20. cicHLOPs. 259 



)f moderate size, ciliated ; lateral line interrupted. One dorsal, with 

 a few spines anteriorly ; vcntrak inserted before or below the pec- 

 torals ; the lower pectoral rays branched. Jaws with cardiform 

 teeth, anteriorly ^\'ith canines ; vomer toothed, palatine bones tooth- 

 less. Pracoperculum entire. Six branchiostegals ; pseudobranchise 

 and air-bladder present ; pyloric appendages none. 

 East Indian Archipelago. 



J . Cichlops cyclophthalmus. 

 Miill. Sf Trosch. I. c. tab. 4. fig. 1. 



B.6. D.|. A.I. V.1/5. 



The height of the body is 4| in the total length, the length of the 

 head five times. The diameter of the eye is rather less than the 

 length of the snout, but equal to the width of the interorbital space. 

 Seven series of scales on the cheek. The dorsal begins above the 

 base of the pectoral ; the ventral is inserted somewhat before the 

 pectoral. Brown : each scale with a darker spot ; dorsal dotted with 

 black. 



Sunda Sea. 



2. CicMops melanotaenia. 



Bleeher, Celebes, iii. p. 765. 



B. 6. D. ^. A. ^. V. 1/5. L. lat. 60. 



The height of the body is four times in the total length, the length 

 of the head five times; the snout is shorter than the eye. The 

 dorsal begins before the base of the pectoral. Brownish-red, with 

 ten black longitudinal streaks : fins red ; dorsal anteriorly dotted 

 with brown, posteriorly with small longitudinal stripes ; base of the 

 pectoral with a black spot superiorly. {Bl.) 



Sea of Macassar. 



3. Cichlops spiloptenis. 



Bleeker, Celebes, iv. p. 168. ■ 



B. 6. D. ^. A. ^. V. 1/5. L. lat. 60. 



25 14 ' 



The height of the body is 3| in the total length, the lengtli of tho 

 head 4^. The length of the snout equals that of the eye. The 

 dorsal begins before the vertical from the base of the pectoral, bolow 

 which the ventral is inserted. Brown : dorsal anteriorly with small, 

 posteriorly with oblong blue spots ; base of the pector.d Avith a brown 

 spot superiorly. {Bl.) 



Sea of Macassar. 



Cichlops hellmuthii, Bleeker, Sumbawa, p. 329, with a rather more 

 varied coloration, and CicMops japonicxis, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. 

 Philad. 1859, p. 147, are closely allied to this species. 



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