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TO THE

ISHES OF INDIA;

BEINO

A NATURAL HISTORY

OF

THE FISHES

KNOWN TO INHABIT THE SEAS AND FRESH WATERS

OF

INDIA, BURMA. AND CEYLON.

BY

FEANCIS DAY, CLE., F.L.S., & F.Z.S.,

Knight of the Crotcn of Italy, Hon. Member Deutseher Fiseherei-Verein, and of the American Fitheriet
Society, President Cheltenham Natural Science Society, Vice-President of the Cotstoold Naturalists'
Field Club, etc., Deputy Surgeon-General Madras Army {retired), and formerly Inspector-
General of Fisheries in India.

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1888.

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SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

FISHES OF INDIA;

BEING

A NATURAL HISTORY

OF

THE FISHES

KNOWN TO INHABIT THE SEAS AND FEESH WATERS

OF

INDIA, BURMA, AND CEYLON.

W'

BY

FEANCIS DAY, CLE., F.L.S., & F.Z.S.,

Knight of the Crown of Italy, Hon. Member Deutscher Fischcrei-Verein, and of the American Fisheries
Society, President Cheltenham Natural Science Society, Vice-President of the Cotswold Naturalists'
Field Club, etc., Deputy Surgeon-General Madras Army {retired), and formerly Inspector-
General of Fisheries in India.

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FISHES OF INDIA

SUPPLEMENT, OCTOBER, 1888.

During the ten years wliicla have elapsed since the publication of my "Fishes of India," many new
piscine forms have been obtained from both the seas and fresh waters of that portion of Asia. Extended
investigations among specimens in European museums have likewise shown me that some species which I
formerly considered as nndescribed, had no title to that designation, while several of my new species have
been redescribed as novelties in the Proceedings of Societies, in scientific journals or other publications. I
am also indebted to Mr. Thurston of the Madras Museum, and Mr. Haly of the Colombo Museum, for some
new Indian forms. I have likewise had the opportunity of consulting the volume of beautiful coloured drawings
of Burmese fishes with their descriptions by the late Col. Tickoll, several of which 1 have included in the
present supplement.

As it is now proposed to re-issue my work in a more portable size, one better suited for travellers and
collectors, and in which it would be very inconvenient, on account of the necessary space it would require,
to embrace the entire synonymy of every species, I have considered it advisable to complete the original work
to the present date. By this means the references would be available for those who are concerned in working
out each species, for doubtless a vast number of Indian fishes still remain to be discovered.

Page 9. Lates Calcaeifer. Add synonym,

Fseudolates cavifrons. Alleyn and Macleay, Pro. Lin. Soc. N. S. W. i, p. 262, pi. iii.

Page 9. Cromileptes altivelis. Add to synonyms as varieties.

Serranus striolatiis, Giinther and Playfair, Pish. Zanzibar, p. 11, pi. iii, f. 2.
„ gihbosus, Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. 18S7, page 654.

The chief structural reason why these two varieties have been separated from the
original form appears to be in consequence of the comparatively low spinous dorsal fin :
and the colours in which last S. strlolatus and >S'. gibbosus likewise differ. S. striolatiis has
its third and fourth dorsal spines, said to be the longest (both are broken in the single
example) and one-third the length of the head (thus differing from iS'. altivelis). In the
figure, the third spine is one-fourth longer than the last, which, however, exceeds the
penultimate one (which is also broken), while it is more than half the height of the
longest dorsal ray (1'4 to 2-4). The height of the soft portion of the dorsal and anal
fins equals that of altivelis, but the pectoral is shorter. In colours it has fifteen or more
rows of short brown streaks and numerous brown spots on the head and body. The single
skin is 19 inches in length.

Serranus gibbosus. The unique specimen has been preserved in spirit, and is 15 inches
in length. The third dorsal spine is longer than the last, which is one-third shorter than
the longest ray. Its colours are an advance from striolatus towards altivelis, it being
generally brown with spots or blotches of a larger size than in striolatus, some of which
are surrounded by a light ring, but having a tendency to form about seventeen lines along
the side.

I think these two new species cannot be specifically separated, but may be varieties of
altivelis, which latter has not been recorded from the Red Sea, nor known to extend to
Muscat or Zanzibar. If, therefore, they are varieties, they are evidently outlying speci-
mens which show a variation in the length of the dorsal spines from what obtains in
those captured more to the east. The pectoral fin appears rather short in striolatus, but
more of the normal length in gibbosus, whereas in all the number of scales appears to be
the same.

/80 FISHES OF IXDIA.

Tlic fignre of Serranus alticelis in Cuv. and Val. ii, pi. xxxv, shows the spines of the
dorsal fin increasing in length to the last -which is delineated nearly twice as long as the
second. Cantor, " Slalayan Fishes," fonnd these spines from the third to be of nearly
equal length. Bleeker shows them slightly, but gradually increasing to the last, which is
figured one-fifth longer than the third. I have observed them more corresponding with
Cantor's description, bat all have been small specimens. Still the foregoing show that
differences do exist in the length of these spines, that augmenting from the third to the
last is not universally earned out in the same way. In altivelis the length of the third
dorsal spine is about i of that of the head, in the larger gihhosus 15 inches long it is 2^,
and in the still larger striolatus A.

