FAMILY, XL-GLYPHIDODONTID^. 387 



Length of head 4^, of caudal 4i, height of body 2| in the total length. %es— diameter 3i to 3f in 

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

 2/3 of the diameter of the eye, the suborbital ring very narrow. TeeiA— about 40 in the upper jaw, narrow 

 and notched. JW*— dorsal spines increase in length posteriorly, soft dorsal pointed, its fourth and fifth rays 

 being the longest. Caudal deeply forked. 8eales~0Ti the head extend forwards to opposite the front edge of 

 the eye. OoZoMrs— olive-brown, with five vertical dark cross bands that are narrower than the interspaces 

 between them, the first descends from the first spine to the shoulder : the second from the fourth and fifth 

 spines : the third from the tenth and eleventh : the fourth from the last dorsal spines to the front edge of the 

 anal : and the fifth across the free portion of the tail, being continued on to the last dorsal rays. A dark spot 

 at the base of the pectoral fin. Outer edge of caudal usually black. 



Habitat. — Prom the Red Sea and east coast of Africa, through the seas of India to the Malay 

 Archipelago and Polynesia. The onie figurted (life-size) was from Bombay. 



7. Glyphidodon Bengalensis, Plate LXXXIII, fig. 3. 

 .'' Ghcetodon Bengalensis, Bl. t. ccxiii, f . 2. 

 Labrus macrogaster, Lacep. ui, p. 430, 477, pi. xix, f. 3. 



OlypUsodon Bengalensis, Cuv. and Val. v, p. 458 ; Bleeker, Beng. en Hind. p. 52, and Labr. Cten. p. 11. 

 Glyphidodon Bengalensis, Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 41 ; Kner, Novara Fische, p. 244. 

 CMh-mvd-dah, Andamanese. 



B. V, D. T^L, p. 17, Y. 1/5, A. TT?r^, C. 16, L. 1. 29-30, L. tr. 4/11. 



Length of head 4i, of caudal 4i, height of body 2i in the total length, ^j/es— diameter 3i in length of 

 head, 1 diameter from end of snout, and 1 J apart. Profile from snout to base of dorsal fin almost semicircular. 

 Greatest depth of the preorbital equals the diameter of the eye; the suborbital ring, above the angle of 

 the mouth, equals 3/4 of a diameter of the eye. Tedh — ^in a single compressed row, having the crowns notched. 

 'Fins — the third to the sixth dorsal spines rather longer than the last ; soft dorsal angular, the fourth and fifth 

 rays being the longest. Caudal forked, lobes pointed. Scales — on the summit of the head reach forwards to 

 opposite the middle of the eyes. Colours — ^of a dull greenish-olive, with seven vertical dark bands extending 

 downwards from the back, the first across the head, the second across the neck, four below the dorsal 

 fin and one across the free portion of the tail. A dark edge to spinous dorsal, a dark spot at base of pectoral, 

 and two bands along anal fin. 



Habitat. — Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. The one figured (life-size) is from the 

 Andaman islands. 



8. Glyphidodon antjerins, Plate LXXXI, figs. 4 and 5. 



Chcdodon Browwriggii, Bennett, Pish. Ceylon, p. 8, pi. viii. 



Glyphisodon antjerius, (Kuhl. and v. Hass.) Cuv. and Val. v, p. 481 ; Bleeker, Kokos, iv, p. 454 ; 

 Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 50; Kner, Novara Pische, p. 245 ; Klunz. Verb. z. b. Ges. Wi^n, 1871, p. 527. 



Glyphisodon unimaoulatus, Cuv. and Val. v, p. 478 ; Schleg. Overz. Amph. &c. in Verb. Nat. Gesch. Ned. 

 Overz. Bezitt. p. 23, t. vi, f. 1 ; Bleeker, Sumatra, ii, p. 284 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 51. 



GlypMsodon liocellatus, Cuv. and Val. v, p. 482 ; Quoy. and Qaim. Voy. IJranie, Zool. p. 389 ; Schlegel. 

 1. c. p. 24, t. vi, f. 4 ; Bleeker, Sumatra, ii, p. 286 ; Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. Poiss, p. 188 (two black spots on 

 dorsal fin). 



Oiyphisodon zonatus, Cuv. and Val. v, p. 483 ; Schleg. 1. c. p. 24 ; Peters, Wiegm. Arch. 1855, p. 266. 



Glyphisodon pvmotulatus, Cuv. and Val. v, p. 484 (two dorsal spots, many blue spots, no blue line on 

 forehead). 



Glyphisodon Browwriggii, Cuv. and Val. v, p. 484 ; Bleeker, Beng. en Hind. p. 52 ; Kner, Novara Pische, 

 p. 245. 



GlypMsodon andjerms, Schleg. 1. c. p. 24, t. vi, f. 3. 



Glyphisodon Bossii, Bleeker, Kokos, p. 48 (most of body markings absent). 



Glyphisodon JBaUnensis, Bleeker, BaU, p. 9. 



Glyphidodon fasciatus,GarLther, Catal. iv, p. 51 (blue transverse spot on body). 



B. V, D. Ti-Va, p. 17, V. 1/5, A. TT?T3> C. 17, L. 1. 26-28, L. tr. 2|/9. 



Length of head 4<j to 4|, of caudal 6, height of body 2| to 3 in the total length. Eyes — diameter 3 to 

 3 1 in length of head, 3/4 to 1 diameter from the end of snout, and 1 apart. Preorbital rather broad, its 

 greatest depth equal to about 1/2 a diameter of the eye : suborbital ring narrow. Teeth — narrow and in two rows. 

 Fins — ^posterior dorsal spines somewhat the longest : soft dorsal and anal angular. Caudal sUghtly forked. 

 Scales^— on the summit of the head, are continued forwards to opposite the front edge of the eyes. . Golows — 

 exceedingly various, the markings being partially or entirely absent in some specimens, and that not merely 

 due to age. Ceerulean blue above the lateral-line, this colour extending on to some scales along the base 

 of that fin, and ending at ijie end of the soft dorsal by surrounding one (sometimes two) black blotches, the black 

 blotches on the dorsal fin are sometimes absent. A blue line is generally continued along the supraorbital 

 region, joining another from the opposite side across the snout. A median blue or dark band occasionally is 

 seen along the occiput. Two blue bands along the eye, and one from the eye to the angle of the mouth : another 



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