GLYPHIDODONTID^E. 391 



1246. (11.) Glyphldodon modestus. 



Glyphidodon modestus, Schley. Overz. Amphipr. 8fc. in Verh. Nat. 

 Gesch. Ned. Overz. Sezitt. p. 23, t. vi, fig. 2 ; Day, Fish. India, 

 p. 388, pi. Ixxxi, tig. G (see synon.). 



B.v. D. 13/12. P. 18. A. 2/12. C. 15. L.I. 23-24. L.tr.2/8. 



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

 diameter 2| to 3 in length of head, f to f diam. from end of 

 snout, and 1 apart. Greatest depth of preorbital a little more than 

 half diameter of eye ; posteriorly the suborbital ring of bones rapidly 

 narrows. Teeth notched at their extremities; about 36 in the 

 upper jaw. Fins dorsal spines gradually increase in length to 

 last, soft dorsal and anal somewhat rounded ; caudal slightly cleft 

 and having rounded lobes. Scales none on preorbital or sub- 

 orbital ring of bones. Colour yellowish olive, lighter on sides 

 and beneath ; outer third of dorsal and anal fins greyish ; a brownish 

 dot superiorly at base of pectoral. 



Hob. Andamans ; seas of India and China. 



6. Genus HELIASTES, Cuv. & Val. 



Syn. Furcaria, Poey ; Chromis (sp. Cuv.), Bleeker, 1877. 



Branchiostegals five. All the opercles entire. Teeth in the 

 jaws conical, in a narrow and irregular row. Dorsal tin with 12 

 to 14 spines ; anal with two. Lateral line in a tubular form not 

 continued beyond the end of the base of the dorsal fin. Air- 

 bladder present. Pyloric appendages two. 



1247. (1.) Heliastes lepidums. (Fig. 130.) 



Heliases lepisurus, Cuv. 8f Val. H. N. Poiss. v, p. 498. 

 Heliastes lepidurus, Giinther, fatal. iv,p. 63; Dai/, Fish. India,^. 389, 

 pi. Ixxxii, fig. 1 (see syuon.). 



Fig. 130. Heliastes lepidurus. 



D. 11-12/10-11. P. 15. A. 2/10. C.17. L.I. 26-27. L.tr.2|/9. 



Length of head 4 to 4|, height of body 2| to 3 in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 3 in length of head, f to | diam. from end of 



