FAMILY, XL— GLTPHIDODONTID^. 385 



SYNOPSIS OF SPECIES. 



1. GlypUdodon sordidus, D. ^_\-g, A. xt^tt, L- 1- 29, L, tr. 4/12. Preorbital deep. Middle dorsal spines 

 the longest, live dull bands on the sides, a sixth over the taO. Red Sea to China. 



2. aiypUdodon leucoplewra, D. if, A. J^, L. 1. 28, L. tr. 4/14. Preorbital deep. Middle dorsal spines 

 the longest. Vertiqal bands : a deep black blotch over free portion of the tail. Andamans. 



3. GlypUdodon Gochmensis, D. t-^l, a. ^-g^.-^, L. 1. 28, L. tr. 3/8. All the vertical fins produced. Deep 

 black. Seas of India to the Andamans. 



4. Gly:pUdodon notatus, D. -^j^, A. -^-gl-^^, L. 1. 28-30, L. tr. 4i/12. Five narrow white vertical bands. 

 Andamans. 



5. GlypUdodon septemfasdatus, D. if, A. ^, L. 1. 29, L. tr. 3/11. Preorbital deep. Height of body 

 2| ui the total length. Seven -vertical bands. Seas of India to China. 



6. GlypUdodon cwlestinus, D. if, A. ^-fi^s, L. 1. 29, L. tr. 4i/12. Preorbital of moderate depth. Height 

 of body 2f m the total length. Five vertical black bands. Red Sea to Polynesia. 



7._ GlypUdodon Bengalensis, D. t^l, A. ^^_-„, L. 1. 29-30, L. tr. 4/11. Preorbital deep. Height of 

 body 2| in the total length. Seven vertical bands. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



8. GlypUdodon cmijerms, D. ^il, A. y^-Ts, -L- 1- 26-28, L. tr. 21/9. Colours various. One or two 

 bla-ck spots on dorsal fin, usually a blue band along upper portion of body. Red Sea to Malay Archipelago and 

 beyond. 



9. GlypUdodon leuoogasf.er, D. t^.l, A. rt'-XB, L- 1 26-28, L. tr. 3/12. Upper edge of dorsal and outer 

 two-thirds of anal black, the rest yellow. A black spot at base of pectoral. Red Sea to the Malay Archi- 

 plago. 



10. GlypUdodon modestus, D. if, A. y\, L. 1. 23-24, L. tr. 2 J/8. Yellowish-olive, yertical -fins stained 

 gray externally. Andamans to China. 



11. GlypUdodon Sindensis, D. ^^.a^, A. tt-T3> L. 1. 26, L. tr. 31/10. Violet, each scale with a blue spot. 

 Soft dorsal, anal, and caudal yellow. Kurrachee in Sind. 



1. Glyphidodon sordidus, Plate LXXXIII, fig. 1. 



Ohcetodon sordidMS, Forsk. p. 62, ISTo. 87 ; Bl. Schn. p. 230. 



JPomaaa/nihus sordidus, Lacep. iv, p. 619. 



Chcetodon calamoia pota, Russell, Fish. Vizag. i, p. 67, pi. 85. ~ 



GlypUsodon sordidus, Riipp. Atl. Fische, p. 34, t. viii, f. 1 ; Cuv. and Val. v, p. 466 ; Bleeker, Beng. en 

 Hind. p. 52, Labr. Cten. p. 16 ; Jerdon, M. J. L. and Sc. 1851, p. 133 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 42 ; Kner, Novara 

 Fische, p. 246 ; Klunz. Fische R. M. Verb. z. b. Ges. Wien, 1871, p. 526. 



GlypUsodon gigas, Lienard. Dix. Rapp. Soc. Hist. Nat. Maiir. p. 35. 



GlypUdodon Adenensis, Giinther, Fish. Zanz. p. 83, pi. xi, f. 1. 



Chdk-mud-dah, Andam. : Calamoia pota, Tel. 



B. V, D. Tri_\^, P. 17, V. 1/6, A. .J^a, 0. 16, L. 1. 29, L. tr. 4/12, Cebc. pyl. 3, Vert. 12/14. 



Length of head 4 to 4J, of caudal 4f , height of body 2J in the total length. J/i/es— diameter 4 in length 

 of head, li diameters from end of snout, and 1^ apart. Greatest width of the preorbital, which has an 

 Tiunotched edge, nearly equals the diameter of the eye, whilst the suborbitals are about half as wide. The 

 profile from the snout to the first dorsal fin ascends abruptly. Teeth — about 36 in the upper jaw, their 

 crowns are notched. Fins — the fifth to the seventh dorsal spines the longest : soft dorsal higher than long : 

 caudal forked. Colours — yellowish-olive, the fins being of a darker colour. Five dull bands, broader than the 

 ground colour, descend from the dorsal fin to the sides, and a sixth, which is nearly black, goes over the free 

 portion of the taU. A black spot at the base of the pectoral. A row of black spots across the nape. 



Sahitat. — Red Sea, East coast of Africa, seas of India to China. The specimen figured (Hfe-size), was 

 taken in Sind. 



2, Glyphidodon leucopleura, Plate LXXXIII, fig. 4. 



B. V, D. If, P. 17, V. 1/6, A. ^, C. 15, L. 1. 28, L. tr. 4/14. 



Length of head 3^, of caudal 4^, height of body 2f in the total length. Eyes — diameter 2j in length of 

 head, 1/2 a diameter from end of snout, and 3/4 of a diameter apart. The greatest depth of the preorbital 

 equals 1/3 of the diameter of the orbit, the suborbital ring of bones is very narrow. Teeth — in a single row, 

 small, compressed, and with notched summits. Fins — the third to the sixth dorsal spines considerably longer 

 than the last : soft dorsal angular. Caudal slightly lobed, lobes pointed. Scales — superiorly extend forwards to 

 nearly as far as the front edge of the eye, none on the spinous portion of the dorsal fin. Colours — brownish, with 

 a dark, almost black, band from the first half of the dorsal fin descending to the ventral,: several narrow white 

 vertical bands from the back to the abdomen. A black spot, edged with white, on the free portion of the tail 

 just behind the end of the dorsal fin and extending upwards on to the bases of the last three dorsal rays. 

 Ventral and anal black. Caudal yellowish, with dark outer edges. 



Habitat. — Two specimens, of about the same length, (figured life-size) from the Andamans. 



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