82 CIERHITID.'E. 



Dorsal fin low. The upper sido of the hcud and the anterior part of 

 the back black, the remainder lighter. 8ix blackish cross-bars from 

 the base of the dorsal to, the sides. 

 Coasts of Chile and Peru. 



10. Chilodactylus antonii. 



Viw. ^- Val. ix. p. 494 ; Gay, Hist. Chil. Zool ii. p. 201, Atl. Ictiol 

 lam. 5 bis, f. 2. 



Five simple pectoral rays, the longest of which exceeds the pec- 

 toral by one-sixth of its length ; the seventh dorsal spine is about the 

 longest. Body with four or five greenish cross-bands ; cheek dotted 

 with blackish. 



Coast of Chile. 



11. Chilodactylus nigripes. 



Richards. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 66, and Ann. Si- Mao. Nat. Hist. 

 1851, vii. p. 281. 



D.i?. A.i. L.lat.61. 



Five simple pectoral rays, the second of which is th°i longest, and 

 falls short of the vent, while about one-third of its length projects 

 beyond the membrane. Dorsal fin notched ; the fifth and longest 

 dorsal spine exceeds rather more than one-third of the height of the 

 body. An eminence above the upper angle of the orbit. Fins 

 black. {Rich.) 



King George's Sound. 



12. Chilodactylus zonatus. 



Labre du Japon, Krusenst. Raise, Atl. taf. 63. f. 1. 



Cheilodactylus zonatus, Cuv. ^ Val. v. p. 365. pi. 129 ; Faun. Japon. 



Poiss. p. 64. pi. 29 ; Richards. Ichth. China, p. 239, Proc. Zool. Soc. 



1850, p. 66, and Ann. (^ 3fa(/. Nat. Hist. 1851, vii. p. 282 ; Bleek. 



Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxvi. Japan, p. 83. 



D. -!^. A.-. L. lat. 60. L. transv. 9/16. 



31-32 8 ' 



The simple rays of the pectoral of moderate length, the longest 

 reaching to the vertical fi'om the vent. Dorsal fin deeply notched ; 

 the anterior part of the spinous dorsal elevated ; the fourth spine is 

 the longest, and three-fifths of the length of the head. Brownish, 

 ndth several dark-brown oblique cross-bands ; opercular mem- 

 brane deep black ; the soft dorsal with a blackish longitudinal band ; 

 caudal with round light spots edged wath brownish. In very old 

 specimens a pair of tubercles on the forehead and another on the 

 snout. 



Chinese and Japanese Seas. 



a. Adult. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



