LABRID.E. 401 



1259. (1.) Anampses caeruleopunctatus. (Fig. 136.) 



Anampses ceeruleopunetatus, Hupp. All Fische, p. 42, t. x, fig. 1 ; 

 Day, Fish. India, p. 395, pi. Ixxxvii, fig. 4 (see synon.). 



D.9/12. A. 3/12. C.13. L. 1. 27-28. L. tr. 4/18. Vert. 11/15. 

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

 diameter 5 in length of head, 1| diam. from end of snout, 

 and 2 apart. Colour reddish brown, several bluish lines radiate 

 from orbit : each scale on body with a blue spot surrounded by a 



Fig. 136. Anampses c&ruleopunctatus. 



dark ring; fins reddish, dorsal with three rows of blue spots, anal 

 with two or three, caudal likewise blue-spotted, all these fins with 

 light edges. The spots on the middle of the body are sometimes 

 apt to assume the appearance of vertical lines. 



Hob. Red Sea, east coast of Africa, Mauritius, seas of India, 

 Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



8. Genus HEMIGYMNUS, Giiuther. 



Syn. Ilalichatres, sp., Eiippell ; Tautoya, sp., Cuv. & Val. ; Erychthys 

 and Hemiulis, Swainson. 



Branchiostegals six ; body oblong, compressed. Preopercle en- 

 tire ; lips very fleshy. Teeth in a single row, two canines anteriorly 

 in either jaw, the lower ones received between the upper pair ; 

 generally a posterior canine. Dorsal fin with fewer spines than 

 rays ; anal with the same number of rays as the soft dorsal. Scales 

 large, none on the opercles, but a strip of very small ones on the 

 cheek. Lateral line continuous. 



Geographical Distribution. Indo- Pacific. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



L. tr. 5/1 4. Scales dotted with blue 1 . H. melanoptents, p. 40L>. 



L. tr. 5/11. Bluisli, with wide vertical bands. 2. H.fasciatus, p. 402. 

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