Page 12. Serranus areolatus. Add to synonymy.

? ,1 ,, wandersi, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. vii, p. 47, Perc. t. iii, f. 1.

,, „ geoffroyi, Klunz. Fische Rothen Meere, p. 3.

„ „ multipunctatiis, Koss. u. Raub. p. 6.

Klunzinger considers Perca areolata, Forsk., to be identical with Serranus angularis, C. "V.

Page 13. Serraxus uxduloscs.

Steindachner considers that among the synonyms of this fish may be included Serramts
acHtirostris, C. and Val., S.fuscus, Lowe, S. tinea, Cantraine and S. macrogenis, Savi.

Page 16. Serranus tcmilabris. Omit from synonyms.

„ ,, summana Cuv. and Val. : Riippel : and Lefeb.

„ ,, tumilaliris, Cuv. and Val. : Giinther Catalog.

Add Antliias argus, Bloch, t. cccvii.

Page 17. Serranus diacanthus. Add synonym.

EpinepJielus retouii, Bleeker, Fish. Madagascar^ p. 21, pi. xii, f. 1.

Page 19. For Serranus malabaricus read S. pantherinus. Add synonym.

.'' Ilolocenfrus malabaricus, Bl. Schn.
Page 21. Serranus morkhua. Add to synonymy.

Serranus prceopercularis, Boulenger, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 654.

As I have remarked, and likewise figured, the young of this species has broad white bands,
whereas, as it becomes older, it is brown with narrow black lines, which were the original
borders of the white bands. In the Paris Museum is a young specimen in which there are
dark spots along these lines, while among these percoid fishes longitudinal dark bands or
lines have a tendency to become spots, and finally disappear, as horizontal bands have to fade
away. In Klunzinger's figure, F.R.M. t. i, f . 2, three brown bands radiate from the eye and
become four curved ones on the body, the first going to the eighth dorsal spine, the second
to the fifth ray, while between them are blotches, spots or markings of the same colour.
The fifth dorsal spine is shown the longest, and as equalling a little more than 1-^ the length
of the orbit. Among Sir W. Elliot's drawings is one of this fish I'l inches long, it has a
strong spine at the angle of the preopercle and another on the subopercle.

Serranus prceopercularis is represented by two specimens from the Persian Gulf, one
] 2 inches, the other 24 inches in length. The number of spines, rays and scales, as well as
the form are similar to the type, but instead of black lines there are black dots along the
sides rather irregularly disposed, and least numerous in the larger specimen. If, how-
ever, the smaller one be examined, the radiating lines from the eye, although indistinct,
are still perceptible, giving a certain clue to what the markings had been in the young, or
those of the young of the S. morrhua.

Page 22. Serranus angularis. Add synonym.

Perca areolata Forsk. p. 42, is identified as this species by Klunzinger.
Page 23. For Serranus grammicus read S. latifasciatus. Add to synonymy.

Serranus latifasciatus, Schlegel, Fauna Japon. Pisces, p. 6 ; Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888,
page 259.

Having been shown the types of Schlegel's fish at Leyden, I found the two specifically
identical.

The earlier stages of growth in all fishes are interesting, more especially as they may
be one means of deciding the original forms from which certain genera have probably
been developed. It is, therefore, very desirable that all such should be recorded as
discovered, even if merely as an incentive to further research. In 1867, I pbtained

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some small specimens of a remarkable percoid form at Madras that I termed Priacan-
thicltthi/s ^[adraspatensis, but which are the yonng of Scrrauiis latifasciatus. I have
figured below in outline the head and contiguous parts of the body three times the
natural size, from a specimen IG inches long.

In this instance we see a preoperculum with a strong serrated spine at its angle somewhat
as observed in the genus PriacantJms, the development of which, and the rate at which
it becomes atrophied with age being most probably factors in the amount of protuberance at
that spot in older fish. There is likewise a small spine on the sub-opercle, while it is very
peculiar that the ventral spine is strongly serrated internally similar to a siluroid.

This figure is from a specimen sent by Mr. Thurston from Madras, and delineated the
natural size, 3 inches long, but in which the fifth dorsal spine is abnormally shortened,
giving somewhat the appearance of two spinous dorsal fins. The serrated spine at the
angle of the preopercle is now only represented by coarse denticulations, the ventral spine
is smooth, and the fish has assumed the form it .subsequently retains. The colours are not
yet similar to those of the adult, the bands along the body change as described under
Serranus morrhua and the black bands on the caudal fin are eventually represented by
more or less black spots (see Plate V, fig. 4).

Serkanc^ polleni.

Epinephelus polleni, Bleeker, Fish. Reunion Versl. Kon. Akad. Wet. 2nd Rks. ii, p. 3.36, and
Poisson Madagascar et Reunion, p. 19, t. vii.

