LABEID^E. 417 



D. 9/13-14. P. 12. A. 3/12. C. 13. L. 1. 45-50. L. tr. 3/17. 



Length of head 3|, height of body 9 to 10 in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 6 in length of head, 2| diam. from end of snout, 

 and 1 apart. Colour brownish superiorly, divided by a darker 

 band (from eye to middle of tail) from a silvery-white lower sur- 

 face ; some black spots along this lateral band. Irregular blue 



Fig. 143. Chilio inermis. 



streaks on head and anal, two or three rows of blue spots on 

 dorsal. In some the lateral band ceases at the opercles or is entirely 

 absent. Scales on body may have blue or brown centres or dark 

 edges. 



Hob. Bed Sea, east coast of Africa, seas of India to Malay 

 Archipelago and beyond. 



15. Genus CORIS, Lacepede. 



Syn. Hologymnosus et Labrtts, sp., Lacep. ; Halichosres, sp., Eiippell ; 

 Julis, sp., Cuv. & Val. ; Pseudocoris, Hemicoris, et Ophthalmolepis, 

 Bleeker. 



Branchiostegals six ; body oblong, compressed. Anterior teeth 

 conical ; a posterior canine may be present. Dorsal spines fewer 

 than rays ; anal with about the same number of rays as the soft 

 dorsal. Scales rather small, none on the head (except in C. lineo- 

 latd). Lateral line continuous. 



Geographical Distribution. Eed Sea, throughout the seas of India 

 to Australia and Polynesia, also in the Mediterranean and adjacent 

 parts of the Atlantic. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



A. Anterior dorsal spine prolonged. 



L. tr. 8/35. Grey, with blue spots 1. C.formosus, p. 418. 



L. tr. 6/28. Brown or green 2. C. ayyula, p. 418. 



L. tr. 3/27. Vinous red, each scale with an 



emerald-green spot 3. C. halei, p. 419. 



B. Anterior dorsal spine not produced 4. C. annulatus, p. 419. 



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