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the angle of the mouth : body sparingly dotted with yellow, a yellow mark covers the last few dorsal rays 

 and is continued on to the back of the free portion of the tail : spinous dorsal oliye, with red edges, and spines 

 with brown dots : soft dorsal reddish : anal, ventral, and caudal with small yellow dots. 



In the " Fishes of Zanzibar," the authors observe of Gheilirms punctabus, Bennett, Proo. Zool, Soc. i, 

 p. 167=0. pundulatus, G. V. xiv, p. 87, pi. 396, ," this species is very closely alUed to G. chlorurus, Bl,, and it 

 may be regarded as the western representative of that fish" (p. 89). 



Habitat.— B&j of Bengal to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. The specimen figured is from 

 the Andamans, and is 7 '7 inches in length. 



2. Cheilinus trilobatus, Plate LXXXII, fig. 4. 



Chdlinus trilohatus, Lac^p. iii, pp, 629, 637, t. 31, f. 3 ; Guv. Reg. An. Polss. pi. 86, f. 2 ; Riipp. Atl. 

 Pische, p. 22 ; Guv. and Val. xiv, p. 79 ; Bleeker, Labr. p. 34, and Atl. Ich. i, p. 66, t. 27, f. 2 ; Giinther, Gatal. 

 iv, p. 126 ; Klunz, Verb. z. b. Ges. Wien, 1871, p. 653. 



Lairus trilohatus, Shaw, Zool. iv, p. 487. 



Cheilirms sinuosus, Quoy and Gaim. Voy. IJranie, Poiss. p. 278 ; Guv. and Val. xiv, p. 95, (immature). 



Cheilinus riwulatus, Guv. and Val. xiv, p. 86. 



Cheilinus nebulosus, Richards. Ich. Ghina, p. 261. 



Cheilinus tetrazona, Bleeker, Sumatra, ii, p. 293. 



B. V, D. ^, P. 12, V. 1/6, A. f, C. 13, L. 1. 20, L. tr. 2i/7. 



Length of head 3f , of caudal 7, height of body 31 in the total length, i^yes— diameter 5J in the length 

 of head, li diameters from the end of snout and also apart. Profile over snout rather concave. The maxilla 

 reaches rather above 1/2 way to below the orbit. Teeth — canines rather small. Fins — ventral does not 

 reach the anal : caudal rounded except in some large specimens, when it is usually trilobed. The figure in 

 Lacepede shows the caudal deeply trilobed. Lateral-line — tubules branched. Colours — grayish-brown, with 

 red spots and narrow stripes on the head, the last being mostly before and below the eyes : some of the 

 scales on the body with red spots. Vertical fins green, dorsal and anal having red margins : a dark spot at the 

 base of the middle dorsal rays, sometimes extending to the posterior one. 



In Guv. and Val. xiv, p. 85, Spa/rus chlbrwrus, Bl. is considered identical with this species. 



Habitat. — Red Sea, East coast of Africa, Andamans to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. The one 

 figured is 9i inches long, and from the Andamans. It grows to at least three feet in length. 



3. Cheilinus fasciatus, Plate LXXXIV, fig. 1. 



Spams fasciatus, Bloch, v, p. 18, t. 257 ; Bl. Schn. p. 269 ; Lacep. iv, pp. 39, 127 ; Swainson, Fishes, ii, 

 p. 229. 



Labrus enneacanthus, Lacep. iii, pp. 433, 480. 



Cheilinus fasciatus. Guv. Reg. Anim. ; Riipp. Atl. Fisohe, p. 23 (pt.) ; Guv. and Val. xiv, p. 92 ; Riipp, 

 N. W. Fische, p. 18; Swainson, Fishes, ii, p. 299; Bleeker, Labr. p. 31, and Atl. Ich. i, p. 67, t. 26, f. 2; 

 Giinther, Gatal. iv, p. 129 ; Kner, Novara Fische, p. 251 : Klunz. Verb. z. b. Ges. Wien, 1871, p. 655. 



B. V, D. 1%, P. 12, V. 1/6, A. f, G. 13, L. 1. 21-23, L. tr. 2/7, Vert. 10/13. 



Length of head 3|, of caudal 4f , height of body 3 to 3| in the total length. Eyes — diameter 5 in the 

 length of head, 2 diameters from the end. of snout and also apart. The greatest height of the head equals its 

 length. The outer end of the maxilla is curved, forwards as a hook-hke process into the concavity of 

 which the outer extremity of the premaxUlary is received. Fins — ventral rounded, not reaching to the anal : 

 caudal truncated, having its upper and lower rays produced. Lateral-line — tubules unbranched. Colours — 

 yellowish, with six or seven dark or black bands : black spots on the nape, opercles and pectoral region, 

 also some scattered over the body. Gaudal with a crescentic vertical black band, and a black posterior edge, 

 a few narrow dark bands between the two. Dorsal with a light edge having a dark base, some of the body 

 bands are extended on to this fin. A large black blotch on the ventral. 



Habitat. — Red Sea, through those of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. Bloch's specimen 

 from the Indian Ocean is still preserved in spirit in Berlin. The specimen figured is 8-3 inches in length, and, 

 from the Malay Archipelago : I am indebted for it to Dr. Hubrecht of the Leyden Museum. 



Genus, 6 — Epibulus, Gwider. 

 Branchioste^als five. Body oblong, compressed. Preoperole entire. Mouth very protraetile, the ascending 

 processes of the premaxillaries, also the mandibles and tympanies, being elongated. Teeth in one row, and two camnes 

 • in either jaw, hut no posterior cam.ine : inferior pharyngeal teeth not confluent or pamement-UTce. A single dorsal fin 

 with less spines (9) than .rays (10) .- three a/iial spines, the rays less numerous than those of the dorsal. Scales 

 large, two rows on the eheeJcs, three enlarged ones at base of caudal fin. Lateral-line interrupted. 

 Geographical distribution. — Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



SYNOPSIS OF INDIVIDUAL SPECIES. 

 1. Epihulus striatus, D. ■^, A. |, L. 1. 19, L. tr. 2/7. Vertical narrow white bands, Andamans. 