B. vii, D. y^»y^, P. 17, V. 1/5, A. 3/9, C. 17, L. 1. 115-120.

Length of head 05, of caudal fin 7, height of body 3| in the total length. Eyes —
diameter G in the length of the head, 1 j diameters from the end of the snout. Preopercle
serrated, most coarsely so along its lower edge. The posterior edge of the maxilla reaches
to somewhat behind the hind edge of the orbit. Tee^/i — canines somewhat large. Fins —
dorsal spines increasing in length to the fourth, the posterior ones four-fifths as high as the
rayed portion of the fin, which latter is rounded posterioi-ly. Second anal spine some-
what the longest. Caudal fin slightly rounded. Scales — 9 or 10 rows between the base of
the sixth dor.sal spine and the lateral-line. Colours — closely approaching those of Serrnntis
hoenack, being generally reddish brown, with 5 or 6 narrow blue lines on the head passing
backwards, 10 or 12 horizontal blue lines along the body, tho.so in the upper third being
interrupted and contorted, some ending on the soft portion of the dorsal fin, while others
similarly end on the caudal and anal fins. A horizontal narrow blue band along the centre
of the dorsal fin, and a narrow blue edging to the soi't portion, 2 or 3 blue bands taking a
semi-horizontal direction on the anal tin. Caudal externally edged with reddish brown.

782 FISHES OF INDIA.

An example from the Isle of France exists in the National Musenm ; another is in the
Paris Museum, received from M. Lienard, of the Mauritius, and the coloured figure of a
Madras specimen termed Sembarra punnee, Pam., exists in the late Sir Walter Elliot's
collection made at Madras.

Page 24. Sereanus guttatus.

It has been my belief that this is a variety of the S. hemisHetus, the latter wanting the
cross bands. S. guttatus was figured in colours in the Fische de Stulsee by the late
Mr. Ford, and as the specimen was superior to mine I requested him to employ the same
fish for my uncoloured representation. He did so, but the bands had faded, and now
the Siidsee figure is referred to as S- guttatus, mine as S. hemistictus. As both were from
the identical specimen by the same artist, it afibrds an additional argument that they are
varieties of one species.

Page 25. Sereanus leopaedus. Add to synonymy.

Serranus sexmaculatus, Riipp. Atl. Fische, p. 107.
Serranus zanana, Cuv. and Val. ii, p. 339.

Page 27. Variola lodti. Add to synonymy.

Serranus flavimarginatus, Riipp. Atl. p. 109.

Serranus novemcinctus, Kner, Novara Fische, p. 17, t. ii, f. 1.

Page 27. For Anthias mdltidens read Aprion pristopoma. Add synonyms.

Pristipomoides typus, Bleeker, Sumatra, p. 575.

Bentex pristopoma, Bleeker, Celebes, p. 216.

Mesoprion dentex, Bleeker, Enum. Pise. p. 20.

Lutjamis dentex, Bleeker, Amboina, p. 278.

Chcetopterus pristipoma, Bleeker, Choetop. p. 83, and Fish. Madagascar, t. x.

Anthias multidens. Day, Fish. India, p. 27, pi. vii, f . 4.

Aprion pristipoma, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. viii, p. 79; Pero. t. Iviii, f. 3.

Centopristis pristopoma, Klunzinger, Fisc. Roth. Meer, p. 16.

Add Genus. Aphareus, Cuv. and Val.

Branchiostegals seven, pseudohranchice. Body oblong. Cleft of inouth wide and oblique, the
lower jaw the longer. Preoperde and preorbital entire. Canines absent, palate edentulous.
A single dorsal Jin, with the front portion the highest, spines (10-12) feeble : caudal forked.
Scales small. Air-bladder simple. A respiratory cavity behind the branchice. Pyloric
appendages few.

Pace 27. ArHAREns rdtilans.

Aphareus rutilans, Cuv. and Val. vi, p. 490 ; Ruppell, N.W.F. p. 121 ; Bleeker, Amboina,
p. 52, and Atl. Ich. vii, Perc. t. xxi, f. 2 ; Giinther, Catal. i, p. 386 ; Klunz. F.R.M.
p. 45.
Apharexis furcatus, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. viii, p. 80.

B. viii, D. 'f.-Lf P. 16, V. 1/5, A. f, C. 17, L. 1. 65-70, Coec. pyl. 5.
Length of head 4, of caudal fin 3J to 3|, height of body 4f to 5 in the total length.
;Eyes — diameter 4 in the length of the head, 1^ diameters from the end of the snout and 1
apart. Teeth — anteriorly in two or three rows, in a single row posteriorly. Fins — fourth
and fifth dorsal spines the highest in the fin ; last dorsal and anal rays prolonged to twice
the length of the penultimate ones ; caudal deeply forked. Colours — rosey, darkest along
the back, with a yellow blotch between each ray of the dorsal fin near their bases ; caudal
lobes with dark tips.

Bleeker considered this species to be identical with Labrus furcatus, Lacep., or Aphareus
ccerulescens, Cuv. and Val.

Habitat.— Bed Sea to the Malay Archipelago. Obtained at Ceylon by Mr. Haly.

Page 28. Add Grammistes punctatus.

Cuv. and Val. vi, p. 504 ; Giinther, Fische d. Siidsee, 1875, p. 11, t. ii, f. B ; Bleeker,
Fish. Madagascar, 1874, p. 24, t. xiii, and Atl. Ich. vii, p. 69, Perc. t. lix, f. 5.

