406 ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



3. Gomphosus tricolor, D. i^, A. ^-f, L. 1. 29. Greenish or bro-wrdsh, with a wide yellow band on the 

 shoulder to behind the pectoral : pectoral with a bluish vesrtioal band. Ceylon, seas of India to the western 

 Pacific. 



1. Gomphosus cseruleus, Plate LXXXVIII, fig. 3. 



Acarcmna long'irostris, Sevastianof, in Nov. Act. Petrop. xiii, p. .357, t. xi. 



Gomphosus oceruleus, Laoep. iii, p. 101, t. v, f . 1, and t. vi, f. L ; Cnv. and Val. xiv, p. 29 ; Cut. Eeg. 

 Anim. lU. Poiss. pi. 89, f. 2 ; Bleeker, Bang, en Hind. p. 64, Sumatra, ii, p. 292, and Atl. Ich. i, p. 86, t. xxi, 

 f . 5 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 192 ; Klunz. Verh. z. b. Ges. Wien, 1871, p. 534, 



'Gomphosus ornatus, Benn. Life of Sir S. Raffles, p. 690. 



Gomphosus viridis, Benn. Msh. Ceylon, p. 30, pi. xxx; Swainson, Pishes, ii, p. 231. 



Nil-talapat-giromiah, Cingalese. 



B. Ti, D. A, P. 15, V. 1/6, A. ¥V'> C. 14, L. 1. 29, L. tr. 3/10. . 



Length of head 3, of caudal 6f , height of body 4| to 5 in the total length. Eyes — situated rather 

 behind the middle of the length of the head. Teeth— i}ie two anterior in the upper jaw curved and much longer 

 than the remainder. J%s-— spinous much lower than the rayed portion of the dorsal fin. Caudal with its out.er 

 rays much produced in the adult. CoZowrs— sometimes violet with the vertical fins yeHow, the dorsal and anal 

 with blue edges : the upper and lower margins of the caudal blue ; or else of a vivid green, with the outer edges 

 of the dorsal and anal Hghter, as are also the posterior extremity of the caudal and the inner rays of the 

 ventral. 



Habitat. — Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. The specimen figured is 9| inches in length, and 

 from Ceylon. 



,2. 6«inpli.osus pectoralis, Plate LXXXVI, fig. 6. 



? Gomphosus varius, Lacep. iii, p. 104, pi. '6, f. 2 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 193. 



Gomphosus pectoralis, Quoy.and Gaim, Voy. TJranie, Zool. p. 282. 



Gomphosus fusms, Bennett, Pish. Ceylon, p. 3, pi. iii; Cuv. and Val. xiv, p. 25; Bleeker, Beng, en Hind, 

 p. 64 ; Swaiuson, Fishes, ii, p. 231. 



Gomphosus melanotus^ Bleeker. Kokos, p. 457, and Atl. Ich. i, p. 87, t. 21, f. 3 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, 

 p. 193 ; Day,-Fish. Andam. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. -698 ; -Klunz. Verh. z. b. Ges. Wien, 1871, p. 635. 



Koppara girawah, Cingalese. 



B. vi, D. x\, P. 15, V. 1/5, A. ^,, C. 14, L. i. 26, L. tr. 2/11. 



Length of head 2f to 3, of caudal 8, height .of body 4| to 4f in the total length. Hyes — diameter 6 to 

 &\ in the length of head, 3 diameters from end of snout, and 1 ^part. .Firos — caudal rounded or truncated in 

 the young, having the outer rays slightly produced in the adult. Colours — upper part of head and back reddish 

 brown, becoming lighter on the abdomen : each scale darkest at its base : cheeks pinkish. A dark band from the 

 snout through the eye. Pectorals yellow : vertical fins dark-coloured, becoming deep brown externally, having 

 a very narrow light edge : caudal the same, with a black margin and a rather wider white border : ventrals 

 whitish, the outer ray brown. A row of round transparent spots along the base of the anal fin. 



The fish figured is identical with the type of G. fuscus, C, and V. (L. 1. 26), the type specimen of which 

 is in Paris in a good state of preservation. On the bottle is also marked " G. Gommersonii, Q. and G." On 

 referring to Voy. TJranie, p. 282, we find " Gomphose Cormnerson — Gomphosus pectoralis." The figure of 

 G. varius, Lacepede, agrees fairly well with this species. 



Habitat. — Mauritius, Ceylon, Andamans, to the Malay Archipelago. The one figured (life-size) is from 

 the Aadamans. My largest ,sj)ecimen is 6' 7 inches in length. 



3. Gomphosus tricolor. 



Quoy and 'Gaim. Voy. TJranie, p. 280, andGonvphose Lacepede, pi. 65, i.2; Bleeker, Manad. aijd Makass. 

 p. 54, and Atl. Ich. i, p. 85, t. xxi, f . 6 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 193. 

 Gomphosus Gepedianus, Guv. and Val. xiv, p. 18, pi. 390. 



B. vi, D. j% P. 16, V. 1/5, A. a^, C. 14, L. 1. 28-29, L. tr. 3/9, Vert. 9/16. 



Length of head.3f, of caudal 7i to 8, height o£ body 4|^ in the total length. Eyes — rather high up, and 

 situated midway between the angle of the mouth and the end of the opercle. Fins — caudal with its outer rays 

 rather produced. Oolows — brownish or greenish, with a broad yellow band from the shoulder to behind the 

 base of the pectoral fin. Vertical fins yellow : pectoral brownish, with a dark spot at its base, and a narrow 

 vertical bluish band parallel with its posterior border. 



Habitat. — Ceylon, through the seas of India to the Western Pacific. 



Genus, 13 — Cheilio, (Commerson) Lacepede. 



BrancMostegals six: body elongated md nea/rly cylindrical. Snout somewhat produced-: preoperele serrated 

 m the young. Profile to dorsal fin, not elevated. Teeth in a single row, the posterior ones in the low&r jaw being 



