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Tank No. 9. 



Sea-anemones. In the foreground (isolated) the crimson-purple 

 Cereactis (fig. 53), and other kinds. 



Corals. In the background the orange -coloured colonies of 

 Astroides (fig. 52). 



Fishes. *Cuckoo {Capros, fig. 50), oval, red Httle fish. ♦Trum- 

 peter {Centriscus, fig. 51), with long snout and back-thorn. 

 Anthias, delicate pink, tail crescent-shaped, fins very large, 

 almost transparent. 



Fig. 50. Capros aper (Cuckoo), 

 1/2 nat. size. p. 1 16. 



Fig. 51. Centriscus scolopax (Trumpeter), 

 1/2 nat. size. p. Ii6. 



Fig. 52. Colony of Astroides calycularis, 

 1/2 nat. size. On the right is the rock to 

 which it is attached, p. 65. 



Fig. 53. Cereactis aurantiaca, projecting out 

 of the sand, 1/2 nat. size. p. 64. 



