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horizontal limbs of the preopercle rather strongly serrated, its intramarginal crest entire. Teeth — villiform in 

 jaws, vomer, and palate. Fitis—iorsai spines of moderate strength, the first very short, the second scarcely ahove 

 one-third of the length of the third, which is about the same height as the fourth and fifth, being equal to half 

 the height of the body and two-thirds of the rays : soft portion of the fin with its upper edge cut square or slightly 

 emarginate. Pectoral as long as the head behind the middle of the eye : the ventral reaches the anal. Second 

 anal spine 2/5 of the height of the body : caudal emarginate. Lat&ral-lme—inhes well developed with a basal 

 enlargement which in some appears to be slightly arborescent. Ooloms — a broad brown band passes from the 

 snout through the eye and is continued to the end of the caudal fin : another from the upper edge of the eye to 

 above the free portion of the tail and continued to the base of the caudal fin. No median band from the eye 

 to the base of the dorsal fin. A badly developed basal band along the soft dorsal and another on the anal fin : 

 no black spot at the base of the caudal. 



Habitat. — Seas of India, to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



8. Apogon fasciatus. 



Mullus fasciatus, White, N. S. Wales, p. 268, fig. 1. 



Apogon novemfasoiatus, Cuv. and Val. ii, p. 154 ; Bleeker, Timor, i, p. 163 ; Peters, Wieg. Arch. 1855, 

 p. 234 ; Kner, Novara Fische, p. 43. 



Apogon Balinensis, Bleeker, Perc. p. 28, and Verb. Bat. Gen. xxii, Bali, p. 5. 



Apogon Aroubiensis, Hombr. and Jacq. Voy. Pole Sud. Poiss. p. 31, pi. i, fig. 1. 



Apogon fasciatus, Qaoj and Gaim. Voy. Freyc. p. 344; G^nther, Fische d. Sudsee, p. 19, t. xx. fig. 

 A and B. 



Amia fasciata, Gill, Proc. Nat. Soc. Phil. 1863 ; Bleeker, Atl. Ich. t. xlviii, fig. 4, and Apogonini, p. 36. 



B. vii, D. 7/ i P. 13, V. 1/5, A. f , C. 17, L. 1. 25, L. tr. 2/6. 



Length of head 3|, of caudal 1/5, height of body 3^ to 3^ in the total length. Byes — diameter 1/3 of length 

 of head, 3/4 of a diameter from end of snout, and the same apart. The width of the head equals two-thirds of its 

 length : jaws of about equal length. The maxilla reaches to below the hind edge of the orbit. Outer edge of 

 preopercle serrated along both limbs, its intramarginal crest entire. Edges of orbit smooth or sometimes a little 

 roughened : shoulder serrated. Teeth — villiform in jaws, vomer, and palate. Fins — dorsal spines rather stout, 

 the first short, the second about half as high as the third which is the longest and equal to two-thirds of the height 

 of the body, and nearly as high as the rays : soft portion of the fin with its upper edge oblique. Pectoral as long 

 as the head behind the middle of the eye : the ventral does not reach the anal : caudal emarginate. Lateral- 

 line — tubes distinct, with arborescent lateral projections. Colours — reddish-brown with four lateral longi- 

 tudinal bands, the third of which commencing at the snout passes through the eye to the centre of the base of 

 the caudal fin, along which it is sometimes continued to its termination, this band is usually edged below by a 

 narrow white one commencing at the pupU of the eye. The second and fourth bands may either end at the 

 upper and lower edges of the base of the caudal fin, or be continued along it in a converging direction forming 

 an arch near the end of the fin. A dark band runs along the first dorsal fin, and is continuisd as a black band 

 along the middle or base of the second dorsal : the anal has also a basal band. 



Sahitat. — Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



9. Apogon Savayensis, Plate XVI, fig. 5. 

 Apogon swvayensis. GTinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 656, and Fische Sudsee, p. 21, t. xix, fig. B. 

 B. vii, D. 7/i, P. 12, V. 1/6, A. f , C. 17, L. 1. 26, L. tr. 2/6. 



Length of head 3J, of caudal 1/5, height of body 3J to 3-1- in the total length. Eyes — diameter 2/5 of 

 length of head, 1/3 of a diameter from end of snout, and 1/2 a diameter apart. The head is very slightly longer 

 than high: lower jaw rather the longer. The rise from the snout to the dorsal fin is not considerable. The maxilla 

 reaches to below the last fourth of the orbit. Vertical and horizontal limbs of preopercle serrated in their outer 

 edges. Shoulder bone crenulated or entire : edges of orbit smooth. Teeth — in viUifbrm bands in jaws, vomer, 

 and palate. Fins — dorsal spines weak, the first very short, the second short, and the third not so high as the 

 fourth, which equals the length of the post-orbital portion of the head and nearly half the height of the body 



below it. The pectoral reaches the anal, as does also the ventral : caudal slightly notched. Lateral-line tubes 



well developed but rather short and having a slight lateral enlargement, it forms a moderate curve becoming 

 straight below the end of the second dorsal. Golows — olive, with four or five narrow dark vertical bands from 

 the first dorsal and first half of the second dorsal descending to the abdomen : a dark band, three scales wide 

 over the free portion of the tail and only reaching to half a scale below the lateral-line. A'black streak from 

 the lower edge of the eye to the angle of the preopercle ; numerous small brown spots on the head and also on 

 the body, more especially above the lateral-Hne. Fins grey, the anterior half of the first dorsal black : caudal 

 with a dark edge externally margined with white. 



Habitat. — Coast of Africa, seas of India and beyond, attaining to at least 3 inches in length. 



10. Apogon nigripinnis,- Plate XVI, fig. 6. 



..-, P^'I-^'^'^Z^V'' P- ^^^'- ^^™'^- ^""^ ^'"'^^^S- Fauna, Japon. Poissons, p. 3; Richardson, Ich. China, 

 p. 221 (not Ganther). ' 



