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5. Apogonichtliys glaga. 



Apogon glaga, Sleeker, Perc. p. 29. 



Apogouichtnys glaga, Bleek. Verh. Batav. Genootsch. xxvi. p. 57. 



Rose-coloured (in life), head minutely dotted with brown ; the 

 spinous dorsal violet-black in its upper half, the soft dorsal with light 

 blue spots and a broad blackish upper edge ; caudal fin black- edged. 

 Seven spines in the first dorsal. Caudalis truncated, with rounded 

 angles. L. lat. 23. L. transv. 8-9. 



Javanese and Japanese Seas ; Singapore. 



6. Apogonichtliys carinatiis. 



Apogon carinatus, Cuv. Sf Val. ii, p. 157 ; Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 3. 

 Apogonichthya carinatus, Sleeker, Floris, p. 321, and Verh. Batav. 

 Genootsch. xxvi. p. 56. pi. 1. f. 3. 



Ten soft rays in the anal fin ; uniform whitish (in spirits) ; the four 

 hinder rays of the second dorsal black, 

 Japanese and Chinese Seas. 



7. Apogonichthys perdix. 

 Sleeker, Floris, p. 321. 



Orange-coloured in life, marbled mth brownish ; cheeks and oper- 

 cles brown ; the first dorsal fitn violet, the other fins orange, with all 

 the rays bro\vn-spotted. CaudaHs rounded; the third and fourth 

 dorsal spines longest. L. lat. 20. L. transv. 8-9. 



Sea of Floris. 



8. Apogonichthys aprion. 



Apogon aprion, Richards. Ann. Nat. Hist, 1842, vol. ix. p. 16. 



Caudal rounded. The first dorsal with six spines* ; praeoperculum 

 not serrated ; a small cluster of teeth on the tongue. L. lat. 40. 

 L. transv. 5/13. Brownish, with about eight blackish cross-bands 

 on the back ; top of the first dorsal deep black. 



Coasts of North Australia. 



a. Adult. Port Essington. Presented by J. Gould, Esq. 



6. Adult: stuffed. Port Essington. Presented by J. Gould. Esq. 



c. Adult: staffed. Australia. 



d. Adult : skin. Port Essington. From Mr. Gilbert's Collection, 



e. Adult : skin. King's River, near Victoria (Port Essington). 



9. Apogonichthys americanus, 



Apogon americanum, Castelnau, Anim. nouv. oil rares Amh-. du Sud, 

 Poiss. p. 3. pi. 3. f. 2. 



Caudalis forked; analis with eight soft rays. Uniform reddish 

 olive. (Casteln.) 

 Coast of Bahia. 



* The number fire, stated by Dr. Richardson, is anomalous in one of the speci- 

 mens; the others have six. 



