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FISHES OF INDIA. 
Page 391. Add Genas — Xipliochilus, Sleeker. 
Brancliiostegals six : pseudohrancMce present. Body oblong : head scaled and nearly as 
high as long : snout obtuse, iipper lip thin and can be almost hidden under the preorbital. 
Both limbs of the preopercle are destitute of scales. Four canine teeth anterioHy in both 
jaws, ivhile the lateral teeth are soldered into an osseous ridge : a posterior canine tooth 
present. Fins having the following numbers of rays, _3__ Scales large, or 
along the lateral-line. No scales along the bases of the fins. Lateral-line continuous. 
XiPHOCHILUS EOBUSTUS. 
Giintlier, Catal. iv, p. 98 ; Klanz. F, R. M. 1871, xd. 110. 
B. Yi, D. A. Fo. L.l. 29, L. tr. 3/9. 
The following is from Dr. Giinther’s description : — Height of body nearly 3f , length of 
head; 3f in the total length. Head nearly as high as long : snout obtuse. Preorbital 
higher than the orbit, x^Peopercle not serrated. Teeth — four strong canines in either jaw, 
the outer ones of the mandibles being turned outwards, an obtuse osseous ridge round the 
edge of the jaws in which teeth are scarcely distinct. Fins — Dorsal spines strong, the 
last being the longest and equalling one-third the length of the head, the soft dorsal and 
anal reach the root of the caudal, the last being rounded. Colours — yellowish red, a 
yellow band along the basal half of the anal and middle of the dorsal fin. 
Habitat. — One specimen 12 inches long, obtained in Ceylon by Mr. Haly (Taprobanian,. 
i, p. 165), and one in the British Museum is from the Mauritius : also Red Sea. 
Page 392. Add Cossyphus bilunulatus. 
Labrus bilunulatus, Lacex^. in, pp. 454, 526, x^h sxxi. 
Cossyphus bilumdahis, Cuy. and Val. xiii, x^. 121 ; Bleeker, Amboina, ix, p. 4, and Atl. Ich. 
i, p. 101, t. xxxYiii, f. 3 ; Gunther, Catal. Iy, p. 105. 
B. Yi, D. P. 16, Y. 1/5, A. yV, C. 14, L. 1. 34. 
Length of head Sf, of caudal fin about 6|-, height of body 3i- in the total length. 
Byes — diameter in the length of the head, and 2 diameters from the end of the snout. 
Preopercle finely serrated, and scaled. Fins — caudal emarginate, the outer rays being pro- 
duced. Colours — reddish with light or yellow stripes and a large black blotch below the hind 
edge of the soft dorsal fin and OYer the commencement of the free portion of the tail. Two 
black lines on the head, one from the snout through the eye, the second from the 
angle of the mouth to the subox^ercle. A black blotch between the first three dorsal sxunes. 
Habitat. — Isle de France, Ceylon (Haly) to the Malay Archix)elago. This fish is 
considered by some to be identical with C. micrurus, Lacep. C. chabrolii. Lesson, C. 
maldat, Cuy. and Yal. and Labrus spilonotus, Bennett. 
Page 394. Add Cheilinus irNDTjLATUs. 
Riipp. N.W. Fische, p. 20, t. Yi, f. 2 ; Cuy. and Yal. xIy, x^- 108 ; Bleeker, Atl. Ich. i. p. 68, 
Labroidei, t. xxyI, f. 3 ; Gunther, Catal. iY, x^* 129 ; Klunz. F. R. M. 1871, p. 112. 
Crassilabrus undulatus, Swainson, Fish, ii, p. 225. 
B. Y, D. \--§, P. 12, Y. 1/5, A. I, C. 11, L. 1. 22-23, Yert. 9/14. 
Length of head 3-|-, of caudal fin 5^, heig'ht of body about 3 in the total length. Eyes 
— diameter 1/6 of the length of the head and situated in about the middle of its length. 
Head slightly longer than high, and haYing a humx^ in some old specimens. Lower jaw 
slightly the longer : lips thick. Fins — Yentrals not quite so long as pectorals : caudal 
rounded. Scales — ^two or three rows of scales on the cheeks. Lateral-line — tubes not 
branched. Colours — Bluish green, with the anterior half of the body below the lateral-line 
reddish, as are also the cheeks. Two narrow dark bands x^ass from the eye to the snout, 
between which is a yellow one : two similar bands pass backwards from the eye. Many 
narrow red and yellow lines on the head and chest, and dark undulating bands on the 
fins, outer edge of caudal yellow. 
Habitat. — Red Sea, Zanzibar, Ceylon (Haly) to the Malay ArchixDelago. 
Page 398. Add Plattglossus metagee. 
Julis metager, Tickell, Fish. MSS. x^. 322, c. fig. 
B. Yi, D. Y. 1/5, A. -jV 
Length of head 4|, of caudal fin 7, height of body 3^ in the total length, according to the 
figure. Eyes — diameter 4i^ in the length of the head, If diameters from the end of the ■ 
snout. Body compressed, the form of the dorsal and abdominal profiles about equally 
conYex. Teeth — the posterior canine said to be large. Fins — dorsal moderately eleYated, . 
