33. GOMPHOSUS. 193 



c. Adult : stuffed. 



d. Half-grown. Sumatra. Presented by Sir T. S. Raffles. — Type 



of Gomphos^is ornatus, Benn. 



2. Gomphosus tricolor. 



? Renard, ii. pi. 22. fi?. 109. 



Gomphosus tricolor, Quoi/ 8f Gai?n. Voy. XJran. Zool. p. 280. pi. 55. fig. 2; 



Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl. i. Manado Sf Makass. p. 54, and Atl. 



Ichth. p. 86. tab. 21. fig. 6. 

 cepedianiis, Cuv. 8f Val. xiv. p. 18. pi. 390. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 29. L. transv. 3/9. Vert. 9/15. 



Caudal fin slightly emarginate. Green, with a broad oblique 

 yellow band on the shoulder and thorax ; vertical fins yellow, caudal 

 with the upper and lower margins violet ; pectoral brownish-violet, 

 with a blue band running parallel to the hinder margin, yellow at 

 the base, with a violet spot superiorly. 



East Indian Seas ; western parts of the Pacific. 



a. Fine specimen. Presented by Vice- Admiral Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 

 6. Adult. China. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 c-d. Adult and half-grown : skins in bad state. Ceylon. From 

 Dr. Kelaart's Collection. 



3. Gompliosus vaxius. 



Gomphosus varius, Lac^. iii, p. 104 pi. 5. fig. 2. 



pectoralis, Quoy Sf Gaim. Voy. JJran. Zool. p. 282. 



ruscus, Cuv. 8( Val. xiv. p. 25. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 29. L. transv. f|. 



Caudal fiin truncated, with the lobes slightly produced in adult 

 specimens. Upper part of the head and the trunk reddish, each scale 

 with a violet spot at the base ; tail and vertical fins brown, thorax 

 and beUj whitish. A brown longitudinal band through the lower 

 part of the eye ; dorsal and anal fins with a narrow, caudal with a 

 broad transparent margin ; anal with a longitudinal series of trans- 

 parent round spots. 



Mauritius. Polynesia. 



a. Half-grown : stuffed. Aneiteum. From Mr. Macgillivray's Col- 

 lection, 



h-c. Half-grown : very bad state. Otaheiti. Old Collection, as La- 

 hrus nasutns. 



4. Oomphosus melanotus. 



Valent. no. 504; Betiard, i. pi. 5. fig. 36, pi. 14. fig. 83. 

 Gomphosus melanotus, Bleeker, Kokos, iv. p..457, and Atl. Ichth. p. 87. 

 tab. 21. fig. 3. 



D. 1. A. A. L. lat. 26. 



Caudal fiu rounded, with the lobes slightly produced in adult 



vol. IV. o 



