101 

 APOGON GE^FFI, Gilnther [No. 15110]. 

 Jpogon grceffi, Gunther, Jour. Mas. GodeHr., ii, 1873, Fische der Sadsee, i, 22, pi. 20, 

 D. 61. A. |. L. lat. 24. L. trans. 8. 



Greatest height of the body slightly more than one-third of the total 

 length, and is contained 2\ times in the same without the caudal. Diam- 

 eter of the eye twice the length of the snout, and two-fifths of the 

 length of the head. None of the bones of the head serrated. The end 

 of the upper maxilla reaches nearly to the vertical from the center of 

 the eye. The middle spines of the first dorsal prolonged, thread-like ; 

 the first very long, reaching, when laid back, to the summit of the second 

 dorsal; second dorsal lower than the body. Silvery on the side of the 

 head and breast ; head dotted ; the dots under a lens are seen to be stel- 

 late ; a row of minute dots along the dorsal line of the body. The dor- 

 sal fins minutely punctate; the first darker than the second. 



Length, two inches. 



[No. 19249.] Another specimen of the same species in which the 

 second dorsal spine is less prolonged, and the back and sides are cov- 

 ered with stellate spots ; a brown spot on each side of the base of the 

 caudal fin. In other respects similar to the above. ^ 



BEEYOIDiE. 



HOLOOENTEUM DIADEMA, Lacej). [Nos. 1510S, 15132]. 



Holocentrum diadema, Lac:^p., Hist, des Poiss., iv, 1803, 372, 374; iii, 1803, pi. 32, f. 

 3.— EUPPELL, Atl. Fisches, 1828, 84, pi. 22, f. 2.— Cuv. & Vai.., Hist. Nat. dcs 

 Poiss., iii, 1829, 213.— Lesson, Voy. Coq. ZooL, 1830, ii, 220, pi. 25, f. 2.— 

 GtiNTHER, Cat. Fish., i, 1859, 42 ; Jour. Mus. Godeffr., ii, 1874, Fische der 

 Sudsee, 1, 97. 



Pcrcapulcliella, Bennett, Zool. Jour., iii, 377, pi. 9, f. 3. 



Eed, with nine longitudinal silvery bands along the side ; spinous dor- 

 sal blackish, with a white, curved band along the middle, here and there 

 interrupted; the upper edge of the membrane between the spines 

 white ; the space between the second spine and first ray of the anal 

 fin clouded. 



