22. CHKILINUS. 127 



2. Cheilinus mossambicus. 



? Clieilinus radiatus, Ciiv. ^- J^al. xiv. p. 01. 



Cheilinus radiatiis, Peters, Wiv(/m. Arch. 18o5, p. 204 (not Bl. Schn.). 



D.^. A.|. L.lat.20. 



The height of the body is rather less than the length of the head, 

 and one-third of the total length (without caudal) ; head longer 

 than high ; snout subconical, one-third of the length of the head, 

 without prominent chin. Scales on the cheek in two series, the 

 lower of which is composed of three scales covering the pra^opcrcular 

 limb. Caudal fin in adult specimens (4-5 inches long) two-lobed, 

 with the upper and middle rays prolonged. Tubules of the lateral 

 lino simple. Brownish -olive (in spirits), clouded udth blackish ; 

 yellow lines radiate from the orbit ; a violet spot behind the orbit ; 

 the spinous dorsal brownish-black ; the upper part of the soft dorsal, 

 the anal and caudal with reticulated yellow lines. 



Coast of Mozambique. 



a. Four and a half inches long. Presented by Prof. Peters. 



3. Cheilinus ceramensis. 



Bleeker, Amboina ^ Ccram, p. 290, and Ail. Ichih. p. 09. tab. 28. fig. 4. 

 D. f„. A. |. L. lat. 21. 



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

 fin not included). Canine teeth rather small ; snout very obtuse. 

 Caudal fin with the upper and middle rays produced, the lower 

 corner of the fin being rounded. Tubules of the lateral line scarcely 

 branched. Greenish, with some dark blotches along the middle of 

 the side ; head with yellow dots and lines radiating from the orbit ; 

 the spinous dorsal violet, red-edged, with a blue spot between the 

 first and second spines ; the upper portion of the soft dorsal, the 

 posterior part of the caudal, and the anal fin with reticulated yellow 

 lines, enclosing blackish ocelli. 



East Indian Archipelago. New Hebrides. 



a. Six inches long. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



b. Six inches long : stufied. Aneiteum. From Mr. Macgillivray's 



Collection. 



4. Cheilinus punctatus. 



Cheilinus punctatus, Benn. Proe. Comm. Zool. Soc, i. p. 167. 



pimctiilatus, Cuv. 8f Vol. xiv. p. 87. pi. 396 ; Peter's, Wiegm. 



Arch. 1855, p. 264. 



D. i^. A. 4- L. lat. 22. 



The height of the body is one-third, or rather less than one-third, 

 of the total length ; canine teeth of moderate size- Caudal rounded, 

 with the upper lobe sbghtly produced in adult specimens. Tubules 

 of the lateral line moderately branched. Greenish-brown : head 

 with round yellow spots, bf^dy with series of red dots along the rows 



