64 ACANTHOPTEETGn. 



a greyish band along tte side, terminatiag in the yonng ia an iadistinct lateral blotch by the side of the free 

 portion of the tail. First dorsal white, with its upper half deep black : second dorsal yellow, having a black 

 band along its centre, and a black outer edge : anal likewise with a black median band : caudal grey, with a white 

 band margined with black, and an external white edge. . 



HaUtat.— East coast of Africa, seas of India to China and Japan. Madras two specimens to 4 mches 

 in length. Amongst Sir W. Elliot's drawings is one of this fish named A. nigri^innis by Jerdon. 



17. Apogon maculosus. 



Cuv. and Val. iv, p. 493 ; Giinther, Catal. i, p. 236. 



B. vii, D. 7/i, V. 1/6, A. A. 



Colours — ^brown, darkest anteriorly, having four rows of brown spots along either side, but none on the 

 head. Fins brown, spotted with black. 



Habitat. — This fish is said to have come from the seas of India, from whence M. de Ketlitz, a Eussian 

 naturalist, brought figures (? specimens), and from whom Cuv. and Val. obtained their information. 



It is stated to attain three inches m. length. 



18. Apogon macropterus, Plate XVII, fig. 3. 



(K. and v. H.) Cuv. and Val. ii, pp. 160 ; Sleeker, Perc. p. 168 ; Giinther, Catal. i, p. 244. 



? Apogon Zeylonicus, Cuv. and Val. iii, p. 492 ; Giinther, Catal. i, p. 232. 



Apogon argenteies, Val. Nonv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 1832, p. 60. 



Apogon fucatws. Cantor, Catal. p. 4; Giinther, Catal. i, p. 244. 



Apogon macropter aides, Bleeker, Banka, p. 724 ; Giinther, Catal. i, p. 245 ; Playfair, Fish. Zanz. p. 20. 



Apogon Bleekeri, Giinther, Catal. i, p. 245. 



Archamia Bleekeri, Gill, Nat. Hist. Soc. Phil. 1863, p. 81. 



Amda maeroptercAdes, Bleeker, Amb. p. 280. 



Apogon notata. Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 936. 



Amia macropterus, Bleeker, Temate, p. 233, Atl. Ich. Perc. t. Ixviii, f. 2, and Apogonini, p. 72. 



B. vii, D. 6/i, P. 13, V. 1/6, A. ^^ (A-ty), C 17, L. r. 22-26 (Ceec. pyl. 0, Cantor.). 



Length of head 2/7, of caudal 1/6, height of body Z\ to 3f in the total length. Eyes — diameter 2/5 

 to 1/3 of length of head, 1/2 of a diameter from end of snout, and also apart. Body rather elongated in 

 shape and compressed. Lower jaw slightly the longer. The maxilla reaches to below the middle of the 

 orbit. Angle of the preopercle rounded, the outer edge of vertical and horizontal limbs finely serrated, the 

 other bones of the head entire. Teeth — villiform in jaws, vomer, and palate. Fins — dorsal spines weak, the 

 third the highest and equal in length to the postorbital portion of the head, or behind the middle of the eye. 

 The pectoral reaches to above the third or fourth anal ray : caudal forked. Colours — ^whitish, having a pink 

 tinge, fins pinkish : a round black spot on the side close to the base of the caudal fin. 



Habitat. — East coast of Africa, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. It does not appear to attain more 

 than 3 or 4 inches in length in India, and is very common at Madras. 



19. Apogon Sangiensis, Plate XVII, fig. 4. 



Bleeker, Sangi, p. 375 ; Giinther, Catal. i, p. 235, and Fische d. Sudsee, p. 20. 

 Amia sangiensis, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. Perc. t. xli, f. 4, and Apogonini, p. 66. 



B. vii, D. 6/i, P. 13, V. 1/5, A. ^!^, C. 17, L. 1. 24-25, L. tr. li/7. 



Length of head 1/3 to 3§, of caudal 4j to 4i, height of body 1/3 to 3j in the total length. Eyes — 

 diameter 1/3 of length of head, 2/3 of a diameter from end of snout, and also apart. Jaws of about equal length. 

 The maxilla reaches to below the middle of the orbit. Outer edge of both vertical and horizontal limbs of pre- 

 opercle very finely serrated, orbital edge rough, the other bones of the head and shoulder entire. Teeth — villi- 

 form. Fins — dorsal spines very weak, the third generally the longest and If in the height of the body. Ventral 

 almost reaches the anal : caudal notched. Lateral-line — ^tubes distinct, having a lateral basal eidargement. 

 Colours — golden tinged with red : a wide brown band passes from the snout, through the eye, ending on the 

 posterior edge of the opercle, or else in a black spot a little bejow the shoulder : a round black spot on the side 

 of the free portion of the taU close to the base of the caudal fin : a minute black spot on the back, close behind 

 the base of the last dorsal ray. Upper half of first dorsal black. The anal fin is said to be sparingly spotted 

 with blue in specimens from the Malay Archipelago. 



Habitat. — Andamans to the Malay Archipelago. 



20. Apogon byalosoma, Plate XVII, fig. 5. 

 Apogon thermalis, Bleeker, Perc. p. 27, (not Cuv. and Val.) 



Apogon hyalosoma, Bleeker, Singapore, p. 63, and Amboina, iv, p. 329 ; Giinther, Catal. i, p. 321 ; Kuer, 

 Novara Fische, p. 42. 



Amia hyalosoma, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. Perc. xxxi, f, 1, and Apogonini, p. 57. 



B. vii, D. 6/i, P. 12-14, V. 1/5, A. |, C. 17, L. 1. 24-26, L. tr. 2\l%\. 



