416 TBLEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



1286. (2.) Gomphosus pectoralis. 



Gomphosus pectoralis, Quay 8f Gaim. Voy. Uranie et Phys., Zool. 

 p. 282; Day, Fish. Lulia, p. 403, pi. Ixxxvi, iig. 6 (see synon.). 



Koppara airawah, Singhalese. 



D. 8/13. P. 15. A. 2-3/11. C. 14. L. 1. 26. L. tr. 2/11. 



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

 length. Eyes diameter 6 to 6 in length of head, 3 diam. from 

 end of snout, and 1 apart. Fins caudal rounded or truncated 

 in the young, outer rays slightly produced in adults. Colour 

 upper part of head and back reddish brown, abdomen lighter ; each 

 scale darkest at its base ; cheeks pinkish. A dark band from 

 snout through eye. Pectorals yellow ; vertical fins dark, deep 

 brown externally, with a very narrow light edge ; caudal thesame, 

 with a black margin and a rather wider white border ; ventrals 

 whitish, the outer ray brown. A row of round transparent spots 

 along base of anal. 



Hob. Mauritius, Ceylon, Andamans, to the Malay Archipelago. 



1287. (3.) Gomphosiis tricolor. 



Gomphosus tricolor, Quay < Gaim. Voy. Uranie et Phys. p. 280, 

 Atlas, pi. lv, tig. 2 ; Day, Fish. India, p. 406 (see syuoii.). 



D. 8/13. P. 16. A. 2-3/11. L. 1. 28-29. L. tr. 3/9. Vert. 9/15. 



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

 rather high up, and situated midway between angle of mouth and 

 end of opercle. Fins outer caudal rays rather produced. Colour 

 brownish or greenish, a broad yellow band from shoulder to 

 behind base of pectoral. Vertical fins yellow ; pectoral brownish, 

 a dark spot at its base, and a narrow vertical bluish band parallel 

 with its posterior border. 



Hob. Seas of India and Ceylon to the Western Pacific. 



14. Genus CHILIO (Commerson), Lacepede. 

 Branchiostegals six. Body elongate and nearly cylindrical. Snout 

 somewhat propuced ; preopercle serrated in the young. Teeth in 

 a single row, posterior teeth in the lower jaw compressed and 

 small ; no posterior canine. Dorsal spines flexible, fewer than the 

 rays ; anal with fewer rays than the dorsal. Scales of medium 

 size ; head naked, except a row of rudimentary scales on the 

 opercle ; no enlarged row at base of caudal tin. Lateral line con- 

 tinuous. 



Geographical Distribution. East coast of Africa to Western 

 Pacific. 



1288. (1.) Chilio inermis. (Fig. 143.) 

 Labrus inermis, Forsk. Descr. Anim. p. 34, no. 27. 

 Cheilio inermis, Day, Fish. India, p. 407, pi. Ixxxviii, fig. 4 (see 

 syiion.). 



