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FISHES OP INDIA. 
Priacanthus macr acanthus, Cnv. and Yal. iii, p. 108 ; Olintlier, Catal. i, p, 220. 
„ fax, Cnv. and Val. vii, p. 473; Giinther, Catal. i, p. 220. 
Page 48. 2. PEiACAisrTHUS holocenteum, page 746. Add synonym. 
Priacanthus tayenus, Ricliards. Icli. Cliina, p. 237; GiintLer, Catal. i, p. 221 ; Bleeker, Atl. 
Icli. vii, p. 12, Perc. t. Ixxi, f. 4. 
Priacanthus schmittii, Sleeker, Sumatra, p. 572 ; Gunther, Catal. i, p. 220. 
Page 51. Ambassis eanga. Add synonym. 
Amhassis notatus, Blyth, P. Asi. Soc. Beng. 1860, p. 138 (not A. haculis'). 
Page 55. Add Ambassis mtops. 
Amhassis myops, Gunther, P. Z. S., 1871, p. 655. 
B. vi, D. 7/i, P. 12, Y. 1/5 A. f, C. 17, L. 1. 29, L. tr. 4/9. 
Length of head 4, of caudal fin 4f, height of body 3i in the total length. Pyes — 
diameter one-third of the length of the head, 2/3 of a diameter from the end of the snout, 
and the same distance apart. Lower jaw the longer. Cleft of mouth very oblique : the 
maxilla reaches to beneath the front edge of the orbit. Preorbital with seven strong 
teeth along its lower edge : a spine at the posterior-superior angle of the orbit. Yertical 
limb of preopercle entire : its horizontal double edge serrated the lower most coarsely so. 
Sub- and inter-opercles entire. Teeth — villiform in jaws, vomer, and palate, a small central 
band at the root of the tongue. Fins — second spine of the dorsal longest and equal to 4| 
in the total length, and 2/3 the height of the body below it. Yentrals reach the vent: 
pectoral reaches to above the third anal spine, which latter is longer and weaker than the 
second, but half shorter than the third dorsal spine. Scales — two to three rows along the 
cheeks. Lateral-line — curves to near the middle of the soft dorsal, when it becomes straight, 
it is uninterrupted. Colours — silvery, with a burnished lateral band. Interspinous 
membrane between the second and third dorsal spines spotted with black. 
Habitat. — Sea at Madras, from which Mr. Thurston has sent me one specimen 4 inches 
long, to the Alalay Archipelago and Cook’s Islands. 
Page 59. 
Page 61. 
Apogon exdekatjsnia. Omit species and unite with A. fasciatus, p. 60. 
Add Apogon thuestoni. 
B. vii, D. 7/i, P. 14, Y. 1/6, A. f, C. 17, L. 1. 26, L. tr. 2/6^. 
Length of head 3i, of caudal fin 5|-, height of body 2f in the total length. Fyes — 
diameter 3-| in the length of the head, f of a diameter from the end of the snout, and 1 
apart. A very slight rise from the snout to the base of the dorsal fin. Snout a little 
elevated: upper jaw slightly the longer, and extending posteriorly to below the last third 
of the orbit. Both limbs of the preopercle serrated, the vertical one finely and evenly, the 
angle rather coarsely and the lower limb more irregularly : shoulder scale serrated. Teeth 
— villiform ones in jaws, also present on vomer and palate. Fins — Dorsal spines strong, 
the two first short, the third slightly the longest, and equal in length to the head behind 
the middle of the eyes, and nearly half the height of the body below it : the rays of the 
second dorsal as long as the longest dorsal spine and one-fourth longer than those of the 
anal fin. Pectoral reaches to above the anal spines, and the ventral nearly as far. Caudal 
somewhat square at its extremity. Lateral-line very slightly curved, becoming straight 
on the free portion of the tail : its tubes simple with a basal expansion on each side. 
Colours — greyish, darkest along the back and a dark band behind the base of the second 
dorsal fin : an oval black spot nearly as large as the orbit and surrounded by a narrow 
yellow ring exists below the lateral line and under the first dorsal fin. Yertical fins black, 
caudal yellowish. 
Habitat. — Madras, from which Museum, I have been lent by Mr, Thurston, a specimen 
3 inches long. 
Page 62, Apogon bifasciatus. Add synonym. 
Apogon maximus, Boulenger, P. Z. S, 1887, p. 655. 
Some very fine examples, in which the black spots are unusually large, were received 
from the Persian Gulf and thus named. The third and fourth dorsal spines are only half 
the length of the head, the eye is naturally smaller than in recorded specimens, and the 
maxilla extends to below the middle of the eye. These fish reach to about 10 inches 
in length. 
Page 63. Apogon ellioti. Add synonym. 
Apogon arafurce, Gunther, Challenger Shore Fishes, 1880, p. 38, pi, xvi, f . c. 
