1849.] Catalogue of Malayan Fishes. 1219 



white ; on the upper part of the head some vermilion spots ; a broad 

 vermilion band edged with deep blue from the eye to the angle of the 

 mouth ; a second obliquely over the cheek towards the angle of the 

 mouth ; a third on the preopercle ; a fourth on the temple round the 

 eye ; a fifth along the upper margin of the opercle ; a sixth, angular, 

 on the upper half of the opercle ; on the lower half a large vermilion 

 spot ; a seventh on the subopercle ; each of the scales of the back and 

 sides with a large central vermilion spot ; in front of the vermilion 

 root of the pectorals a large dark-blue spot ; pectorals hyaline, the rest 

 of the fins pale yellowish green ; dorsal with a series of oblique vermilion 

 lines along the base ; a central brownish-lilac undulating line between 

 the five first spines ; between the fifth and sixth a large dark-blue 

 spot ; between the succeeding spines and rays a large triangular brown- 

 ish lilac spot occupying the upper half of the membrane ; upper mar- 

 gin vermilion ; angles of the caudal with a triangular orange spot with 

 a basal vermilion line ; two indistinct vertical brownish bands in the 

 middle, the whole fin with numerous small blue spots ; anal with a 

 series of oblique vermilion lines along the base ; upper half brownish 

 lilac, the three spines with vermilion points ; first and second ventral 

 rays vermilion. Iris narrow golden, next vermilion, orbital margin 

 brownish green with a vermilion spot at the lower half. 



D 9/12, C 14f, A 3/12, V 1/5, P 16, Br. V. 



Habit. — Sea of Pinang. 

 Malabar. 



Total length : 6f inch. 



The length of the head is 4^ in the total. The eye occupies the 

 third-fifth of the head, and the upper third of the vertical diameter 

 passes through it ; the horizontal diameter is -§- of the length of the 

 head. The greatest vertical diameter of the body equals the length of 

 the head. The tooth on each side of the symphysis of the upper jaw 

 is longer than the succeeding seven of the external series, which gra- 

 dually decrease in length. At the angle of the mouth at some distance 

 from the last tooth appears a strong obliquely downwards and forwards 

 pointed tooth. Two teeth on each side of the symphysis of the lower 

 jaw are longer than the rest, which are smaller than the corresponding 

 ones of the upper jaw. The scales of the body are large, striated. A 

 longitudinal series contains 26, an oblique 1 1 . The lateral line consists 



