I'EHCID.E. 491 



is of Indian Species. 



A. First dorsal with 7 spines. 



a. Lateral line with more than 30 scales ; fins 



scarlet. [p. 491. 



Body with many faint longitudinal bands. . 1. A. mu'.ttteeniatus, 

 Three dark longitudinal bands on sidj 2. A. calosoma, p. 492. 



b. Lateral line with less than 30 scales, 

 a'. Caudal fin forked. 



Grey, several indistinct transverse dark 



bands ; vertical tins black 3. A. niyricans, p. 492. 



3 or 4 longitudinal dark bands; both 



edges of interopercle serrated 4. A.frenatits, p. 493. 



Two black bauds round body ; 4th dor- 

 sal spine longest 5. A. hcniatus, p. 493. 



Two black spots on side, one beneath 



t 1st dorsal, the other at base of caudal. 6. A. thurstoni, v>. 494. 

 Two longitudinal dark bands on each [p. 494. 



side 7. A. quadrifasciatus, 



Four longitudinal dark bands ; inner edge 



of opercle not serrated 8. A. fasciatiw, p. 494. 



Olive, with 4 or 5 dark transverse bands ; [p. 495- 



fins grey 9. A. bandanensis, 



Golden, head black ; 4 white longitudinal 



bands , 10. A. wassinki, p. 495. 



Pinkish ; a broad black band round root 



of tail '. . . . 11. A. aurens, p. 496. 



Grey, with 2 transverse dark bands ; 3rd 



dorsal spine longest 12. A. bifasciatus, p.497. 



Golden ; vertical fins with broad black 



bands 13. A. ellivti, p. 497. 



Brown, with 4 rows of brown spots on 



sides 14. A. maculosus, p. 497. 



b'. Caudal fin rounded or square. 



Greyish, dorsal and anal black, caudal 



yellow with a black edge 15. A.niyripinnis, p.498. 



Yellowish green above, redder below ; D. 



and C. with black edges 16. A. ylaya, p. 498. 



Spotted or marbled with brown through- 

 out 17. A. auritus, p. 499. 



B. First dorsal with 6 spines ; always a black 



sp -t at base of tail. 



. Caudal rounded 18. A. fickelli, p. 499. 



b. Caudal forked. 



a'. A. 2/14-27 19. A. lineolatus, p. 499. 



b'. A. 2/8-9. 



A dark band from snout through eye to 



opercle or shoulder 20. A. sangiemis, p. 500. 



No marks on head or side except caudal 



spot 21. A. hyalosoma, p.SOO. 



A single dark band round body 22. A. orbiculari8,p. 500. 



A dark lateral line from he.id to tail. . . . 23. A. cmwienw,p.501. 



640. (1.) Apogon multitaeniatns. 



Apogon multitseniatus (Ehrenb.), Cuv. $ Val. II. N. Poits. ii, p. 159 ; 

 Day, Fish. India, pp. 57, 101, pi. xvi, tig. 1 (see synon.). 



