FAMILY, XLl—LABBIDM. 40? 



compressed cmd small : no posterior ccmme. Ilorsal spmes flexible, less (9) in mumh&r tJum the rays (13-14) ; anal 

 with 3 (or 2) spines amd less roA/s (11-12) tham the dorsal. Scales of medvum size : head scaleless, except a row of 

 rudimentary ones on the operole : no enla/rged row at base of eamdal fm. Lateral-Une contvrmous. 



GeograpMeal distribution. — ^Red Sea, east coast of Africa, seas of India to the Malay ArcHpelago 

 and beyond. 



SYNOPSIS OF INDIVIDUAL SPECIES. 



1. OheiUo inernds, D. ys-t^j -^- A) L. 1. 45-50. Bro-wnish, divided by a brown band from a silvery 

 abdomen. Eed Sea, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



1. Cheilio inermis, Plate LXXXVIII, fig. 4. 



Labrus inermis, Forsk. p. 34 ; Bl. Sohn. p. 262, 



Labrus hassek, (Bonn.) Lacep. iii, p. 613. 



OhdUo amratus, (Comm.) Laoep. iv, p. 433; Qraoy and Gaim. Yoy. Uranie, Zool. p. 274, pi. 54, f. 2; 

 Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 341 ; Bleeker, Celebes, ii, p. 221 ; Peters, Seefische Mosamb. Pruss. Ak. Wiss. 1855, 

 p. 453. _ ^ _ . 



GheiUo fuscus, (Comm.) Lacep. iv, p. 433; Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 349. 



Labrus fusiformis, Rijpp. 'N. W. Fische, p. 7, t. i, f. 4. 



Cheilio cyanoohloris, ForshaUi, and mridAs, Cuv. and Val. xiii, pp. 346, 349, 362, 



CheiUo hemiohrysos, Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 351 ; Bleeker, Banda, ii, p. 265. 



Evpends fusiformis, Swainson, Fishes, ii, p. -232. 



HemmUs awratus, Swainson,, Fishes, ii, p. 228. 



GheiUo ramosus, Jenyns, Voy. Beagle, Fishes, p. 102. 



Cheilio bicolor, Bianc. Spec. Zool. Mosamb. 1869, p. 254, t. 7. 



CheiUo inermis, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. i, p. 82, t. xxxi, f. 4; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 194; Klunz. Verb. z. b. 

 Ges. Wien, 1871, p. 531. 



B. vi, D. Ts?TT, P- 12, V. 1/6, A. ^, C. 13, L, 1. 45-50i L. tr. 3/17. 



Length of head 3i, of caudal 7i, height of body 9 to 10 in the total length. Byes — diameter 6 in the 

 length of head, 2-| diameters from the end of snout, and 1 apart. The height of the head equals its postorbital 

 length. Fins — caudal rounded. Colours — brownish superiorly, divided by a darker band (passing feom below 

 the eye to the middle of the tail) from a silvery white lower surface : there are some black spots along this 

 lateral band. Irregular blue streaks on the head and anal fin, two or three rows of blue spots on the dorsal. 

 In some the lateral band ceases at the opercles, or is entirely absent. The scales on the body may have blue or 

 brown centres, or dark edges. 



Habitat. — Red Sea, east coast of Africa,, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. The 

 specimen figured (life-size) is from the Malay Archipelago, and for it I am indebted to Dr. Hubrecht, 

 of Leyden. 



Genus, 14 — CoEis, JjaeepedM. 



Sologymnosus et Labrus, sp. Lacep. : HaUohoeres, sp. Euppell : JuUs, sp. Cuv. and Val. : Fseudocoris, 

 Hemdeoris et Ophthalmolepis, Bleeker. 



Bramohiostegals six : body oblong, compressed. Anterior teeth conical : a posterior camvne may'be present : 

 inferior pharyngeal teeth not confluent or pavement-like.. A single dorsal flm with less spines (9) than rays (11-12) : 

 anal vdth three spines, amd about the same rmrnber of rays (11-13) as the soft dorsal. Scales rather small, none on 

 the head (except in C. Imeolata) z no enla/rged row at iase of caudal fin. Lateral-line continuous. 



Geographical distribution. — Fishes belonging to this Genus have a very wide range : not only do they 

 exist in the Red Sea, throughout the seas of India to Australia and Polynesia, but they are likewise found in 

 the Mediterranean and adjacent parts of the Atlantic. 



As in other Labroid fishes the colours of those belonging to the genus appear to be subject to considerable 

 differences, this seems to be sometimes due to sex ; thus Steindachner has observed that Coris julis is the male 

 of G. giofredd. 



SYNOPSIS OF SPECIES. 



1. Coris formosa, D. -f^, A. -f^, L. 1. 74-84. Gray, with blue- spots. Blue bands on head: dorsal and 

 anal lineated or spotted with blue. East coast of Africa, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



2. Coris aygula, D. ■^, A. i\, L. 1. 60. Brown or green, with blue spots on head and bands across neck : 

 a dark axillary spot : a pale cross band behind pectoral, and red blotches- on back of tail. 



1. Coris formosa, Plate LXXXVI, fig. 5. 



Labrus formosus, Benn. Fish. Ceylon, p. 16, pi. 16. 

 _ JuUs formosus, Swainson, Fishes, ,ii, p. 233 (c. fig. from Bennett) ; Bleeker, Beng. en Hind. p. 54, and. 

 Celebes, iv, p. 169. 



Coris formosa, Bleeker, AtL Ich. i, p. 99, t, xix, f. 3 ; Gunther, Catal. iv, p. 200, and Fish, Zanz, p. 100. 



