516 TELEOSTEI. ACAMHOPTEBYGII. 



band above ; in such specimens the colour of the body is chestnut, 

 with three narrow white or light longitudinal bands. 



Hob. Eed Sea, seas of India, the Malay Archipelago, and beyond. 



685. (3.) Diagramma cuvieri. 



Bodian cuvieri, Bennett, Fish. Ceylon, p. 13, pi. xiii. 



Diagramma cuvieri, Day, Fish. India, Suppl. 1888, p. 785 (see synon.). 



B. vii. D. 12-13/1 7-1 9. P. 18. A. 3/7. C. 15. L.I. 70. L.tr. 11/30. 



Length of head 3| to 4, height of body 3| in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 21 to 3| in length of head, lj from end of snout, 

 and 1 apart. Vertical limb of preopercle serrated. Fins dorsal 

 spines slightly higher than the rays, the second to the fourth being 

 about equal and longest ; second anal spine the longest and 

 strongest. Colour silvery, with horizontal greyish or brownish 

 bands, the upper of which are wider than the ground-colour ; the 

 bands unite anteriorly over the nape and snout, and the upper 

 terminate behind on the base of the dorsal fin. Fins yellowish ; 

 caudal and anal with some dark spots and dark outer edges. 



Hub. From the east coast of Africa to Ceylon and the Malay 

 Archipelago. 



686. (4.) Diagramma orientals. 



Anthias orientalis, Bloch, Ich. t. 326, fig. 3. 



Diagramma orientale, Day, Fish. India, p. 80, pi. xx, fig. (see 

 synon.). 



B.vi. D. 13/17-18. P. 17. A. 3/7. L. r. 100/85. L.tr. 13/25. 



Length of head from 4g to 4|, height of body 3| in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter from 3 to 3^ in length of head, 1 from 

 end of snout. Vertical border of preopercle serrated. Fins 

 dorsal spines moderate, every alternate one broader on one side, 

 2nd nearly as high as 3rd, which is the longest, the last one third 

 to one half shorter ; soft portion of fin gradually increasing in 

 height, its middle third being higher than the spinous ; second 

 anal stronger and longer than third ; caudal rounded or cut rather 

 square. Colour yellowish above, white on the sides and beneath, 

 the body with several chestnut bands nearly or quite as wide as 

 the ground-colour ; sometimes upper half of fish dark with large 

 whitish spots, but more often there are 4 or 5 complete or inter- 

 rupted horizontal bands along the snout and head, which form 3 

 or 4 on the body. Spinous dorsal with a narrow dark upper edge ; 

 a dark angular band along the base ; a similar wedge-shaped band 

 on the soft dorsal. Pectoral yellowish, a dark blotch covering all 

 but the margin ; a black band along the middle of the anal and an 

 oblique one across each lobe of the caudal, the lower sometimes 

 divided into two, or having a light spot in its centre. 



Bah. Eed Sea, seas of India, the Malay Archipelago, and 

 beyond. 



