234 PEHCID^. 



posterior part of the second ; tail with a round black spot (lateral ?) ; 

 the first dorsal black-edged. 

 Singapore. 



15. Apogon koilomatodon. 

 JBleeker, Ternate, p. 4. 



Prseorbital slightly denticulated; the upper maxillary bone reaching 

 to just below the middle of the eye ; back and sides with darker spots ; 

 two black half-rings encircling ttie back, the first corresponding to the 

 anterior dorsal fin, the second to the hinder part of the posterior. 



Ternate (Moluccas). 



c. Body with longitudinal bands. 



16. Apogon margaritophoms. 

 Bleeker, Batjan, p. 363. 



Along the back two blackish-\'iolet and two bright red alternate 

 bands ; along the middle of the side a broad orange-coloured band 

 with a row of 12 bluish spots ; crown with a yellowish-green mark 

 in the shape of a V ; on each side of the head four bright red longi- 

 tudinal bands ; fins uniform red. 



Batjan. 



17. Apogon tseniatus, 



Apogon teeniatus, (Ehrenhenf) Cuv. Sf Veil. ii. p. 159 ; RUppell, Atlas 

 Fische, p. 48, and N. W. Fische, p. 87. 



Brownish, with five lighter longitudinal lines ; above the pectoral 

 fins a roimd bro^\Ti spot ; a blackish spot at the base of the caudaHs ; 

 a vertical dark band in the middle of the second dorsal fin. 



Djetta (Rod Sea). 



Cuvier (Z. c.) gives the number of rays of the dorsal fins 7 1 j, but 

 RUppeU (Z. c.) twio€ states it to bo 6 1 ^. 



18. Apogon amboinensis. 

 Bleeker, Amboina, iv. p. 329. 



Yellowish (in life), mth two brown longitudinal bands, one 

 running from above the eye to the side and curved, the other from 

 the muzzle through the eye to the tail ; a round black spot at the 

 root of the "audal fin ; fins unifonn, the fiist dorsal blackish in front. 

 Caudalis notched ; +he upper maxillary bone reaching to behind the 

 middle of the eye ; pra;opcrculuni with only the posterior margin 

 denticulated ; sub- nnd intcroperculum entire ; the second spine of 

 the first dorsal longest. L. lat. 24. L. transv. 9. 



Rivers of Amboyna. 



