238 PEBCID^. 



caudalia very slightly notched. Yellowish, head brown ; the upper 

 half of the first dorsal fin black. 

 Batavia. 



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



31. Apogon bifasciatus. 



Apogon bifasciatus, Riippell, N. W. Fische, p. 86. t. 22. f. 2. 

 Apogon trimaculatus, (not Cue.) liichards. Ichthrjol. China, p. 221. 



Analis with eight soft rays. Whitish, with two brownish half- 

 rings encirchng the back, the fii'st corresponding to the anterior 

 spines of the first dorsal, the second to the last rays of the second ; 

 on each side of the base of the caudalis a blackish spot*. (Cfr. 

 Apogon tnmaculatus, p 233.) 



Red Sea ; Chinese Seas. 



This species has three pyloric appendages. 



a. Adult. China, Presented by J. 11. Reeves, Esq. 

 h. Adult. Philippines. 



c. Young : bad state. Sine patria. 



d. Adult. Red Sea. 



e. Adult female : skeleton. Red- Sea. 



Skeleton. — The bones of the suborbital arch form an open canal, the 

 edges of which are strongly serrated, with the denticulations directed 

 backwards, except in the praeorbital, the edges of which are entire. 

 Both the margins of the prajoperculum strongly serrated, the denti- 

 culations of the inner ridge being coarser, gradually becoming larger 

 at the angle. The suprascapula, sub- and interoperculum are entire. 

 The vomerine teeth are in a single series, forming a right angle. 

 There are ten abdominal and fourteen caudal vertebrae. 



32. Apogon timoriensis. 



Bleeher, Natuurk. Tydschr. Kcdcrl Ind. vi. 1854, p. 207. 



Suprascapula denticulated. Shining golden, with two broad, 

 bro'miish-violet transverse bands, the first beneath the spinous 

 dorsal, the second beneath the soft dorsal, triangular, with the point 

 reaching to the base of the anal ; the spinous dorsal black at the tip. 



Sea of Timor Kupang. 



33. Apogon bandanensis. 

 Bleeker, Banda, iii. p. 95. 



Supra-scapula entire. Brownish, with three broad violet bands, 

 the first corresponding to the anterior dorsal fin, the second to the 

 posterior, and the third to the middle of tail ; fijis not spotted. 



Banda Sea. 



* Riippell states in this species nine soft rays of the anal fin ; but all the 

 specimens in the British Museum Collection, some of which were sent bj Dr. 

 Kiippell himself, exliibit eight only. 



