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Anthias chrysostictus. (Plate LVI.) 



D. J?. A. f. L. lat. ca. 42. 



The height of the body is contained t.wfee and one third in the total 

 length (without caudal), the length of the head thrice. The width 

 of the interorbital space is less than the diameter of the eye, which 

 is one third of the length of the head, the snout being very short. 

 Angle of the prBeoperculum with a single or double spine. An outer 

 series of stronger teeth in the upper jaw ; the lower canines are rather 

 stronger than the upper, and placed more towards the side. The 



vomerine teeth form a ( /-shaped band ; the palatine band crescent- 

 shaped, broadest in the middle, separate from the pterygoid band. 

 Tongue nearly entirely covered with teeth. Scales on the body some- 

 what irregularly placed, those on the head much the smallest. The 

 second and third soft rays of the dorsal, the second of the anal, the 

 caudal lobes, and the two outer ventral rays produced into filaments. 

 Rose-coloured, each scale with a bright yellow centre. Upper parts 

 of the head yellow, with a pink spot between the nostrils ; an oblique 

 bright yellow band from the prseorbital below the eye to the base of 

 the pectoral fin. The soft dorsal yellow, with oblique violet stripes 

 between the rays ; caudal fin yellow, with the upper and lower mar- 

 gins and the central rays pinkish violet. 



Two examples, 4£ and 6| inches long, were obtained by Dr. B. 

 Meyer at Manado. 



Plectropoma anthioides. 



D. ^. A. f. L. lat. 35. L. transv. 3/14. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is con- 

 tained twice and three fourths in the total (without caudal). Inter- 

 orbital space narrow, its width being not quite one half of the dia- 

 meter of the eye, which is one fourth of the length of the head, and 

 equal to that of the snout. The maxillary extends to below the 

 middle of the eye. Canine teeth moderately strong. Vomerine band 

 of teeth angularly bent, and narrow like the palatine band. Scales 

 on the cheek regularly arranged, in five or six series. The third 

 dorsal spine is the longest, twice as long as the second, and half as 

 long as the head ; the second anal spine longer and stronger than 

 the third. Caudal fin rounded. Pectoral extending beyond the 

 commencement of the anal. Red, with some irregular and indistinct 

 blackish spots on the back. A blackish band runs along the median 

 line of the nape. 



One specimen, 4 inches long, from Manado, through Dr. B. Meyer. 



Ambassis miops. 



Closely allied to A. uroteenia, from which it differs by the smaller 

 size of the eye and the lateral line being continuous. The diameter 

 of the eye in A. uroteenia is equal to the length of the postorbital 

 part of the head. 



D. ?|1. A. |. L. lat. 29. 



Proc. Zool. Soc— 1871, No. XLII. 



