52 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTEBYGII. 



dorsal spines increasing in length to the fifth and sixth ; first ray 

 elongate, otherwise soft portion of fin only as high as spinous ; the 

 two upper, free, pectoral rays the longest and reaching to above 

 the anal spines ; second anal spine strongest and much the longest ; 

 caudal slightly emarginate. Colour rosy, with lightish longi- 

 tudinal lines and a large ill-defined blotch below the soft dorsal ex- 

 tending halfway down the side, in some specimens two more descend 



Fig. 20. Cirrhitichthys attreus. 



from the spinous dorsal ; a small dark blotch behind upper edge of 

 the preopercle. Dorsal and caudal fins more or less banded, soft 

 dorsal darker than spinous portion, and having a light outer 

 edge ; caudal with red spots. 



Hob. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and Japan. Eather 

 common at Madras ; attaining to about 4 inches in length. 



793. (3.) Cirrhitichthys marmoratus. 



Labrus marmoratus, Lactp. H. N. Poiss. iii, p. 493, pi. v, fig. 3. 

 Cirrhitichthys marmoratus, Day, Fish. India, p. 146 (see synon.). 



D. 9-10/11-12. P.7+vii. A.3/6. L.I. 40. L.tr.4/10. Vert. 10/16. 



Length of head 3^, height of body 3| in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter 4 in length of head, lj "diam. from end of snout, 

 and | apart. A broad fringed valve to the posterior nostril. 

 Teeth villiform in the jaws, vomer, and anterior portion of the 

 palatines. Fins dorsal spines increase in length to the 5th and 

 6th, which are as long as the rays, no prolonged dorsal ray ; second 

 anal spine strongest, longest, and equalling the highest in the dorsal 

 fin. Colour body and vertical fins with brown spots, and a row 

 of dark spots along base of dorsal. 



Hab. Red Sea, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and 

 beyond. 



