408 TELEOSTET. ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



diameter 4 in length of head, 14 diam. from end of snout, and 1 

 apart. Fins caudal rounded. Colour olivaceous ; several violet 

 bands on head ; opercular lobe violet ; from it to the tail a dark 

 band, giving off above and below short branches, between which are 

 silvery spots, there are others along base of dorsal fin ; some 

 oblique silvery streaks covered by pectoral. A minute black spot 

 between first two dorsal spines, and a larger one between first two 

 rays ; two or three red ocelli margined with blue between the 

 dorsal spines and oblique violet bands ascending forwards ; anal 

 with a band along its middle and ocelli at its base ; caudal occasion- 

 ally with black dots. 



Hah. Eed Sea, seas of India, and Malay Archipelago. 



1271. (9.) Platyglossus javanicus. 



Julis (Halichceres) javanicus, lilecker, Batavia Nat. Tijdsch. xiii, 



p. 341. 

 Platyglossus javauicus, Day, Fish. India, Supj>l. p. 803 (see synon.). 



D. 9/12. P. 15. A. 3/12. C. 12. L. 1. 28. 



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

 Eyes diameter 4 in length of head, 1| diam. from end of snout, 

 and | to 1 diam. apart. Fins spines of dorsal fin not so high as 

 rays; caudal rounded. Colour brownish red, becoming silvery 

 along abdomen, a vertical blue spot or baud behind upper half of 

 orbit ; some oblique red streaks on head ; a black spot superiorly 

 at base of pectoral. Dorsal fin reddish, with two or three rows of 

 round yellowish spots ; caudal of a similar colour, but the spots 

 irregularly disposed. Anal fin reddish. 



Hob. Singapore, and Colombo, Ceylon (Haly). 



1272. (10.) Platyglossus scapularis. 

 Julis scapularis, Benn. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 167. 



Platyglossus scapularis, Day. Fish. India, p. 400, pi. Ixxxv, fii?. 4 

 (see synon.). 



D. 9/11. P. 15. A. 3/11. C. 15. L. 1. 27. L. tr. 21/10. 



Length of head 3^ to 4|, height of body 3 to 4 in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 4| to 5 in length of head, 2 diam. from 

 end of snout, and 1| apart. Fins outer ray of ventral elongate ; 

 caudal rounded. Colour* broad red blue-edged band from snout 

 to eve ; a second irregular one obliquely upwards from eye to 

 wiae lateral band, which is brownish violet in colour, and passes 

 irom shoulder to tail ; a red streak from axilla to abdomen, many 

 scales on body with blue spots ; dorsal and anal margined with a 

 green blue-edged band. Caudal with reddish-violet transverse 

 sands. 



Hab. Bed Sea, east coast of Africa, seas of India, and Malay 

 Archipelago. 



