rate size. Air-]jladder none ; pyloric appendages in small number. 

 East Indian Seas. 



1. Cirrhitichthys oxyrhynchus. 



Uleckcr, Goram, p. 205. 



D. -. A. 4. L. lat. 40. 

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The length of the head is 3f in the total ; the snout pointed, the 

 distance between the end of "the snout and the extremity of the 

 maxillary bone being more than the diameter of the eye. The fifth 

 and sixth dorsal spines longest, half the height of the body. Five 

 simple pectoral rays, the longest of which reach to the anal ; tlie 

 second anal spine strong, and much Icmg-er than the longest of the 

 dorsal. Rose-coloured : the head \\-ith three bands ; the body Avith 

 nine or ten rather irregular cross-bands ; a round deep-brown sjwt 

 below the middle of the soft dorsal fin, extending on the membrane 

 of the fin ; the spinous dorsal and the anal brown-spotted. {Bl.) 



Sea of Goram. 



2. Cirrhitichthys graphidoptenis. 

 Cirrhites graphidopterus, Bleuk. Ambuina, iii. p. 106. 

 D. 'A A. 4. L. lat. 38-42. 



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The length of the head is one-fourth of the total; praeorbital 

 denticulated posteriorly. Dorsal spines strong; the sixth is the 

 longest, half the height of the body ; the fii'st dorsal niy produced 

 into a filament. Six simple pectoral rays, the longest of whieh 

 reaches nearly to the anal fin. Rose-coloured: head with some 

 bands ; body with irregular cross-bands, alternating with large spots ; 

 the soft dorsal with round black spots. 



Sea of Amboyna. 

 a, h. Fine specimens. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



3. Cirrhitichthys maculatus. 



CiiThites maculatus, Lacep. v. p. •"> ; Cuv. Sf Val. iii. p. 69. 

 Labrus marmoratus, Laccp. iii. p. 492. pi. 5. f. 3. 

 Cirrhites maculosus, Bennett, Zoo/. Journ. 1829, p. 38. 



D. j^. A. |-. I^. lat. 40-42. L. transv. 4/9. Vert. lO/lG. 



Seven simple pectoral rays. The pectoral does not reach to the 

 vent. Body and vertical fins spotted with brown ; a series of darker 

 spots along and behind the base of the dorsal fin. Palatine bones 

 with a very small patch of teeth anteriorly. 



From the Red Sea and the Sea of the lie de France to the Pacific. 



a. Adidt. Polynesia. 



h. Adult. India. Old Collection, as l\rcn i/ohioidcs. 



