NO. 1562. THE CIRRHITOID FISHES OF JAPAN—JORDAN AND HERRE. 168 



scales and fin rays, but ('. hleekeri is said to be much more elongate, 

 the depth, 2| in length (3^ in total length, with caudal); the eye 3i in 

 head; the color rosy, with pale streaks, a large black blotch below soft 

 dorsal, a dark blotch behind opercle; caudal with red spots; dorsal and 

 caudal banded. The Indian species is probably ditferent from the 

 Japanese. 



{aureus, golden.) 



Family APLODACTYLID^:. 



This family agrees with the Cirrhitida? in having the lower pectoral 

 rays simple, elongate, and thickened, and in having the ventrals 

 inserted well behind the pectorals. 



It differs technically, according to Boulenger, in the a))sence of a 

 suborbital shelf, and also in the much larger number of dorsal spines, 

 the soft dorsal also being many rayed. Anal fin short, vertebra more 

 than 10 + 16, teeth acute or incisor-like. Shore lishes of the warm 

 parts of the Pacific. 



a. Cheilodactylix.k. Teeth pointed not incisor-like, dorsal spines about 18, the 

 spinous part of the fin not longer than the soft; preopercle entire. 

 h. Anal fin short, III 8, or III 9; dorsal fin deeply notched, the fourth spine 

 elevated; soft dorsal of about 30 rays (roniistiits, 4. 



4. GONIISTIUS Gill. 



Gonilsiius Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. ^ci. Phila., 1862, p. 120 {zonatus) . 

 Zeodrins Castelnau, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W., Ill, 1878, p. 377 (vestihis). 



Bod}^ highest anteriorly, the anterior profile steep and compressed. 

 Head small; cheeks and crown scaly; preopercle entire; opercle end- 

 ing in a flat spine; mouth small, the lower jaw included; teeth small, 

 in several series, the outer enlarged; vomer and palatines toothless; 

 branchiostegals 6; adult with a pair of tubercles above e3^e and one 

 above snout; scales moderate; dorsal fin yerj long, the spinous and 

 soft parts about equal, the rays about XVII-30, the fin deeply notched, 

 the fourth spine much elevated and curved backward; anal with three 

 small spines, the rays about III, 8, the last rays rapidly shortened; 

 pectorals with about 6 simple rays, of moderate length; ventrals well 

 behind pectorals; caudal forked; body with oblique black bands. 

 Species about 6, of the tropical Pacific. The genus is closely related 

 to Cheilodactylus, from which it differs mainly in the elevated, notched 

 dorsal, the soft dorsal being longer than in Cheilodactylvs. From 

 Dactylosparus Gill {D. carponemus) the short anal distinguishes Gonll- 

 sthis. Goniistins vittatus from Hawaii is allied to G. zebra^ and still 

 other species inhabit Australian waters. 



(^/G^y/o', angle : zVt/ok, sail: for dorsal fin.) 



