FISH FAUNA. 67 



Labriciithys luculexta, Rich. 



Quite as common as the preceding species, but of no value, since 

 its maximum length does not exceed seven inches. The variety with 

 only a black spot between the two first dorsal spines, and that with other 

 spots on the rays and lines on the snout are about equally divided as to 

 number. 



LABROIDES, Bleeker. 



Labroides paradiseus, BIJc. 



Mr. Saunders collected from a pool on the reef an example measuring 

 close on five inches, and informs me that it is both scarce, and from its quick 

 movements difficult to capture. 



ANAMPSES, Cuvier. 



Anampses elegans, sp. nov. 

 B. vi. D. 9/12. A. 3/12. V. 1/5. P. 12. C. 14. L. 1. 26. L. tr. 4 10. 



The length of the head is three and a half, the height of the body four in 

 the total length. The diameter of the eye is four and two-thirds in the 

 length of the head, two-thirds of that of the snout, and rather less than that 

 of the flattened interorbital space. The mouth is small and oblique, and the 

 maxilla does not extend to the vertical from the anterior nostril. The curve 

 of the lateral line commences beneath the eighth dorsal ray. Colors. — Upper 

 half of the head and back pale brown ; sides and tail yellowish-gray ; lower 

 half of the head and thoracic region silvery ; some blue dark-edged spots 

 and lines on the upper surface of the head and behind the eye ; scales 

 between the lateral line and dorsal fin with numerous blue dots and trans- 

 verse lines ; below the lateral line seven longitudinal golden bands, as wide 

 as the interspaces, which are ornamented by numbers of blue spots, which 

 however fade gradually towards the abdominal region, which is immaculate. 

 The dorsal and anal fins are golden with a very narrow dark border, the 

 former with a basal and median row of pale-blue dark-edged spots, the latter 

 spotless ; the caudal fin is golden with its outer margin greyish ; the 

 pectorals and ventrals are grey, the base of the former with a broad golden 

 band. 



Mr. Saunders collected several specimens of this handsome A?iampses, all 

 of which measure between four and five inches in length, and were obtained 

 from pools on the reefs. Register numbers, I. 1932—1. 1937. 



Ajsampses twisti, BIJc. 



A young example, but four inches long, was brought back by Mr. Saunders, 

 and belongs I think to this species. 



AXAMPSES VARIOLATUS, Sp. flOV. 

 B. vi. D. 9/12. A. 3/12. V. 1/5. P. 13. C. 14. L. 1.28. L. tr. 6/11. 

 Colors. — Pale reddish-yellow with a broad brown band from the middle 

 of the operculum through the eye to the anterior edge of the snout, where it 

 joins the corresponding band on the opposite side ; a curved band from the 

 centre of the cheek to the angle of the preopercle ; occiput brown ; body with 

 brown blotches, which sometimes coalesce to form semi -transverse bands, and 

 are visible but indistinct on the dorsal fin ; a broad silvery band from the 

 mouth to the opercle, partly interrupted by the curved brown baud, and con- 

 tinued as far as the caudal fin by means of large irregular blotches ; above 



