42 POMACENTRID^. 



Russell, tab. 85. 



Glyphisodon sordidus, Jtiif^. Atl. Fische, p. 34. taf. 8. fig. 1 ; Cuv. Sf 



Val. V. p. 466 ; Bleek. Verhayid. Batav. Genootsch. xxi. Lahr. Cten. 



p. 16. 

 g'gas, Lionard, Dix, Rapp. Soc. Hist, Nat. Maur. p. 35. 



D. ^. A. j-^yj. L. lat. 29. L. transv. 4/12. C»c. pylor. 3. 

 Vert. 12/14. 



The height of the body is rather more than one-half of the total 

 length (the caudal fin not included) ; the width of the interorbital 

 space is more than that of the orbit ; the scales advance to the front 

 margin of the eye. The breadth of the infraorbital ring below the 

 centre of the eye is more than one-half of the greatest breadth of the 

 praeorbital. Teeth very narrow and slender ; vertical fins obtusely 

 roxmded; caudal deeply emarginate. Body with about six dark, 

 rather iiidistinct cross- bands, broader than the interspaces of the 

 ground-colour between them ; a large black spot across the back of 

 the tail, immediately behind the dorsal. 



Young specimens have the anterior half of the spinous dorsal fin 

 black. 



Indian Seas. 

 Q, b. Adult. China. 



c, dr-e. Adult, half-grown, and young. Mauritius. From the Col- 

 lection of the Zoological Society. 

 /. Adult : stufied. Red Sea. From Dr. RiippeU's Collection. 

 (/. Adult: stufied. 



h. Young. From the Haslar Collection. 

 t. Adult : skeleton. China. From the Haslar Collection. 



13. GlypMdodon breviceps. 



Schleg. Overz. Amphipr. 8fc> in Verhand, Nat. Gesch. Nederl. Overz. 

 Bezitt. p. 23, 



D. 15. A. -^. 



11 12 



Body oblong ; snout very short ; the sixth and seventh rays of the 

 dorsal fin, the ninth and tenth of the anal, the ventrals, and the caudal 

 lobes produced into filaments. Yellowish, with three broad darker 

 cross-bands : the first from the occiput through the eye, the second 

 from the nape and the origin of the dorsal fin, the third from the soft 

 dorsal. Dorsal and caudal fins with numerous light dots disposed in 

 series. {Schleg.) 



South-west coast of Sumatra. 



14. GlypMdodon trifasciatus. 



ChsBtodon cura9ao, B] iii. p. 106. taf. 212. fig. 1 ; Bl Schn. p. 234 ; 



Lacip. iv. p. 463. 

 Glyphisodon curassao, Cuv. ^ Val. v. p. 471. 

 trifasciatus, Bleek. Lubr. Cten. p. 19. 



D. J^g. A. ,-5^. L. lat. 27. L. transv. 3/10. Vert. 12/14. 



The height of the body is three-fifths of the total length (the caudal 



