6. QLYPHIDODON. 49 



below the eye is not much narrower than the praeorbital, which has 

 a shallow notch. Teeth rather narrow. The dorsal spines increase 

 in length posteriorly, the length of the ninth being one-half of that 

 of the head. Caudal hn forked, wth the upper lol^e longest. Chest- 

 nut-brown (in spirits), lighter on the head and shoulders ; a deep- 

 brown spot superiorly in the axil of the pectoral. 

 Java. 



a. Fine specimen. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 



32, Glyphidodon leucozona. 



Bleeker, Naturk. Tychchr. Nederl. Lid. xix. p. 338. 



D. ||. A. ^. L. lat. 29. L. transv. 3/10. 



The height of the body is one-half of the total length (the caudal 

 fin not included) ; the snout is shorter than the orbit ; the width of 

 the prceorbital, above the angle of the mouth, is two-thii'ds of that 

 of the orbit. Each jaw with about 40 teeth. Caudal fin emarginate, 

 with the lobes rounded ; the spinous dorsal scaly. Brown, with blue 

 spots on the side of the head and belly. A light band crosses the 

 })odj below the sixth and seventh dorsal spines. A blackish spot 

 superiorly in the axil of the pectoral and behind the last dorsal rays ; 

 i'ertical fins blackish. 



Java. 



a, b. Three and a half and three inches long. From Dr. P. v. 

 Bleeker's Collection. 



33. Glyphidodon lacrymatus. 



Quoy Sf Gaim. Voy. Uran. Zool. p. 388. pi. 62. fig. 7 ; Ciw. ^- Val v. 

 p. 478 ; Bleeh. Ternate, v. p. 303. 



^■'i&0.4rV.). A. A L. lat. 27. 



The height of the body is one-half of the total length (without 

 caudal) ; the snout is shorter than the orbit ; the width of the prae- 

 orbital, above the angle of the mouth, is one-half of that of the orbit. 

 Each jaw with about 40 teeth. Caudal fin emarginate, with the 

 lobes rounded ; the spinous dorsal scaly. Brown, with small, scat- 

 tered blue spots ; the outer portion of the soft dorsal and anal 

 orange-coloured ; caudal and the posterior portion of the tail brown- 

 ish-yellow ; pectoral with a blackish spot across the base. (57.) 



Coasts of Java, Sangi, Ternate, and Guam. 



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34. Glyphidodon florulentus. 



D. i|. A. ^. L. lat. 25. L. transv. 3/9. 



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

 lengt^ (the caudal fin not included) ; the profile between the origin 

 of the dorsal fin and the snout is very slightly bent, obliquely de- 

 scending. Snout shorter than the eye ; the greatest width of the 



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