124 LAJRIDJS. 



1. Cirrhilabrus temmiuckii. 



Cirrhilabrus, sp., Schleg. I. c. 



Ckrhilabrus temnxinclai, Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Oenootsch. xxv. Ja- 

 pan, p. 17. 



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The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is about 

 one-foia-th of the total. Caudal rounded; the second and third 

 ventral rays produced into a long filament, extending to the end of 

 the anal. Brownish-green (in spirits), with a whitish band along 

 the base of the dorsal and another along the middle of the side. 

 Dorsal and anal fins with a blackish edge, and with a blackish baud 

 along the middle of the dorsal ; anal with a blackish band along its 

 base. (ScJdeg.) 



Japanese Sea. 



2. Cirrhilabrus solorensis. 

 Bleeker, Solor, p. 88, and AU. Ichth. p. 76. tab. 23. fig. 3. 



D, n. A. |. L. lat. 24. L. transv. 7-8. 



The height of the body is contained four times in the total length, 

 the length of the head four times and a third. The second ventral 

 ray is produced, extending to the origin of the anal ; caudal rounded. 

 Reddish-violet : several small deep- violet spots on the middle of the 

 sides, below the posterior half of the spinous dorsal ; an oblong spot 

 of the same colour before the root of the pectoi'al. Spines and rays 

 of the vertical and ventral fins blue. 



Seas of Solor and Banda. 



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



3. Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura. 



Cheilinoides cyanopleura, Bleek. Natuurk. Tyilschr. NederL Ind. 1851, 



ii. p. 72. pi. 1. 

 Ciahilabrus cyanopleura, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 76. tab. 23. fig. 1. 



D. ^. A. J. L. lat. 22. 



The height of the body is one-fourth of the total length, tho length 

 of the head two-ninths. Ventral fin not prolonged ; caudal rounded. 

 Greenish-olive, with a longitudinal series of several crescent-shaped 

 blue spots behind the pectoraL {Bl.) 



Sea of Batavia. 



21. DORATONOTUS. 



Body compressed, oblong, covered with large scales ; (? cheeks and 

 opercles scaly). The spinous dorsal is composed of nine spines, its 

 middle being strongly depressed. Teeth in a single series ; a pos- 

 terior canine tooth. Lateral line interrupted. 



Caribbean Sea. 



