230 PEBCID^. 



2. With seven spines iu the first doi-sal. 



a. Body without longitudinal or transverse bands. 



21. A. nigripinnis, 24. A. maculosus, 28. A. cuprous, 



22. A. taeniopterus, 25. A. enneastigma, 29. A. hoevenii, 



23. A. monochrous, 26. A. riippeUii, 80. A. truncatus. 



27. A. novae guineas, 



b. Body with darker transverse bands or oblong transverse spots. 



31. A. bifasciatus, 83. A. bandanensis, 34. A. annularis, 



32. A. timoriensis, 35. A. lineatus. 



c. Body with longitudinal bands. 



36. A. quadrifasciatus, 40. A. frenatus, 45. A. multitaeniatus, 



37. A. semUineatus, 41. A. kaUopterus, 46. A. hartzfeldii, 



38. A. chrysopomus, 42. A. fasciatus, 47. A. chrysotaenia, 

 89. A. kalosoma, 43. A, cyanosoma, 48. A. victorise. 



44. A. cyanotaenia, 



3. With eight spines in the first dorsal. 



49. A. melas, 50. A. cantoris. 



4. With nine spines in the first dorsal. 



51.. A. meaco. 

 B. Apogon with more than ten soft rays in the anal fin. 



62. A. lineolatufl, 64. A. macropterus, 57. A. buruensis, 



63. A. fucatus, 55. A. bleekeri, 58. A. zosterophorus. 



56. A. macropteroides, 



A. Apogon with less than ten soft rays in the anal tin. 



1 T) 6 I ^ A 2 



* I 8 or 9* * 7 or 8 (in one species 9)' 



a. Body without longitudinal or ti'ansverse bands. 



1. Apogon imberbis. 



Cor\ailus, Gcsner, p. 1273. 



Mullus imberbis sive Rex mullonim, Willughby, p. 286 ; Ray, p. 91. 



Trigla, sp. 3, Artcdi, Genera, p. 43. 



Amia, Gronov. Zooph. p. 80.'pl. 9. f. 2 (omitted in his system). 



Mullus imberbis, Linn. Syst. Nat. xiii. edit. 1. sp. 1341 ; Shaw, Zool. 



iv.p.618. ' ^ V , , 



Apogon ruber, Lac^. iii. p. 411 ; Risso, Iclith. Nice, edit. 1. p. 214. 

 Dipterodon hexacanthus, Lacep. iv. p. 107, iii. pi. 4. f. 2. 

 Centropomus am-atus, Lac^. iv. p. 273. 



rubcns, Spinola, Ann. Mas. Mist. Nat. x. p. 370. pi. 28. f. 2. 



Perca pusUla, De la Roche, Ami. Mm. Hist. Nat. xiii. p. 318. 

 Apogon rex muUorum, Cuv. i^- Val. ii. p. 143 ; Cuv. R^gne Anim. III. 



pi. 7. f. 2 (not good) ; Guichen. Explor. Al(j6r. Poiss. p. 32. 



A black blotch on each side of the tail. Bright red or orange- 

 coloured in life, with minute black points ; fins not spotted. 

 Mediterranean ; Madeira. 



a. Adult. Europe. 



h. Adult : skeleton. Em-ope. 



