392 PRISTIPOMATID^. 



a. Largo specimen. Madagascar. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 

 6. Adult. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



c. Adult. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



d. Adult. Amboyna. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's Collection. 



6. Csesio caerulaureus. 



Cfesio coendaureus, Lact'p. ill. p. 8G; Cuv. ^ Vol. vi. p. 434 (cfr. 



p. 559, aud note by Valenciennes) ^ 

 ? Smaris mauritianus, Quoi/ 8f Gaim. Voy. Freyc. Zool. Poiss. p. 290. 



pi. 44. f. 3. 

 ? Csesio azuraureus, Riipp. Atl. Fische, p. 130. 

 ? coerulaureus, var., Cant. Catal. p. 54. 



The height of the body is about one-fifth of the total length. 

 Above bluish, with a golden longitudinal band along the lateral line ; 

 along each lobe of the caudal a blackish band {Cuv.) 



Red Sea ; Isle de France ; Ceylonese Sea. 



It is very doubtful whether the fish described by RiippeU as Ccesio 

 azuraureus is to be referred to Cuvier's species. It has the formula 

 D. 1^, A. Y^, no lateral band, and appears to be higher in compari- 

 son with its length. On the other hand, the fish from the Red Sea, 

 described by Cuvier as a variety of C. coerulaureus, p. 436, is probably 

 identical with Ccesio striatus of Riippell. From the extremely deli- 

 cate structure of the fin-rays^ it is very difiicult to count them and 

 to give the correct numbers, but which is the more necessary, as we 

 do not yet know to what extent they vary in the species of this genus. 



7. Caesio striatus. 



Csesio striatus, Eiipp. Atl. Fische, p. 131. pi. 34. f. 1. 

 ? Caesio ccerulaureus, var., Cuv. ^ Val. vi. p. 43G. 



t B. 6. D. f-^. A. ^. L. lat. GO. L. transv. 8/13. 



The height of the body is 4^ in the total length, the length of the 

 head 4^ ; the diameter of the eye is 3| in the latter, and shorter 

 than the snout. Violet, with four or five blackish longitudinal bands ; 

 along each lobe of the caudal a blackish band ; above the axil a black 

 spot. 



Red Sea. 



a. Fine specimen. Red Sea. 



8. Caesio chrysozona. 

 Coesio chrysozona, {KuJd Sfvan Ilass.) Cnv. &■ Val. vi. p. 440. 



^- Ts- ^- fa- ^- 1^^- ^''5- ^- transv. 6/16. 

 The height of the body is one-fifth of the total length, the length 

 of the head one-fourth ; the diameter of the eye is one-fourth of the 

 latter, and nearly equal in length to the snout. A broad shining 



