TELEOSTEI. AC ANTHOPTER YOU. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



A. 1). 10/9. Ventral extending to anal rays. . 1. C. chlomrus, p. 398. 



B. D. 8-9/10. Ventral not extending to anal. 



Greyish brown, red spots and stripes on 



head , 2. C. trilobatus, p. 398. 



Yellowish with dark transverse bands . . 3. C. fasciatus, p. 399. 

 Bluish green above, reddish below, narrow 



bands on head and chest 4. C. undiUat.us, p. 399. 



1254. (l.) CMlinus chlomrus. (Fig. 134.) 



Spams chlorurus, Block, Ich. v, p. 24, t. 260. 



Cheilinus chlorurus, Day, Fish. India, p. 393, pi. Ixxxii, fig. 6 (see 

 synon.). 



D. 10/9. P. 11. A. 3/8. C. 12. L. 1. 22. L. tr. 2/8. 

 Length of head 3f , of caudal fin 4|, height of body 3 in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 4 in length of head, lg diam. from end 

 of snout and also apart. Pin* ventral reaches anal rays ; outer 

 caudal rays produced, causing the fin to appear three-lobed ; it is 

 sometimes . rounded in the young. Lateral line tubes much 



Fig. l3i.~Chilinus chlorurus. 



branched. Colour olive-brown, with round yellow spots on cheeks 

 and a yellow streak from eye to angle of mouth ; body sparingly 

 dotted with yellow, a yellow mark covers last few dorsal rays and 

 is continued on to the back of free portion of tail ; spinous dorsal 

 olive, with red edges, and spines with brown dots ; soft dorsal 

 reddish ; anal, ventral, and caudal with small yellow dots. 

 Hob. Bay of Bengal to Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



(2.) Chilinus trilobatus. 

 Cheilinus trilobatus, Lacep. H. N. Poiss. iii, pp 529, 537. t 31, %. 3 : 



Day, Fish. India, p. 394, pi. Ixxxii, fig. 4 (see synon.). 

 B. 9/10. P. 12. A. 3/8. C. 13. L. I. 20. L. tr. 2|/7. 



