246 PEECID^. 



villiform, \vithout canines ; teeth on the palatine bones ; tongue 

 smooth. Two separate dorsals, the first with six or seven, the anal 

 fin with two spines. Operculum spiniferous ; prfeoperculum with a 

 double ridge, but both entire. Scales large, readily deciduous. 



From the Red Sea through the seas of the Indian and Australian 

 region. [Sea of Bahia.] 



1. Apogonichthys gracilis. 



Sleeker, Ternate, vii. p. 371. 



Caudal notched ; anal with eleven or twelve soft rays ; the fii'st 

 dorsal spine longest. Shining golden, with a brown streak from the 

 muzzle through the eye to the operculum ; root of the caudal fin 

 with a brown spot ; each lobe of the caudal vdih a bro^vn longitudinal 

 band. 



Sea of Ternate. 



2. Apogonichthys auritus. 



Apogon auritus, Cut: ^ Val. vii. p. 443. 



punctulatus, Riippcll, N. W. Fische, p. 88. t. 22. f. 4 (not Bleek.). 



? Apogon variegatus, Valetic. Nouv. Ann. Mus. i. p. 55. 



Caudal truncated. Uniform brown ; a round, black, white-edged 

 spot on the operculum. L. lat. 20. L. transv. 7-8. 

 Isle de France ; Ked Sea. 



3. Apogonichthys poly stigma. 



Apogon pimctulatua, Bleeker, Nat. Tydschr. Nederl. Indie, iii. p. 696 



(not Riipp.). 

 Apogonichthys polystigma, Bleeker, I. c. vi. p. 484. 



Bro^sTiish, fins red ; operculum with a large blue, lighter-edged 

 spot below ; two oblique brown bands from the eye to the prteoper- 

 culum ; each scale with a blackish spot at the base. The upper 

 maxillary bone reaching a little beyond the posterior margin of the 

 eye ; the second and third dorsal spines longed. L. lat. 26. L. 

 transv. 9-10. 



Sea of Coram ; Sumatra. 



4. Apogonichthys amblyuropterus. 

 Apogon amblyiu-opterus, Bleeker, Ceram, ii. p. 695. 



None of the opercular bones denticulated ; caudalis rounded. Red 

 (in life), sparingly sjirinlded with brown ; the first dorsal and the 

 ventral fins ilearly entirely brown, the others yellow ; the second 

 dorsal and the anal with three red longitudinal bands, the caudal 

 with three undulated red cross-bands. L. lat. 20. L. transv. 8. 



Sea of Wahai (Ccram). 



