CIREIIITID-E. 51 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



P. 9/v-vi. No elongate dorsal ray. Vertical 



bands of colour 1. C. fasciatus, p. 51. 



P. 7/vi-vii. First dorsal ray prolonged ... 2. C. aureus, p. 51. 

 P. 7/vii. No elongate dorsal ray. Body 



spotted 3. C. marmoratus, p. 52. 



791. (1.) Cirrhitichthys fasciatus. 



Cirrhites fasciatus, Cuv. & Val. II. N. Poiss. iii, p. 76, pi. 47 ; Day, 

 Fish. India,\Y 145, Suppl. p. 788. /5'YV 



D. 10/12. P.9 + v-vi. V. 1/5. A. 3/6. C. 15. L.I. 41. L.tr.3|/10. 



Length of head 3 to 3|, height of body 2| to 3| in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 3 to 3| in length of head, 1 diara. from 

 end of snout, and 3 apart. Teeth some enlarged in front of upper 

 jaw and three moderately sized canines in middle of side of 

 lower; villiform on vomer and palatines. Fins dorsal inter- 

 spiuous membrane emarginate ; fourth dorsal spine highest ; from it 

 they decrease to the last but one, which is not so high as the last ; 

 soft portion of fin as high as spinous ; second anal spine longest, 

 rather exceeding the highest dorsal. Scales cycloid, those on 

 the head large. Colour greyish, becoming white below, vertically 

 banded darker ; some white spots on the snout and nape. Two small 

 specimens received from Madras were grey with a pinkish tinge ; a 

 narrow dark band from the eye along the snout, a second passing 

 round the chin, and a third in .a similar direction from behind the 

 eye. Some large black spots on the opercles and upper surface 

 of the head. A large dark blotch on the nape of the neck, and six 

 still larger along the base of the dorsal fin ; on which they are 

 likewise continued in the form of spots. Body with three or four 

 large blotches below each of those mentioned, being the remains 

 of vertical bands ; caudal fin with some very indistinct markings. 



Hob. Madras, whence two specimens were procured, the larger 

 1'G inches in length. 



792. (2.) Cirrhitichthys aureus. (Fig. 20.) 



Cirrhites aureus, Temm. # Schley. Faun, Japan., Poiss. p. 15, t. vii, 



fig. 2. 

 Cirrhitichthys aureus, Day, Fish. India, p. 145, pi. xxxv, fig. 5 (see 



synon.). 

 Shun-gun, Tarn. 



D. 10/12-13. P.7 + vi-vii. A. 3/6-7. C. 15. L.I. 43. L.tr.4/12. 

 Length of head 4, height of body 3g in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter 3^- in length of head, lj diain. from end of snout, and f 

 apart. Teeth villiform, with an outer rather enlarged row in the 

 upper jaw, and two or more rather curved and conical lateral ro\vs 

 in the mandible; villiform bands on vomer and palate. Fins 



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