390 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



fourth and fifth rays longest. Caudal forked, lobes pointed. 

 Colour dull greenish olive, with seven vertical dark bands ex- 

 tending downwards from the back, the first across the head, the 

 second across the neck, four below the dorsal fin, and one across 

 free portion of tail. A dark edge to spiuous dorsal, a dark spot at 

 base of pectoral, and two bands along anal fin. 



Hab. Seas of India from Karachi to the Malay Archipelago and 

 beyond. 



1244. (9.) Glyphidodon antjerius. 



Glyphisodon autjerius (Kuhl fy v. Hass.), CUD, $ Val. H. N. Poiss 



v, p. 481. 

 Glyphidodon antjerius, Day, Fish. India, p. 387, pi. Ixxxi, tigs. 4 



"and 5, Sujypl. p. 801 (see synon.). 



B.v. D. 13/12-13. A. 2/12-13. C. 17. L.I. 26-28. Litr.2|/9. 



Length of head 4| to 41, height of body 2\ to 3 in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 3 to 3g in length of head, | to 1 diam. 

 from end of snout, and 1 apart. Preorbital rather broad, its 

 greatest depth about ^ diameter of eye ; suborbital ring narrow. 

 Teeth narrow and in two rows. Fins soft dorsal and anal 

 angular. Caudal slightly forked. Colour exceedingly various, 

 the markings being partially or entirely absent in some specimens, 

 and that not merely from age. Ca?rulean blue above the lateral 

 line, this colour extending on to some scales along the base of the 

 dorsal, and usually terminating at end of soft dorsal by surround- 

 ing a black blotch which is sometimes divided into two and some- 

 times absent altogether. A blue supraorbital line, joining another 

 from opposite side across snout, and several other blue lines around 

 eyes and on cheeks. In some specimens there is a spot of blue on 

 several scales of the body. 



//&. Red Sea, seas of India, Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



1245. (10.) Glyphidodon lencogaster. 



Glyphidodon leucogaster, Sleeker, Bntav. Genootsch. Verhand. xxi, 

 Labr. Cten. p. 2G ; Day, Fish. India, p. 388, pi. Ixxxi, fig. 3 (see 

 synon.). 



B.v. D. 13/12-13. A. 2/12-13. C. 17. L.I. 26-28. L.tr.3/12. 



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

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

 and 1| apart. Preorbital with a shallow notch, its greatest width 

 equals nearly 1 diameter of eye ; suborbital ring narrow. Teeth 

 about 46 in upper jaw. Fiat dorsal spines, after second, sub- 

 equal in length; soft portion of dorsal rather pointed; anal 

 rounded. Caudal forked, with pointed lobes. Scales cover pre- 

 orbital and suborbitals. CWowr olive-brown, lighter on sides and 

 yellowish on abdomen. Upper edge of dorsal and outer two thirds 

 of anal black, rest of fin and ventral yellow ; outer margin of 

 caudal dark. A black spot at base of pectoral. 



Hab. Eed Sea, east coast of Africa, Nicobars, and Malay Archi- 

 pelago. 



