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1242. (7.) Glyphidodon ccelestinus. (Fig. 129.) 



Glyphisodon coelestinus (Solander), Cuv. $ Val H. N. Poiss. v, p 4G4, 



pi. 135, and ix, p. 508. 

 Glyphidodon caelestinus, Day, Fish. India, p. 386, pi. Ixxxiii fio- 2 



(see synon.). 



Rahti potah, Tel. ; Nga koongya, Arracan. 

 B.v. D. 13/13. P. 17. A. 2/12-13. C. 17. L.I. 29. L.tr.4i/l2. 



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



diameter 3| to 3| in length of head, | diam. from end of snout, and 

 1 apart. Greatest depth of preorbital equals f diameter of eye ; sub- 

 orbital ring very narrow. Teeth about 40 in upper jaw, narrow 

 and notched. Fins dorsal spines increase in length posteriorly ; 



Fig. 129. Glyphidodon coelestinus. 



soft dorsal pointed, its fourth and fifth rays longest. Caudal deeply 

 forked. Colour olive-brown, with five vertical dark cross bands 

 narrower than interspaces. A dark spot at base of pectoral. 

 Outer edge of caudal usually black. 



Hob. Eed Sea, east coast of Africa, seas of India, Malay Archi- 

 pelago, and Polynesia. 



1243. (8.) Glyphidodon bengalensis. 



Glyphisodon bengalensis, Cuv. # Val. H. N. Pois*. v, p. 458. 

 Glyphidodon bengalensis, Day, Fish. India, p. 387, pi. Ixxxiii, fig. 3 



(see synon.). 



Chak-mud-dah, Andamanese. 



B.v. D. 13/12-13. A. 2/11-12. C. 15. L. 1. 29-30. L.tr. 4/11. 

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

 Eyes diameter 3^ in length of head, 1 diam. from end of snout, 

 and 1| apart. Greatest depth of preorbital equals diameter of 

 eye. Teeth crowns notched. Fins soft dorsal angular, the 