B. vi, D. ?/tV, P- 16, V. 1/5, A. 11, C. 17.

Length of head 3i, of caudal fin 7, height of body 4 in the total length. Eyes— high
up, diameter 5i in the length of the head, about ^ a diameter apart. Lower jaw the
longer. Vertical limb of preopercle with spinate denticulations : three spines on opercle.
A barbel, rather longer than one diameter of the eye, at the symphysis of the lower jaw.

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Teeth — generic. Scales — small, imbedded in mucus. Colmtrs — gravish-brown, with small
■white dots.

A third species, with 7 or 8 dorsal spines and a more elongated body, has been found at
the Seychelles, and appears to be G. compressus, Lienard.

Page 33. For Lutjanus Bengalfxsis read L. kasmira.

Forskal's sjiocies appears to be identical witli Holocentrus Bengalensis, Bloch, br the
variety he mentions with a black lateral blotch is H. i^ inqiielinearis, Bloch, aud is
certainly a di.^^tinct species, the latter difl'ering, ^-respective of colouring, in many
important points from the former, for its preopercular notch is deeper, its eye larger, its
snout more rounded, &c. In some specimens the bands on the side are red, not blue.

Page 37. Lutjanus argentimaculatds. Add synonym.

Mesoprion ga-i-retti, Giinther, Fische Siidsee, p. 15, t. xiii, f. B.

Page iO. For Ldtjands quinquelineatus read c^ruleolineata. Add synonym.

Mesoprion cmruleolineata, Klunz. F.R.M. p. 15. Erase synonym

Holocentrus quinqueKneatiis, Bl. Schn, as this appears to have been a misprint for H.
quinqnelinearis, and referred to Bloch's figure No. 239. The species here described is
identical with one of Bloch's specimens thus marked in the Be-Iin Museum.

Page 41. Lutjanus fulviflamma. Omit from synonyms.

Sparus antika doondiau-ah, Russell, Fish. Vizag. i, p. 7G, pi. 98.
Mesoprion wiimaculatus, Quoy and Gaim. Voy. Freyc. p. 30-i, &o.
„ aurolineatus, Cuv. and Val. iii, p. 496.
,, Russellii, Bleeker, Perc. p. 41.
Lutjanus notatiis, Bleeker, Ternat. p. 233.
Genyoroge notata. Cantor, Catal. p. 12.
Mesoprion ehrenhergii (Peters) Boulenger, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1887, p. 605.

Page 42. Lutjanus fulviflamma, var. Russellii. Add synonyms as omitted from last species.
Lutjanus russellii, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. viii, p. 71, Perc. t. xxii, f. 2.

Page 42. Add Lutjanus nigra.

Scicena nigra, Forsk. Desc. Anim. p. 47 ; Gmel. Linn. p. 1300,

Lutjanus nigra, Bl. Schn. p. 326.

Diacope nigra, Cuv. and Val. ii, p. 431; Riipp. N.W. Fische, p. 93, t. sxiv, f. 1 ; Klunz.

Fische, R. M. p. 11.
Proamblys niger, Gill, Proc. Ac. N. Sc. Phil. 1862, p. 236.

(Young.)
Biacope macolor, Cuv. and Val. ii, p. 415 ; Less. Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. iv, p. 409, and Voy.

Coq. Zool. ii, p. 230, pi. xxii, f. 2.
Mesoprion macolor, Bleeker, Celebes, iii, p. 753.
Genyoroge macolor et nigra, Giinther, Catal. i, p. 176, Fish. Zanzibar, p. 14.

Macolor typus, Bleeker, Amboina, Ned. T. Dierk. ii, p.

277.

Lutjanus macolor, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. viii, p. 75, Perc. t. Ixv, f. 3.

B vii, D. tJ."tt, P- 17, V. I/O, A. T^j^TT. C. 17, L. 1. 45-50, Ccec. pyl. 4.

Length of head 31, of caudal fin 4-'- to 41, height of body 3 to 3^ in the total length.
_j;^es— 3|-to 4 diameters in the length of the head, I diameter from the end of the snont, and
1 -apart. Upper profile of head very convex. Lower jaw the longer. Vertical limb of
preopercle with a deep notch to receive a large interopercular knob, and its lower edge
serrated. Fins — dorsal and anal with their soft parts pointed, pectoral long, reaching the
anal. Caudal emarginate. Colours — adult, of a grayish-black, immature, dark purplish,
nearly black (belly bluish), with several light spots along the base of the dorsal fin. A light
band along the middle of the body and tail fin. Another from the eye over the jaws,
and a third down the oporcle. Fins dark, the posterior ends of dorsal and anal fins light-
coloured. Caudal lobes tipped with white.

Bleeker considered that Lutianus nigra to be distinct from L. macolor.

Hahitat. — Red Sea, East Coast of Africa, Navigator Islands to the Malay Archipelago,
and Mr. Haly in 1887 had an example sent from the Maldives to the Ceylon Museum.

Pao-e 48. 1. Priacanthus blochii. Add synonyms.
Scicena hamruhr, Forsk. Des. An. p. 45.
Anthias hamruhr, Bl. Schn. p. 307.

