44. APOGojy. 243 



48. Apogon victoriaB. (Plate XV. fig. C.) 



Yellowish olive (in a dried state), with four darker longitudinal 

 bands on each side ; root of the pectoral deep black ; pectoral yeUow. 

 AU the outer edge of the praeoperculum denticulated, the inner entire. 



a, 6. Adult: dried. Victoria (Australia). VoyageofH.M.S. Herald. 



Description. — The height of the body is 85 in the total length, 

 the length of the head 3| ; ihe diameter of the eye is less than one- 

 third of the length of the head, and much longer than the distance 

 between the eyes. The lower jaw slightly projects beyond the 

 upper ; the upper maxillary bone reaches beyond the vertical from 

 the centre of the eye ; the outer margin of the praeoperculum is 

 finely serrated posteriorly and inferiorly, the interior ridge being 



entire. D. 7 -^ ; the first spine is minute ; the second rather longer 



than one-haK of the thii'd ; the third is very strong, and about 1-i- 

 in the length of the head. The spine of the second dorsal fin is not 

 much shorter than the soft portion, one-half the length of the head. 

 Caudalis notched. A. |- ; the second spine is rather shorter than 

 that of the soft dorsal ; the pectoral reaches slightly beyond the 

 origin of the anal fin ; the ventral spine is very strong, compressed, 

 and equal to the second of the anal fin. L. lat. 24. L. transv. 2/6-7. 

 The present colour is a yellovrish ohve, with four darker, rather 

 indistinct bands, broader than the interspaces of the ground-colour 

 between : the first from the nape, above the lateral line, along the 

 back of the tail ; the second from the eye to the middle of the root 

 of the caudal fin ; the third from the axil along the lower side of the 

 tail ; the fourth on the side of the beUy. The pectoral is yellow, 

 with the basal part deep black ; the other fins without distinct colour. 



inches, lines. 



Total length 3 9 



Height of the body 1 1^ 



Length of the head 1 



Diameter of the eye 4^ 



Length of the third dorsal spine Qg 



of the second anal spine 5g 



3. With eight spines in the first dorsal. 



49. Apogon melas. 



Sleeker, Perc. p. 29, and Act. Soc. Nederl. i., Amboina, p. 27. 



Caudalis notched. Entirely imifonn brownish black ; the second 

 dorsal fin with a large round blue spot in the middle of the base. 

 Bima (Sumbava Island) ; Celebes ; Amboyna. 



50, Apogon cantoris. 



Bleeker, Riouw, p. 479. 



L. lat. 24. L. transv. 9. Caudal fin slightly notched. Greenish, 



b2 



