494 TELEOSTEI. ACANTIIOPTERTGII. 



645. (6.) Apogon thurstoni. 



Apogon thurstoni, Day, Fish. India, Suppl. 1888, p. 784. 

 D. 7 | 1/9. P. 14. A. 2/7. C.17. L.I. 26. L.tr.2/'6|. 



Length of head 3|, height of body 2 in the total length. Eyes 

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

 Snout a little elevated. Both borders of preopercle serrated, and 

 the shoulder scale serrated. Fins dorsal spines strong, the 

 third slightly the longest ; rays of second dorsal as long as longest 

 dorsal spine and one fourth longer than those of the anal tin. 

 Pectoral reaches to above anal, and the ventral nearly as far. 

 Caudal somewhat square. Colour greyish, darkest along the back, 

 a dark band behind the base of the second dorsal fin ; an oval 

 black spot nearly as large as the orbit and surrounded by a narrow- 

 yellow ring below the lateral line under the first dorsal. Vertical 

 fins black, caudal yellowish. 



Hal. Madras. 



646. (7.) Apogon quadrifasciatus. 



Apogon quadrifasciatus, Cm: Sf Vol. H. N. Poiss. ii, p. 153; Giin- 

 ther, Cutal. i, p. 239 ; Day, Fish. India, p. 59 (see syuon.). 



D. 7 | 1/9. P. 14. A. 2/8. C. 17. L. 1. 26. L. tr. 2/6. 



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

 Eyes diameter 3-} in length of head, f from end of snout and also 

 apart. Outer edges of vertical and horizontal limbs of preopercle 

 rather strongly serrated, inner edges entire. Fins dorsal spines 

 moderate, third about the same height as the fourth and fifth, and 

 two thirds of that of the rays ; soft portion of the fin with its 

 upper edge cut square or slightly emarginate ; ventral reaches anal ; 

 caudal emarginate. Colour a broad brown band from the snout 

 through the eye, continued to the end of the caudal fin ; another 

 from the upper edge of the eye to above the tail. A badly de- 

 veloped basal band along soft dorsal and another on anal fin ; no 

 black spot at base of caudal. 



Hub. Seas of India, Malay Archipelago, and beyond. 



647. (8.) Apogon fasciatus. 



Mullus fasciatus, White, N. S. Wales, p. 268, fig. 1. 

 Apogon fasciatus, Day, Fish. India, p. 60. 



Apogon endekataenia, Day, Ush. India, p. 9, pi. xvi, fig. 7 (not 

 Sleeker) (see synon.). 



Bakor, Marathi. 



D. 7 | 1/9. P. 13. A. 2/8. C. 17. L. 1. 25. L. tr. 2/6. 



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



Eyes diameter 3 in length of head, f from end of snout and the 



same apart. Outer edge of preopercle serrated along both margins, 



intramarginal crest entire ; shoulder serrated. Fins dorsal spines 