Priacanthus hamruhr, Cuv. and Val. iii, p. 104 ; Giinther, Catp.l. i, p. 219 ; Bleeker, Atl. Ich.
vii, p. 13, Perc. t. Ixxv, f . 3.

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Priacanthus macr acanthus, Cnv. and Val. iii, p. 108 ; Giinther, Catal. i, p. 220.
„ fax, Cuv. and Val. vii, p. 473; Giinther, Catal. i, p. 220.

Page 48. 2. Pkucanthus nOLOCENXEUM, page 746. Add synonym.

Priacanthus tayenus, Richards. Ich. China, p. 237; Giinther, Catal. i, p. 221; Bleeker, Atl.

Ich. vii, p. 12, Perc. t. Ixsi, f. 4.
Priacanthus schmiltii, Bleeker, Sumatra, p. 572 ; Giinther, Catal. i, p. 220.

Page 51. Ambassis ranga. Add synonym.

Ambassis notatus, Blyth, P. Asi. See. Beng. 1860, p. 138 (not A. haculis).

Page 55. Add Ambassis mtops.

Amhassis myops, Giinther, P. Z. S., 1871, p. 655.

B. vi, D. 7/i, P. 12, V. 1/5 A. I, C. 17, L. 1. 29, L. tr. 4/9.

Length of head 4, of caudal fin 4i, height of body 3i in the total length. Eyes —
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. Vertical
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
baud 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. Ventrals 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 ISIadras, from which Mr. Thurston has sent me one specimen 4 inches
long, to the Malay Archipelago and Cook's Islands.

Page 59. AroGON exdekat^nia. Omit species and unite with A. fasciatus, p. 60.

Pago 61. Add Apogon THURSTONi.

B. vii, D. 7/i, P. 14, V. 1/5, A. f, C. 17, L. 1. 26, L. tr. 2/6^.

Length of head 3^, of caudal fin 5^, height of body 2* in the total length. Eyes —
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 : xipper 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. Vertical fins black,
caudal yellowish.

Habitat.— lladrsLS, from which Museum I have been lent by Mr. Thurston, a specimen
3 inches long.

Page 62. Apogox bifasciatcs. 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 arafura, Giinther, Challenger Shore Fishes, 1880, p. 38, pi. xvi, f. c.

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Pacfc Gl. Ai'OGOX MACKOi'TKuus. Add synouyin.

Apo'jon liniHilalns (Elir.) Cuv. aud Viil. ii, p. IGO; Riipp. Atl. p. tr, t. sii, f. 2.

Pago 65. Add ArinioN' tickelli.

Apogoii i>a'cilopterus. Cantor, Catal. p. 2 (not Cuv. and Val.).

B. vii, D. G;,V. P- 13, V. 1/5, A. |, C. 15, L. 1. 21 (2G) L. tr. 3/8.

Length of head 3 to 3}, of caudal fin 5^, height of body 3J in the total length. Eijes —
diameter \ of length of head, nearly 1 diameter from tlio end of the snout, and { to 1
diameter apart. Lower jaw very slightly the longer. The maxilla reaches to slightly behind
the hind edge of the eye. The posterior edge of the preopercle finely serrated except in a
small portion of its lower part. A considerable rise from the snout to the base of the first
dorsal fin. Fins — first dorsal spine one-third the length of the second, which is equal to
the third and about 2j iu the length of the head ; second dorsal somewhat higher than
the first. Caudal rounded. Scales — finely ctenoid. Colours — pale horn above and below,
with a slight golden tinge on the opercles : caudal and ventral both having a dark hind
edge. A round black spot at the root of the caudal fin.

Habitat. — Col. Tickell procured two examples at Akyab (see figure 4'2 inches long,
" scale 10/lG," p. 215, MSS.) and it seems to be identical with Cantor's fish.

Page 6G. For Cheilodiptekus lineatus read C. macrodon.

Omit synonyms Perca lineata, Forsk., P. arahica, Linn., Cheilodipterus lineatus, Lacep., and

C. arahicns, Cuv. and Val.
Add Paramia macrodon, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. vii, p. 105.

Page GG. Add 3. Cheilodipterus lineatus, also synonym omitted from last species.
Page 71. Genus Datnia to be included with genus Therapon.

Page 72. Plate xviii, fig. 8, for P. nageb read P. stridens.

Page 80. Add Diagrajima cuvieri.

Podian cuvieri, Bennett, Fish. Ceylon, p. 13, pi. xiii.

Diagramma sehw, Bleeker, Sciceuidfe, p. 24^.

Plectorhi/nchus sehce, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. Perc. t. xxvii, f. 3.

Diagramma Icssonii, Giinther, Catal. i, ji. 329, and Fische Siidsee, p. 28, t. xxiii (not Cuv.

and Val.).
Diagramma cuvieri, Playfair, Fish. Zanzibar, p. 28.
Plectorhi/nchus cuvieri, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. viii, p. 21.

