22. CHEILINUS. 133 



18. Cheilinus celebicos. 



Cheilinus celebicus, pt., Bleek. Celebes, iv. p. 171. 

 celebicus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 70. tab. 28. fig. 3. 



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



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

 one-fourth of the total ; head not quite twice as long as high ; jaws 

 subequal anteriorly ; tubules of the lateral line simple. Cauda 

 rounded. Rosy-olive: head with red streaks on the snout, and 

 reticulated violet lines on the side ; scales with red or violet dots : 

 two large irregular blackish spots on the tail ; dorsal with a deep- 

 blue (blackish) spot between the first and second spines ; the caudal, 

 and sometimes the soft dorsal and anal, reticulated with violet. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



a. Sixty-eight lines long. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 



19. Cheiliniis ozyrhyiichus. 

 Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 73. tab. 28. fig. 2. 



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



The height of the body is less than the length of the head, and a 

 little more than one-fourth of the total ; the depth of the head is 

 contained once and three-fifths in its length ; snout produced, coni- 

 cal, with the jaws equal ; tubules of the lateral Hne simple. Caudal 

 rounded. Yellowish-olive (in spirits) ; snout without markings ; 

 reticulated brown lines on the hinder half of the head, on the body, 

 and on the soft portions of- the vertical fins ; suboperculum crossed 

 by several brown lines ; two irregular blackish blotches on the tail ; 

 dorsal with a blackish spot between the first and second spines. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



a. Sixty-five lines long. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 

 20. Cheilinas hoevenii 



Bleeker, Versl. 8f Meded. Akad. Wet. Amsterd. Natuurk. 1862, p. 297, 

 and Ati. Ichth. p. 70. tab. 27. fig. 1. 



D. ^. A. f . L. lat. 22. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is two- 

 sevenths of the total (with the caudal) ; the height of the head is 

 contained once and a fourth in its length ; the upper profile of the 

 head is concave ; snout more than twice as long as the eye ; jaws 

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

 praeopereular limb ; tubules of the lateral Hne simple. Caudal fin 

 X ■>unded, not produced. Short red streaks radiate from the orbit ; 

 each scale on the body with several red dots ; a very large, band- 

 like brown spot on the lateral line of the tail ; a blue spot between 

 the first and second dorsal spines. {Bleek.) 



Amboyna. 



