PEECID^!. 533 



serrated. Teeth small on vomer, and deciduous on palatine 

 bones. Fins 4th dorsal spine longest ; 2nd and 3rd anal spines 

 nearly equal ; caudal deeply forked. Colour bluish green above, 

 rosy along abdomen. 



Hab. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



713. (3.) Csesio chrysozona. 



Cajsio chrysozona (Kuhl # v. If ass.), Cuv. $ Vol. H. N. Poiss. vi, 

 p. 440;*Dy, Fish. India, p. 95, pi. xxiv, fig. 5 (var. uurolineatm) 

 (see synon.). 



Peroom kilcM and Woonyooni, Tarn. 

 B. vi. D. 10/14-15. A. 3/11-15. C. 15. L.I. 65-72. L.tr. 8/16. 



Length of head 4|, height of body 4^ in the total length. Eyes 

 diaAieter 2 in the young to 3| in adult in length of head, | to 1 

 from end of snout, | apart. Body rather elongate and com- 

 pressed. Lower jaw the longer. Preopercle striated and irregu- 

 larly serrated on both edges ; in the adult the angle is rather 

 produced. Opercle with a moderate spine. Fins 3rd and 4th 

 dorsal spines longest, equal to half height of body ; rays of about 

 equal length. Pectoral reaching to opposite anus. Second anal 

 spine slightly shorter than third, which equals second dorsal. 

 Caudal deeply lobed, the lower lobe largest and longest. Scales 

 a few rows along bases of dorsal and anal. Colour bluish, with a 

 golden band along the lateral line and a black tip to each lobe of 

 caudal ; a black spot in axilla. In the var. C. aurolineatus, above the 

 lateral line is light lake-colour ; from eye to base of caudal below 

 lateral line there is a shining golden band, 3 scales deep in front, 

 decreasing to one behind ; below this band pinkish white. 



Hob. Bed Sea, seas of India. 



26. Genus APKION, Cuv. & Val. 



Branchiostegals seven ; pseudobranchise. Body oblong, rather 

 elongate, and compressed. Preorbital of moderate height, entire. 

 Preopercle entire or finely serrated. Opercle with two spines. 

 Villiform teeth on the vomer and palate and in both jaws, canines 

 in front, and an outer enlarged row laterally ; none on the tongue. 

 Dorsal fin single, with ten or eleven spines ; anal with three ; 

 pectorals pointed ; caudal rather deeply forked. Scales of moderate 

 size. Pyloric appendages few. 



Geographical Distribution. Eed Sea, seas of India and Malaysia, 

 also Seychelles and Madagascar. 



714. (1.) Aprion pristipoma. (Fig. 161.) 



Dentex pristipoma, Bleeker, Batnvia Nat. Tijdsch. yii, p. 240. 

 Anthias multidens, Day, Fish. India, p. 27, pi. vii, tig. 4, Sujtpl. > 

 p. 782 (see synon.). 



