96 LABRID-B. 



5. Clicerops japonicus. 



Labrus japonicus, Cuv. ^ Vol. xiii. p. 99; Sclilcg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. 



p. 163. pi. 85. 

 Cossyphus japonicus, ^^e<?A:. Verhand.Batav. Genootsch.xxv.Nalez.Ja]}. 



p. 16, and xxvi. Nalez. Jap. p. 114. 



D. H. A. -. L. lat. 28-29. L. transv. 3^/10. 



7 9 ^ 



A posterior canine tooth. Pra;operculum minutely serrated. Head 

 obtuse, as high as long, with the upper profile convex, its length 

 being contained thrice and three-fifths in the total. The teeth in 

 both jaws are confluent into an osseous ridge. Red : a brownish 

 violet band from the sixth, seventh and eighth dorsal spines to the 

 axil, each scale with a blue streak or spot ; a short violet streak from 

 the eye to the snout. Dorsal and anal fins yellow, the former with 

 a reddish- violet band along the base, the latter with a similar one of 

 rose-colour ; caudal with dark upper and lower margins ; base of the 

 pectoral yellow. 



Seas of Japan and China. 



a-b. Adult : stuffed. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. — The 

 dark cross-band sometimes disappears in stuffed specimens. 



c. Adult : stuffed. China. Purchased of Mr. Warwick. 



d. Adult. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 



6. Chcerops oligacanthus. 



Crenilabrus oligacanthus, Bleek. Rioinc, p. 489, and Singapore, p. 68. 

 D. -. A. -. L. lat. 29. L. transv. 3/11. 



7 10 ' 



A posterior canine tooth, absent in young specimens. Serrature of 

 the praioporculum very distinct. Head nearly as high as long ; pra;- 

 orbital elevated ; scales of the prscoperculum small, numerous, imbri- 

 cate ; the inner canine teeth of the upper jaw are the strongest. 

 Greenish : an oblong white blotch, with a brown one below, between 

 the pectoral and the sixth and eighth dorsal spines ; sometimes 

 another brown spot on each side of the tail, behind the dorsal fin ; 

 red and blue streaks from the eye to the maxillary and to the oper- 

 culum ; dorsal and anal fins bluish, with red spots ; caudal red, "u^th 

 blue dots ; the anal fin of immature specimens shows oblique white 

 lines. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



a. Singapore. 



h-c. From the Haslar Collection. 



7. ChoBrops cyanodon. 



Labrus cyanodus, Richards. Ann. ^-Mag. Nat. Hist. 1843, xi. p. 355. 

 Laclinolaimus cvanodus, Richards. Voy. Ereh. 8f Terr. Fishes, p. 131. 

 pi. 55. figs. 5-7. 



D. -. A. -. L. lat. 30. L. transv. 3/10. 



7 10 



Posterior canine tooth absent. Serrature of the praeoperculum 



