29. LEPTOJULIS. 167 



to the base of the caudal ; a red streak from tlic angle of the mouth 

 to the suboperculum ; the space between the brown band and red 

 streak is bluish, dotted with red ; dorsal and anal fins with a bluish 

 longitudinal band, and with three or two series of red spots ; caudal 

 fin with interrupted red transverse lines. 

 Japanese and Chinese Seas. 



rt. Adult : mounted. China Presented by J. E-. Reeves, Esij. 



29. LEPTOJULIS. 



Leptojulis, Blcek. Proc. Zool. Sue. 18G1, p. 412. 



Body compressed, slender, covered with scales of moderate size 

 (L. lat. less than 30); head naked; lateral line not interrupted; 

 scales on the thorax smaller than those on the body. Four anterior 

 canine teeth in each jaw, the outer enlarged, bent outwards and 

 backwards ; a posterior canine tooth. Dorsal spines nine. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



1. Leptojulis cyanopleura. 

 Bleeker, Batavia, p. 489, and Atl. Ichth. p. 128. tab. 36. fig. 5. 



D. ^. A. -^. L. lat. 27. L. transv. 2i/9. 

 1111 ^1 



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

 the total length, the length of the head one-fourth. Caudal rounded. 

 Green, with a broad red, blue-edged band running from the snout to 

 the caudal ; a large deep-blue blotch behind the pectoral and below 

 the lateral line ; head with two red, blue-edged bands along its lower 

 side ; a forked blue spot before the dorsal fin ; the soft dorsal vn\h 

 blue margin, with a red band along the middle and with a basal 

 series of red spots ; anal blue -edged. 



Sea > f Batavia. 



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



2. Leptojulis pyrrhogrammatoides. 

 Bleeker, Batavia, p. 490, and Atl. Ichth. p. 129. tab. 86. fig. 1. 

 D. ^. A. ,^. L. lat. 27. L. transv. 2^/10. 



The height of the body is contained five times in the total length, 

 the length of the head four times and two-thirds. Caudal rounded. 

 Green, with two broad brownish bands, the one along the back, and 

 the other from the eye to the caudal ; anal with yellow spots along 

 the base ; the other fins immaculate. Nearly uniform brownish (in 

 spirits). 



Sea of Batavia. 



a. From Dr. P, v. Blocker's Collection. 



