500 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOi'TEEYOII. 



caudal forked. Colour whitish, with a pink tinge, fins pinkish ; 

 a round black spot at base of caudal fin. 



Hab. East coast of Africa, seas of India and Malay Archipelago, 

 very common at Madras. Length in India not more than 3 or 4 

 inches. 



659. (20.) Apogon sangiensis. 



Apogon sangiensis, Sleeker, Batavia Nat. Tijdsch. xiii, p. 375 ; Day, 

 Fish. India, p. 04, pi. xvii, fig. 3 (see synon.). 



D. 6 | 1/9. P. 13. A. 2/8-9. C. 17. L.I. 24-25. L. tr. 11/7. 



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

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

 and apart. Outer edge of both vertical and horizontal limbs of 

 preopercle very finely serrated. Fins dorsal spues very weak, 

 the third generally the longest. Ventral almost reaches the anal ; 

 caudal notched. Colour golden tinged with red ; a wide brown 

 band from snout, through eye, ending on posterior edge of opercle, 

 or else in a black spot a little below the shoulder ; a round black 

 spot on side close to base of caudal ; a minute black spot on back, 

 close behind base of last dorsal ray. Upper half of first dorsal 

 black. The anal fin is said to be sparingly spotted with blue in 

 specimens from the Malay Archipelago. 



Hab. Andamans to the Malay Archipelago. 



660. (21.) Apogon hyalosoma. 



Apogon hyalosoma, Sleeker, Batavia Nat. Tijdich. iii, p. 03 ; Day, 

 Fish. India, p. G4, pi. xvii, fig. 5 (see synon.). 



D. 6 | 1/9. P. 12-14. A. 2/8. C. 17. L. 1. 24-25. L. tr. 2J/81 

 Length of head 3 to 34, height of body 3 in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 3^ to 3|| in length of head, | from end of snout, 

 and 1 apart. Both borders of preopercle serrated along their 

 outer edges. Fins dorsal spines of moderate strength, the second 

 and third about the same length and highest, but not so high as 

 the soft dorsal. Pectoral rather longer than ventral, which reaches 

 two thirds of distance to base of anal ; soft anal as high as soft 

 dorsal ; caudal lobed. Colour olive, with a darkish blotch at the 

 base of the caudal fin ; blackish between the second and third dorsal 

 spines ; fins grey. 



Hab. Seas of India and Malay Archipelago ; attaining at least 

 6 inches in length. 



G61. (22.) Apogon orMcularis. 



Apogon orbicularis (Kuhl $ r. Hass.~), C'uv. fy Vol. II. N. Pvis*. ii, 

 p. 155 ; Day, Fish. India, p. 65, pi. xviii, fig. 7 (see synon.). 



D. 6 | 1/8-9. P. 12. A. 2/8-9. C. 17. L. 1. 24-26. L. tr. 21/7. 



Length { head 3|, height of body 21 in the total length. Eyes 



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



and | apart. The outer edges of both margins of the preopercle 



