lievicic of flte Chcetodo)itid(e 



of soft anal ; tins and body otherwise cliivfl}' pale. Body 

 deep, the back elevated ; snout subconical, somewhat pro- 

 duced, as long as aya. Depth 2 in total length ; head 4. D. 

 XII, 23 ; A. III. 19 ; scales T-38-17.] {Poey, Gilnther.) 



Skdp:ktakius. o. 



ee. Hiuneval b<ind present, black, broader than eye, e.iie)(ding from front 

 of spinous dorsal to base of pectoral ; ocular baud narrower 

 than eye, extending from in front of dorsal across eye and over 

 cheek and interopercle ; a broad band from last dorsal spines 

 to base of anal ; soft dorsal and anal with a dark band paral- 

 lel with the margin ; three dark bands across caudal fin and 

 peduncle. Body deep, the back elevated, the profile steep 

 and concave ; snout very slightly produced, shorter than eye, 

 which is 3 in head ; scales on head small. Lateral line ex- 

 tending to below" posterior end of soft dorsal. Head 3 in 

 length ; depth li D. XIII, 20 ; A. Ill, 17 ; scales 6-30-17. 



HUMEKALIS, 6. 



bb. Series of scales below the axis of the body horizontal or tery nearly so. 

 \. Tetragonoptrus Bleeker.) 

 /. [Soft dorsal and anal rounded behind ; snout slightly pi'oduced, 

 very little longer than eye ; body with fine blackish cross- 

 bars, the first an ocular band, narrower than e^'e, from dor- 

 sal through eye and over interopercle ; second, a humeral 

 bar from front part of spinous dorsal to ventral region ; 

 third, from last five dorsal spines to front of soft anal, curved 

 forwards ; fourth curved backwards, from last dorsal spines 

 along whole base of soft dorsal to base of anal ; fifth, across 

 middle of caudal fin and extending as a marginal band on 

 soft dorsal and anal ; this yellow edged behind. Ventrals 

 black. Young with a black spot ocellated with white on 

 upper part of fourth band. D. Xll (XI), 21 : A. Ill, 18 ; 

 scales 8-40-16.] {Gilnther, etc.) Striatus, 7, 



bbb. Series of scales beloiK the axis of the body extending downward and back- 

 v^ard. {Choitodon=-Heniiclmtodon Bleeker.) 

 g. Body not very deep, the back not greatly elevated, the ante- 

 rior profile concave ; snout somewhat produced, as long as 

 the eye ; soft dorsal and anal fins angulated behind. Dorsal 

 spines rather slender. Scales rather large, their arrangement 

 peculiar, those above the level of the upper part of the eye, 

 placed in straight series which run upward and backward, 

 those below this line running similarly dow^nward and back- 

 ward ; each series of scales being sharply marked by a con- 

 tinuous blackish streak, underneath the scales. Ocular band 

 edged with pale, much narrower than eye, and extending 