B. vii, D ifiij, P. 18, V. 1/5, A. }, C. 15, L. 1. 70, L. tr. 11/30.

Length of head 3^ to 4, of caudal fin 7, height of body 3| in the total length. Eyes —
diameter 2j to 3i in the length of the head, 1^^ diameters from the end of the snout, and
1 apart. The maxilla reaches nearly to beneath the front edge of the eye. Vertical limb
of preopercle serrated. Fins — dorsal spines slightly higher than the rays, the second to
the fourth being of about the same length, and the longest in the fin, while each is about
equal to one-third of the height of the body ; second anal spine the longest and strongest.
Scales — ctenoid. Colours — silvery with horizontal grayish or brownish bands, the upjier
of which are wider than the ground colour, these bands unite anteriorly over the nape
and snout, while the upper ones end posteriorly at the base of the dor.sal fin. Fins
yellowish, the dorsal, caudal and anal with some dark bands and spots and dark outer
edges.

A specimen 7 J inches long received from Madras through the kindness of Mr. Thurston,
has D J-J, which is very interesting, as showing how great a variation in the number of
spines and rays may exist, for the usual numbers are D vKyl-

Halifat. — From the East Coast of Africa, to Ceylon, Madras, and the ilalay Archipelago
to o80"' : and in the British Museum to 14j inches.

Page 81. Diagramma gklseum. Add synonym.

Diagramma jatjalcari, Boulenger, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 656.

This differs from the types in having one more spine and ray in the dorsal fin, or
D 13/22, but ilr. Thurston has lately sent me a specimen from Madras with D 12/22. Some
error occurred in Mr. Boulenger's description, for if " the greatest dejith of the soft dorsal
equals the length of the longest spine, or seven-eighths the depth of the body," this fin
would be enormously developed. However, we are also informed that the longest dorsal

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spine is " not quite one-third tiie length of the head," and it is manifestly improbable that
any Diagramma would have the length of its head equalling nearly three times the height
of the body when that height is " thrice and two-fifths in the total length." In fact the
form is similar to that figured as D. griseum, C.V.

In the " Fishes of Zanzibar " it was pointed out that D. griseum was subject to
variations in colour, and one was figured showing four whitish curved cross bands. There
is no genus of Asiatic marine fishes with more variation in the colour of individual
specimens and local races than shown in that oi Diagramma. While I stated that in the young
some sinuous and narrow light blue lines exist over the snout and cheeks, and also several
sinuous blue lines taking an oblique direction from the head upwards, and which extend to
nearly the length of the body.

Page 92. Stnagris japonicus. Add synonym.

Dentex filamentosus, Steind. Sitz-Bert. Akad. Wien. 1868, p. 976.
,, blochii, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. viii, p. 90, Perc. t. lii, f. 4.

Page 93. For Stnagris notatus read S. tj;niopter0s. Add synonym.

Dentex tceniopterus, Cuv. and Val. vi, p. 246 ; Bleeker, Atl. Ich. viii, p. 83, Perc. t. Ivi, f. 5.

Page 96. For Datnioides polota read D. quadeifasciatus. Add synonyms.

Chmtodon qiiadrifasciatus, Sevastian, Mem. Acad. St. Peters. 1809, i, p. 448, t. xviii.
Datnioides quadrifaseiatits, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. viii, p. 32, Perc. t. xxvii, f. 1.

Page 97. Gerres setifek. Add synonym.

Gerres altispinis, Giinther, Introd. Study of Fish, p. 388, and fig. 159.

Page 106. For Chmtodon guttatissimus read C. miliaeis. Add synon.

Chcetodon guftatissimvs, Giinther, Fische Siidsee, i, p. 46, t. xxxv, f. A.

„ citrinellus, Cuv. and Val. vii, p. 27 ; Giinther, 1. c. p. 47, t. xxxv, f. B.
Tetragonoptrus miliaris, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. ix, p. 39, t. 377, Chast. t. xv, f. 3.

Page 107. For Chjitodon vittatds read C. trifasciatus. Add synonyms.

Chcetodon tau nigrum, Cuv. and Val. vii, p. 38 {young').

Citharoedus vittatus, Kaup, Arch. Nat. 1860, p. 142.

Tetragonoptrus trifasciatus, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. ix, p. 35, t. 377, Cheetod. t. xv, f. 1.

Page 108. For Chmtodon lunula read C. fasciatds. Add synonyms.

Chmtodon fascial us, Forsk. Descrip. Anim. p. 59.

,, fiavus, Bl. Schn. p. 225.

,, ocellatus, Bleeker, Timor, p. 212.

,, tviebeli, Kaup, Chffitod. i, p. 126.
Tetragonoptrus fasciatus, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. ix, p. 41, t. 374, Cheetod. t. xii, f. 2.

Page 109. For Chmtodon oligacanthus read C. ocellatus. Add synonym.

Faraclioetodon ocellatus, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. ix, p. 24, pi. 377, Cheetod. t. xv, f. 4.

Page 110. Zanclds cornutds. Add synonyms.

Chcetodon canescens, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 466 (young).

Zanclus centrognathus, Cuv. and Val. vii, p. 528 ( „ ).

Chcetodon nudus, Gronov. ed. Gray, p. 76.

Zanclus canescens, Giinther. Catal. ii, p. 493 (young).

