GLYPHIDODON TED^E. 387 



D.13/14-16. A. 2/12-15. L.1.29. L.tr.4/12. C.p.3. Vert. 12/14. 



Length of head 4 to 4^, height of body 2| in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 4 in length of head, 1| diam. from end of snout, 

 and 1^ apart. Greatest width of preorbital nearly equals diameter 

 of eye, suborbitals about half as wide. Teeth about 36 in upper 

 jaw, their crowns notched. Fins fifth to seventh dorsal spines 

 longest ; soft dorsal higher than long ; caudal forked. Colour 

 yellowish olive, the fins darker. Five dull bands, broader than 

 interspaces, from dorsal fin down sides, and a sixth, nearly black, 

 over free portion of tail. A black spot at base of pectoral. A 

 row of black spots across nape. 



Hab. Eed Sea, east coast of Africa, seas of India to China. 



1237. (2.) Glyphidodon leucopleura. 



Glyphidodon leucopleura, -Day, Fish. India, p. 385, pi. Ixxxiii, fig 1 . 4. 

 B. v. D. 13/15. P. 17. A. 2/14. 0.15. L. 1. 28. L. tr. 4/14. 



Length of head 3|, of caudal fin 4j, height of body 2| in the 

 total length. Eyes diameter 2| in length of head, | diam. from 

 end of snout, and f apart. Greatest depth of preorbital equals 3 

 diameter of orbit ; suborbital ring very narrow. Teeth with 

 notched summits. Fins third to sixth dorsal spines considerably 

 longer than the last ; soft dorsal angular. Caudal slightly lobed, 

 lobes pointed. Colour brownish, with a dark, almost black, band 

 from first half of dorsal fin to ventral ; several narrow white ver- 

 tical bands from back to abdomen. A white-edged black spot on 

 free portion of the tail extending to bases of last three dorsal rays. 

 Ventral and anal black. Caudal yellowish, with dark outer edges. 



Hab. Two specimens, about 1| inches long, from the Andamans. 



1238. (3.) Glyphidodon cochinensis. 



Glyphidodon cochinensis, Dai/, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 38, and Fish. India, 

 p. 386, pi. Ixxxi, fig. 1 (see synon.). 



B.v. D. 13/12-15. P. 15. A. 2/10-11. C. 15. L.I. 28. L.tr.3/8. 



Length of head from 5| to 6, of caudal fin 2| to 3, height of 

 body 3| in the total length. Eyes diameter 3 to 3| in length of 

 head, f diam. from end of snout, and 1 apart. Preorbital narrow, 

 about 3 width of orbit. Teeth about 40 in upper jaw, their 

 summits notched. Fins soft portions of dorsal, anal, and caudal 

 lobes much elongate. Colour purplish black, rather lighter on 

 abdomen, edges of scales sometimes with a lighter tinge ; pectoral 

 not so dark as other fins. 



Hab. Cochin and the Andamans. 



1239. (4.) Glyphidodon notatus. 



Glyphidodon notatus, Dai/, P. X. S. 1809, p. 521 ; and Fish. India, 

 p. 386, pi. Ixxxiii, fig. 5 (see synon.). 



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