1 32 LABRID^. 



15. Cheilinus lacrymans. 



Cuv. 8) Val. xiv. p. 109; Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 71. tab. 23. iig. 6. 

 D.^. A. |. L. lat. 23. 



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

 or than one-third of the total length (without caudal) : the height 

 of the head is contained once and a third in its length ; its upper 

 profile is concave. Snout twice as long as the eye, with the jaws 

 Bubequal anteriorly ; the lower series of scales does not cover the 

 praeopercular hmb ; tubules of the lateral line simple. Two red 

 streaks between the eye and the mouth : upper parts of the head and 

 trunk with red dots ; opercles without brown streaks ; no dark spot 

 on the dorsal fin. 



Java. 



16. Qieilinus orientalis. 



Cheilinus coccineus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 71. tab. 33. fig. 8 (noiRupp.), 

 D. ^. A. |. L. lat. 22. 



10 8 



The height of the body is much less than the length of the head^ 

 and two-ninths of the total : the height of the head is contained once 

 and three-fifths in its length ; its upper profile straight. Snout very 

 long, nearly thrice as long as the orbit, with the jaws subequal ante- 

 riorly ; the lower series of scales does not cover the praeopercular limb ; 

 tubules of the lateral line simple. Caudal fin rounded. Oblique 

 blue lines across the prae-, sub-, and interoperculum ; snout with 

 blue dots ; a black blotch on the lateral line, behind its origin. A 

 bluish-black spot between the first and third dorsal spines ; the 

 spinous dorsal with a red intramarginal line : caudal and anal with 

 blue ocelli. {Bl.) 



Batjan. 



17. Cheilinus arenatus. 



Cheilinus arenatus, Cuv, ^ Vol. xiv. p. 101. pi. 397. 



■aoioT^'hi\i»{m\x&, Bleek. Batavia, p.493, and Atl. Ichth. p. 72. tab. 28. 



fig. 1. 



D.^. A.|. L. lat. 23. 



The height of the body is equal to the length of the head, and 

 two-sevenths of the total ; head longer than high, with the upper 

 profile concave above the eye. Tubules of the lateral line simple. 

 Caudal rounded, with the lobes produced ; ventral not prolonged. 

 Yellowish-olive, with a brown band along the side, commencing 

 from the eye. Back dotted with brown and blue. A bluish-black 

 spot between the first and third dorsal spines. 



Mauritius. Java 



a. Nine and a half inches long : stuffed. Mauritius. 



Valenciennes states twelve soft rays for the anal fin in this and 

 several other species, which is incorrect ; his artist has represented 

 the proper number. 



