492 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTEKYGII. 



D. 7 | 1/9. P. 15. A. 2/8. C. 17. L. 1. 37-38. L. tr. 3^/12. 



Length of head 3g, height of body 3| in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter 3| in length of head, from end of snout, and 4- apart. 

 The outer edge of both vertical and horizontal margins of the 

 preopercle finely and nearly evenly serrated; a small flat oper- 

 cular spine. Fins dorsal spines stout, the third and fourth the 

 highest; second dorsal a little higher, its upper edge nearly 

 straight ; pectoral rounded ; ventral not reaching the anal, which 

 equals in height the second dorsal; caudal slightly emarginate. 

 Colour a slaty tinge along the back, becoming reddish on the head, 

 sides, and abdomen ; violet lines along the body, between the rows 

 of scales, narrower than the ground-colour, most apparent after 

 death. Fins scarlet ; second dorsal, anal, and caudal with light 

 edges and black tips ; first dorsal black at the base and in the upper 

 three fourths, also between last two spines. Eyes scarlet in their 

 anterior halves, with some black markings. 



Hal. Eed Sea, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



641. (2.) Apogon. calosoma. 



Apogon kalosoma, Bleeker, Batavia Nat. Tijdsch. iii, 1852, p. 448 ; 

 Day, Fish. India, p. 57, pi. xvi, fig. 2 (see synon.). 



D. 7 | 1/9. P. 15. A. 2/8. C. 17. L. 1. 35-36. L. tr. 3/13. 



Length of head 3|, height of body 3| in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter 2| to 2| in length of head, | from end of snout and 

 also apart. Both vertical and horizontal margins of preopercle 

 finely and evenly serrated along their outer edges. Fins dorsal 

 spines of moderate strength, the first two short, the third and 

 fourth of nearly the same height, first spine of second dorsal two 

 thirds as high as rays, and equal to longest in first dorsal ; the 

 caudal slightly emarginate. Colour reddish, more especially over 

 the head : three dark bands on each side, one from above the eye 

 to upper portion of tail ; a second from snout through the eye, 

 and a large black spot at the base of the caudal fin to the end 

 of the tail ; a third from lower edge of eye to behind base of anal 

 fin. Fins reddish, the front half of the first dorsal and the upper 

 portion of its last half black, the remainder scarlet. A black band 

 along the base of the second dorsal and anal; second dorsal, anal, 

 and caudal scarlet with black tips. 



Hob. Madras to the Malay Archipelago. 



642. (3.) Apogon nigricans. 



Apogon nigricans, Day, Fith. India, p. 58, pi. xvi, fig. 3. 

 D. 7 | 1/9. P. 13. A. 2/8-9. C. 17. L. 1. 25-26. L. tr. 2/7. 

 Length of head 3^, height of body 3^ in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter 3 in length of head, 1 from end of snout, and | apart. 

 Both vertical and horizontal margins of preopercle finely serrated 

 on their outer edges, shoulder also serrated. Fins dorsal spines 

 rather weak, the first two short, third nearly as long as fourth. 