Gnathocentrum centrognathum, Guicben. Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine et Loire, ix, Ich. p. 4

(young).
Zanclus cornutus, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. ix, p. 77, Chjetod. t. iv, f. 1, 2.

Page 126. Add ^ .,

Family— MAIjACA^TlllDM;'Gunther.

Branchiostegals from five to six : pseudobfdnchisB present. Gill-openings wide, the membranes united
beneath the throat. Gills four, with a slit behind the fourth. Body elongated and compressed 'ps thick.
A posterior canine tooth in the premaxillaries. Dorsal and anal fins with many rays, the first few of the
former not being articulated. Ventrals thoracic with one spine and five rays. Scales small, and finely ctenoid.
Air-bladder simple. Pyloric appendages absent.

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Genus 1. Malacanthus, Cuv.

Cleft of mouth horizontal, with the jaws equal anteriorly. Opercle with a spine : pre-
opercle entire. Eyes lateral. Villiform teeth in the jaivs, having an outer band of stronger
ones: palate toothless. A long continuous dorsal Jin with the first four to six rays iiot
articulated.

Habitat. — Tropical seas.

1. ItlALACANTHnS LATOVITTATUS.

Lahrus latovitfatus, Lacep. iii, p. 52G, pi. xxviii, f. 2.

Toenianotus latovittatus, Lacep. iv, p. 304.

Malacanthus latovittatus, Qtioy and Gaim. Voy. Astrol. iii, p. 701, pi. xx, f. 3 ; Gunther,

Catal. iii, p. 3G1.
Malacanthus tcBtiiatus, Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 327, pi. 381 ; Bleeker, Nat. Tyda. Ned. Ind. ii,

p. 218.

B. iv-y, D. ^t^, P. 17, V. 1/5, A. ^1^, C. 17, L. 1. 125.

Length of head 4, of caudal fin 9, height of body to 7 in tho total length. Eyes —
high up, and situated nearly midway between the end of the snout and the posterior
extremity of the opercle, diameter 7 in the length of the head : cleft of mouth docs not
reach to below the front edge of the orbit. Fins — the dorsal commences above tho axil of
the pectoral but does not extend on to the caudal. Colours — brownish with a broad black
band along the side from the pectoral to the caudal fin.

Habitat. — New Guinea, Mauritius. Ceylon (Haly).

Page 134. For LETHRi>fns eostratds read L. miniatus. Add synonyms.
Sparus miniatus (Forster) Bloch, Schn. p. 281.
Lethrinus miniatus, Cuv. and Val. vi, p. 316 ; Bleeker, Atl. Ich. viii, p. 121, Perc. t.

xxxi, f. 3.
Lethrinus olivaceus et waigiensis, Cuv. and Val. vi, pp. 295, 297.
„ acutus, Klunz. Fis. R. Meeres, p. 38, t. vii, f. 1.

Page 138. For Sph.s;rodon heteeodon read S. grandoculis. Add synonyms.
Scicena grandoculis, Forsk. p. 53.
Chrysophrys grandoculis, Cuv. and Val. vi, p. 134.
Lethriims latidens, Cuv. and Val. vi, p. 316.
Sphmrodon grandoculis, Riippell, N. W. Fische, p. 113, t. xxviii, f. 2.

„ latidens, Kner, Novara Fische, p. 83, t. iv, f. 1.

Monotaxis grandoculis, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. viii, p. 105, Perc. t. xxi, f. 1.

Page 138. Pagrus spinifer. Add synonym.

Fagrus rtiber, Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887, page 658.

Mr. Boulenger has instituted a new species from tho Persian Gulf having "a
protuberance between and in front of the eyes ;" of tho dorsal spines the " third longest,
compressed and curved, its length one-third to one-fourth the depth of the body," being
apparently considered suflicient to characterize it. In Cuv. and Val. we are told that in
Paijrus spinifer the third dorsal spine is 2/3 the height of tho body, and the fourth about
the same length. If, liowever, a large number of specimens are brought together it becomes
at once apparent that this diilerence in the length of the dorsal spines is almost entirely
owing to the age and size of the e.xample. In two young specimens from Sind, each 3 inches
long, the filamentosus prolongation reached the caudal fin, but as age increases the
comparative length of these filaments diminishes. The largest of Mr. Boulecger's two
specimens is 19 inches long, its third dorsal spine ic 1-8 inches or 10| in the total length ;
while the smaller example is 13 inches long, and its third dorsal spine I'T inches long or
7-H" in *''"^ total. In two small specimens, 7 and 7'4 inches respectively in length sent to
the British Museum by Colonel Playfair, the length of the prolonged rays is absolutely
greater than in the larger examples. In a Madras specimen 4'8 inches long tho third
dorsal spine is 2 inches long, or 2-^ in the total length ; and in a larger example 9 inches
long the third dorsal spine is 1-8 inches long, or 1/5 of the total length, while the frontal
protuberance is well developed. I figured an intermediate sized one in which this spine
was about 3i in the total length or 2/3 of the height of tho body. It is no doubt true
that in the young considerable variations are seen in tho length of these rays, which
prolongations become absorbed with age. The two types of P. nihcr are somewhat large
specimens, but if we examine the foregoing figures we see as follows respecting the third
dorsal spine, at 19 inches it equals lOf , at 13 inches 7{}, at 9 inches 5, at 7 inches 3^, at
4-8 inches 2J- in the total length.

