22. cuEiLiNus. 129 



and two-fifths of the total (without caudal) 5 head a little longer 

 than high. Canine teeth moderately strong ; snout pointed, chiii 

 not prominent. Tubules of the lateral Hne simple, bifid or trifid. 

 Caudal rounded. Uniform brown, with a series of six to eight darker 

 spots along the side ; the spinous dorsal brownish, with a black spot 

 anteriorly, the soft yellow behind ; ventrals and anal violet, spotted 

 with yellow ; caudal with transverse series of violet spots. 

 Batoe, Flores, Batjan, and Amboyna. 



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

 7. Cheilinus festivus. • 



Cuv. ^ Val. xiv. p. 104. 



The height of the body is two-fifths of the total length. Brownish- 

 olive, with numerous short vertical lines ; snout with two or three 

 lines. 



Island of Oualan. 



Known from a drawing only. 



8. Cheilinus tmdulatns. 



Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 20. taf. 6. fig. 2 ; Cfuv. 8f Val. xiv. p. 108; 

 Bkek. Batav. p. 492, and Atl. Ichth. p. 68. tab. 26. fig. 3. 



D. l^. A. |. L. lat. 22. Vert. 9/14. 



The height of the body is one-third or a little less than one-third 

 of the total length, and equal to the length of the head ; head a little 

 longer than high, with a prominent hump in old specimens ; jaws 

 subequal anteriorly, lips thick. Tubules of the lateral line simple ; 

 the scales disappear with age on the head and front part of the trunk. 

 Caudal rounded; ventrals not produced. Head and thorax with 

 numerous undulated yellow vertical lines, scales of the body with 

 similar lines of greenish colour ; a blackish band on the snout and 

 two oblique ones behind the eye. Vertical fins with numerous un- 

 dulated lines. 



Red Sea. Batavia. 



9. Cheilinus fasciatns. 



Renard, Poiss. Mol. tab. 26. no. 132; Valent. iii. nos. 74 & 113. 

 Spams fasciatus, Bl. v. p. 18. taf. 257; Bl. Schn. p. 269; LacSp. iv. 



t)p. 39, 127. 

 Labrus enneacanthus, Lacfy. iii. pp. 433, 480. 

 Cheilinus fasciatus, pt., Riipp. Atl. Fische, p. 23. 

 fasciatus, Cuv. 6f Val. xiv. p. 92; Rupp. N. W. Fische, p. 18 ; Bleek. 



Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxii. Labr. p. 31, and Atl. Ichth. p. 67. 



tab. 26. fig. 2. 



D. ^. A. |. L. lat. 23. Vert. 10/13. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length. Caudal 

 fin truncated, with the upper and lower rays slightly produced. 



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