CHILODIPTERUS. 
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bright yellow band passing over the muzzle, above the upper lip, to the posterior of the 
orbit. 
Length 3 inches. 
Zanzibar. Sea of Japan. 
Var. b [307]. Colour silvery, with a yellowish tint, dotted like var. a. A yellow 
line from snout, above eye, terminating below soft dorsal. A series of golden spots, 
sometimes confluent posteriorly, from above angle of operculum to root of caudal ; a few 
fainter spots and short lines below. 
Length 3f inches. 
Zanzibar. 
Var. c [622]. Colour whitish, dotted as varieties a and b, but more sparingly. Tip 
of first dorsal blackish. 
Length 3|- inches. 
Zanzibar. 
APOGONICHTHYS, Bleele. 
56. Apogonichthys auritus. [526, 623.] 
Apogon auritus, Cuv. 1$ Val. vii. p. 443. 
punctulatus, Rupp. N. W. Fisclie, p. 88, t. 22. f. 4 (not Bleek.) . 
Apogonichthys auritus, Giinth. Fish. i. p. 246. 
Immature specimens [623] have no opercular spot, or it is merely indicated by an 
assemblage of minute black punctulations. 
Zanzibar. Mauritius. Red Sea. 
CHILODIPTERUS, Lacep. 
57. Chilodipterus octovittatus. [456.] 
Cheilodipterus lineatus, Lacep. iii. p. 543, pi. 34. f. 1. 
Chilodipterus octovittatus, Cuv. Val. ii. p. 163 ; Gunth. Fish. i. p. 248. 
Zanzibar. Johanna. Red Sea. Indian Ocean. 
58. Chilodipterus lineatus. [44,581.] 
Perea lineata, Forsk. p. 42 ; Rupp. N. W. Fische, p. 89. 
arabica, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 1312. 
Cheilodipterus arabicus, Cuv. fy Val. ii. p. 165, pi. 23. 
Chilodipterus lineatus, Gunth. Fish. i. p. 248. 
Zanzibar. Aden. Red Sea. Madagascar. 
