138 LABRID^. 



10. Anampses pterophthaMus. 



Bleeker,Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl. n. A7nboina,\\ii. p. 81, OkUdi Atl. Ichth. 

 p. 102. tab. 24. fig. 3. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 52. L. transv. 7/24. 



Dorsal spines stiff. Violet : sides of the head and tail yellowish- 

 brown ; two or three oblique blue lines between each pair of spines 

 and rays of the dorsal and anal fins, and a black, yellow-edged ocellus 

 posteriori}'- near the base of those fins. Caudal brownish-yellow, 

 with a yellow posterior margin, and with blue longitudinal lines 

 between the rays ; pectorals brown at the base. 



Amboyna. 



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



26. HBMIGYMNUS. 



Halichoeres, sp., Riippell. 

 Tautoga, sp., Cuu. ^ Val. 



Body compressed, oblong, with scales of moderate size ; cheeks 

 rather high. Opercles naked; cheek with a stripe of verj'- small 

 scales ; praeoperculum not serrated ; lateral line continuous. Teeth 

 in the jaws in a single series ; two canines in each jaw anteriorly, 

 the lower pair received between the teeth of the upper; generally 

 a posterior canine tooth. Formula of the fins : D. ^. A. ^. 



From the Red Sea to the north coast of Australia. 



1. Hemigynmus fasciatus. 



MuUus fasciatus, Thunb. Reise nach Japan, iv. p. 351. tab. 314. 

 Labrus fasciatus, Bi. tab. 290 ; Bl. Schn. p. 249. 

 Spams meaco, Lacep. iv. p. 161. 



zonephorus, Lacep. iv. p. 155. 



Labrus fidiginosus, Lacep. iii. pp. 437, 492, 493, 496. 



malapteronotus, Lacep. iii. pp. 450, 516. 



Scarus quinquefasciatus, Benn. Fish, of Ceylon, pi. 23. 

 Tautoga fasciata, Cuv. i<f Val. xiii. p. 303. pi. 379 ; Bleek. Batav. p. 484. 

 ? Tautoga mertensii, Cuv. ^ Val. xiii. p. 308. 

 Cheilinus blochii, Cuv. ^- Val. xiv. p. 108. 



Hemigynmus fasciatus, Gi'mth. Ann. ^-May. Nat. Hist. 1861, viii. p.386; 

 Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. . tab. 46. fig. 2. 



D. A. A. -^. L. lat. 30. L. transv. 5/11. 



A posterior canine tooth. Lips very thick, with folds ; the lower 

 lips are notched anteriorly, broad, pendent, like wattles ; cheek with 

 a band of small scales. Body with five brownish-black cross-bands; 

 ventral and anal blackish ; the lower half of the soft dorsal yelloAvish, 

 the upper blackish. A brownish spot behind the eye. 



From Mauritius to the East Indian Archipelago. ? Carolines. 



a, h. Half-grown. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 

 c. Adult. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



