23^ PEBCIS^. 



4. Apogon thermalis. 

 Cuv. .$• Vak iii. p. 492 (not Bleeker). 

 A black blotch on each side of the tail. Uniform yellowish ; in- 

 terspace between the second and third spines of the first dorsal fin 

 blackish. 



Warm springs of Cania (Ceylon). 



The circumstance of this species being found in warm springs 

 makes it probable that it is difierent from the preceding. The ori- 

 ginal description, like most of Valenciennes's, is too imperfect to de- 

 termine specimens by it. 



5. Apogon poBcilopterus. 



Apogon poecilopterus, {Kuhl 8f vati H'asselt) Cuv. ^ Vol. ii. p. 154 ; 

 Cantor, Catat. p. 2, 



No black blotch on the tail; sides brown-spotted ; a large black spot 

 on the first dorsal fin ; the second marbled with brown, and with a 

 brown band at the base. Nine soft rays in the analis. 



Javanese Sea. 



6. Apogon godini. 



Bleeker, Sumatra, iii. p. 496. 



No black blotch on the tail; rose-coloured; scales with violet edges ; 

 fins not spotted.. Thirty-three scales in the lateral line. Caudalis 

 emarginate. 



Western coast of Sumatra. 



7. Apogon axillaris. 

 Valenciennes, Nouv. Ann, Mvs. Hist. Nat. 1832, p. 66. pi. 4. f. 3. 



Reddish, minutely punctulated with blackish ; a deep black spot 

 at the hasp of the pectoral fins, which are punctulated with black. 

 Caudalis slightly notched ; prajorbital entire ; prseopercuhun with a 

 single edge beneath ; analis with seven soft rays. 



Ascension Island. 



8. Apogon hypselonotus. 

 Bleeker, Batoe, p. 309. 



Uniform greenish. Caudalis deeply forked ; suprascapula, sub- 

 and intcroperculum entire ; the second dorsal spine longest. L. lat. 

 23-25. L. transv. 9. 



Sea of Batoe. 



9. Apogon leptacanthus. 



Bleeker, Temate, viii. p. 204. 



Coloration uniform. Caudalis notched ; the dorsal spines flexible ; 

 the second elongate, filiform. L. lat. 24. L. transv. 8-9. 

 Sea of Temate. 



