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13. Apogon bifasciatus, D. 7/£, A. f, L. 1. 25. Outer edge of preopercle serrated. Grey, "with two dark 

 vertical bands : a black spot at the root of the caudal : fins dark. Red Sea, through those of India to the Malay 

 Archipelago, and beyond. 



14. Apogon glaga, D. 7/|-, A. f , L. 1. 24. Lower limb of preopercle crenulated. Yellowish-green above, 

 becoming redder on the abdomen : scales dotted at their edges, with a pearly spot in their centres forming three 

 light stripes : a dark interorbital band : upper half of first dorsal and edges of second dorsal and caudal black. 

 Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



15. Apogon auritus, D. 7j\, A. f-, L. 1. 23. Preopercle entire. Spotted and marbled with brown: a 

 circular black spot on the opercle surrounded by a narrow white ring. Red Sea, through seas of India. 



16. Apogon Elliott, D. 7/|-, A. ■§, L. 1. 26. Outer edge of preopercle and lower edge of orbit serrated. 

 Golden : upper half of first dorsal black, a similar coloured band along the centre of the second dorsal and anal : 

 soft dorsal and anal with black edges. East coast of Africa, seas of India to Japan. 



17. Apogon maculosus, D. 7/-§-, A. f-. Brown, with four rows of darker spots along either side : fins 

 brown, dotted with black. Seas of India. 



18. Apogon inacropterus, D. 6/5-, A. t¥?ttj L. 1. 22-26. Outer edge of preopercle serrated. White, with 

 pinkish reflections : a black spot at the root of the tail. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



19. Apogoii Sangiensis, D. 6/~, A. f-, L. 1. 25. Outer edge of preopercle serrated. Golden tinged 

 with red : a wide band from the snout through the eye to a little below the shoulder : a spot on the side of the 

 free portion of the tail. Upper half of first dorsal black. Andamans to the Malay Archipelago. 



20. Apogon hyalosoma, D. 6/£, A. -f, L. 1. 24-25. Outer edge of preopercle serrated. Olive, with a 

 spot on either side of the tail : fins grey, blackish between the second and third dorsal spines. Seas of India 

 to the Malay Archipelago. _ 



21. Apogon orbicularis, D. 6/-|-, A. -§-, L. 1. 22. Outer edge of preopercle and shoulder bone serrated. 

 Olive-brown, a dark zone round the body from in front of the dorsal fin to behind the ventrals : head with black 

 spots : ventrals nearly black. Andamans, to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



22. Apogon Geramensis, D. 6/£, A. f-, L. 1. 21. Outer edge of preopercle serrated. Greenish-brown, 

 with some dark spots on the head : a dark band from the eye to the root of the caudal fin, where it ends in a 

 black spot. Black between the second and third dorsal spines. Nicobars to the Malay Archipelago. 



1. Apogon multitaaniatus, Plate XVT, fig. 1. 



Apogon multitamxatus, (Ehren.) Cuv. and Val. ii, p. 159 ; Klunz. Fische d. Roth. Meeres, Verh. z. b. Ges. 

 Wien, 1870, p. 45, (not Bleeker). 



B. vii, D. 7/1 P. 15, V. 1/5, A. f, C. 17, L. 1. 37-38, L. tr. 3|/12. 



Length of head 3/10, of caudal 2/11, height of body 2/7 of the total length. Eyes — diameter 2/7 of 

 length of head, 3/4 of a diameter from end of snout, and 4/5 of a diameter apart. Jaws of about equal length, 

 the maxilla reaches to rather behind the middle of the orbit. The outer edge of both the vertical and horizontal 

 limbs of the preopercle finely and nearly evenly serrated : shoulder bone and edges of orbit entire : a small 

 flat opercular spine. Teeth — villiform in jaws, vomer, and palate. Fins — dorsal spines stout, the third and 

 fourth are the highest, and equal in length to the postorbital portion of the head, or 2J in the height of the 

 body ; second dorsal nearly two-thirds as high as the body, its upper edge nearly straight : pectoral rounded, 

 reaching to above the anal spines : ventral not reaching the anal, the rayed portion of which latter fin equals in 

 height that of the second dorsal : caudal slightly emarginate. Lateral-line — tubes very arborescent. Pseudo- 

 branchice — well developed. Free portion of tail about as high at its base as it is long. Colours — of a slaty tinge 

 along the back, becoming reddish on the head, sides, and abdomen : violet lines along the body, narrower than 

 the ground colour, between the rows of scales, but which are most apparent after death. Fins, dorsal scarlet, 

 black along its base, between the last two spines, and in its upper three-fourths : second dorsal scarlet, with a 

 light edge and black tip : caudal scarlet, also with a light edge and black tip : pectoral and ventral scarlet : 

 anal as second dorsal. Eyes scarlet in their anterior halves, with some black markings. 



Dr. Bleeker having been good enough to compare my figure of this species with A. Noordzieki, observes 

 that it appears to be distinct. The latter has the head more pointed, the profile from the snout to the dorsal a 

 little concave, the rostro-ventral one less concave, and the cleft of the mouth less oblique. 



Habitat. — One specimen 5f inches in length was obtained in Madras, April 3rd, 1867 : and two more in 

 Bombay, April, 1874, one of which latter is figured. This is the species of which Jerdon remarks (M. J. L. and 

 S. 1851, p. 129) : " Gheilodipterus, a species apparently belonging to this genus was once brought me without a 

 name — its colours were reddish, with longitudinal brown lines, fins bright pink, edged with blackish. D. 6, 1-9. 

 A. 2-8." A figure exists amongst Sir W. Elliot's drawings. 



2. Apogon kalosoma, Plate XVI, fig. 2. 

 Bleeker, Banka, p. 448 ; Giinther, Catal. i, p. 240. 

 Lepidamia kalosoma, Gill, Catal. Fish. Nat. Hist. Soc. Phil. 1863, p. 81. 

 Amia kalosoma, Bleeker, Apogonini, p. 16. 



B. vii, D. 7/i, P. 15, V. 1/5, A. |, C. 17, L. 1. 35-36, L. tr. 3/13. 



Length of head 2/7, of caudal 1/5, height of body 2/7 of the total length. Eyes — diameter 2J to 2f in 



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