HAPLOCHEOMIS. 



511 



a half to twice the least width of the suborbital ; jaws equal in front ; maxillary 

 extending to below the anterior border of the eye ; outer teeth rather large, bicuspid, 

 50 to 60 in the upper jaw, followed by four to six series of very numerous minute 

 tricuspid teeth ; three or four series of scales on the cheek, the depth of the scaly part 

 below the eye equal to or a little less than the diameter of the eye ; large scales on the 

 opercle. Gill-rakers short, 8 to 10 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal fin with 

 15 or 16 spines and 9 or 10 soft rays ; spines increasing in length to the last, which 

 measures two-fifths to three-fifths the length of the head ; longest soft rays three-fifths 

 to three-fourths the length of the head. Anal fin with 3 spines and 8 or 9 soft rays ; 

 third spine stronger but a little shorter than the last dorsal. Pectoral fin pointed, 

 three-fourths to once the length of the head, extending to the origin of the anal fin or 

 a little beyond. Ventral fin reaching the vent, the origin of the anal fin, or beyond. 

 Caudal fin truncate. Caudal peduncle not or but very little longer than deep. Scales 



4—5 



strongly denticulate, 32-35 ^-^ 5 scales on the occiput and nape very small, in six Gr 

 seven series between the first dorsal spine and the lateral line ; lateral lines g£^. 



Olive or brownish, with or without ill-defined dark cross-bars, with or without an 

 interrupted dark lateral stripe ; a blackish opercular spot ; a blackish vertical bar 

 below the anterior third of the eye ; one or two more or less distinct dark bars across 

 the snout ; fins greyish, dorsal edged with blackish ; anal pink or red in males, with 

 two to four orange ocellar spots on the posterior half; ventrals yellow in females, black 

 in males. 



Measurements (in millimetres). 



Total length (without caudal) . . 



Greatest depth of body 



Length of head 



Width of head 



Length of snout 



Diameter of eye 



Interorbital width 



Length of last dorsal spine .... 

 ,, longest soft dorsal ray 

 „ third anal spine . . . . 

 „ longest soft anal ray , 

 „ pectoral „ . . , 



100 



88 



75 



38 



32 



27 



33 



29 



27 



16 



15 



12 



10 



8 



7 



10 



8 



7 



11 



10 



8 



17 



15 



12 



25 



21 



16 



15 



13 



11 



25 



20 



16 



27 



25 



22 