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Page 140. Chrtsophets datnia. Add synonyms.

Sparus hasta, Bleeker, Revis. 1876, p. 9, t. iii, and Atl. Ich. viii, p. 108, Perc. t. Ixvii, f. 3.
Page 140. Chrtsophets berda. Add synonyms.

Spams datnia, Bleeker, Revis. 1876, p. 5, t. ii, and Atl. Ich. viii, p. 109, Perc. t. Ixxvii, 4 f.
Page 141. Chetsophrts cuvieri. Add synonyms.

Sparus cuvieri, Bleeker, Over. Yera. en Meded. der Konig. Akad. v. Weter. 187", c. fig.
Page 142. For Chetsophrts haffaea read C. aeies. Omit synonymy and insert,

Sparus haffara, Forsk. &c.
Page 143. For Pimelepterus fuscqs read P. waigiensis. Omit synonyms and insert.

Xyster fuseus (Comm.) Lacep. V. pp. 484,485.
Pimelepterus fuseus, Cuv. and Val. vii, p. 264, &c.

Page 145. For Cierhites fasciatus read Cirehitichthts fasciatus.

Having obtained some small specimens of this fish from Madras, I find teeth present
on the vomer and palatine bones.

Page 150. ScORPi;NOP3i3 guamensis. Add synonyms.

ScorpcBna rubropunctata (Ehren.) Cnv. and Val. iv, p. 324.

Sehastes minutus, Cuv. and Val. iv, p. 348.

Scorpceiia chilioprista, Riipp. N. W. F. p. 107, t. xxvii, f. 2.

„ guamensis, Giinther, Fische Siidsee, p. 74, t. 56, f. B.
Sebastopsis pohjlepis, Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1862, p. 278; Bleeker. Scorp. 1873, p. 21,
t. iv, f. 2, and Atl. Ich. Scorp. t. v, f. 1.

Page 150. For Scorpjinopsis oxtcephala read S. leonina. Add synonym.

Scorpmna leonina, Richardson, Ich. China, p. 216.
Page 154. For Pterois cincta read P. radlata.

Page 163. For Genus Pseudostnanceia read Leptostnanceia, Bleeker.
This latter genus is said to possess vomerine teeth.
Page 169. Mtripristis botche. Add synonym.

Myripristis murdjan var. adustd, Giinther, Fische Sudsee, p. 92, pi. Ixii.
Page 173. Holocenteum sammaea. Add synonym.

Holocentrum platijrhinum,, Klunz. Synopsis Fische R. M. p. 725.
Page 175. For Pempheris mangcla read P. malabarica.

Omit synonyms and add

Pempheris malabarica, Cuv. and Val. vii, p. 308.

Page 175. For Pempheris Molucca read P. Eussellii.

Omit synonyms. Add

Sparus mangxda-lcutti, Russell, Fish. Vizag. ii, p. 10, pi. xiv.

Pempheris mangula, Bleeker, Atl. Ich ix, Pemph. t. i, f. 2 (not Cuv. and Val.).

.'' „ rhoniboideus, Kossm. and Raiiber, Fis. R. M. p. 18, t. i, f. 4.

This species is identical with Russell's fish but not with P. tnangula C.V., a form

figured in Gunther's Fische d. Siidsee, t. lix, f. B ; whereas Klunzinger's P. mangula

differs again from both species.

Page 182. Umbrina sincata. Add synonym.

Umbrina striata, Boulenger, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 660.
Page 200. Trichiurus muticus. Add synonym.

Trichiurus cristatus, Klunz. F. R. M. p. 121, t. xiii, f. 5 (head).

Page 201. Trichiurus savala. Add synonym.

? Trichiurus auriga, Klunz. F. R. M. p. 121, t. xii, f. 1.

Page 204. Acanthurus tennentii.

Col. Tickell, MSS., p. 297, has a figure of a form from Arrakan very similar to this
species, but with 8/25, A. 3/23, which he termed A. tristis. Co/o«rs— slate-gray and

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slightly cinereous along the back. Dorsal fin olivaceous along its base : caudal blackish along
its centre, nearly white externally. Ventrals whitish, externally black, an irregular black
band extends from the u[)per edge of the orbit across the top of the operclo to the base of
the pectoral fin which it crosses.

Page 205. For Acanthdrus mata read A. gahm. Add synonyms.

Acanthtirus gahm, Forsk. p. 6i; Cuv. and Val. x, p. 219 ; Giinther, Fische Siidsee, i, p. 113,

t. Ixxiv.
Acanthuriis nigricans, Riippell, Atl. p. 27.

„ mafoides, Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 330.

„ annularis, Cuv. and Val. x, p. 209.

„ Blochli, Cuv. and Val. x, p. 209 ; Giinther, Fische Siidsee, i, p. 109, t. Ixis, f. B.

,, melanurus, Cuv. and Val. x, p. 2-40 ; Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 3-iO {young).

,, argenteus, Quoy and Gaim. Voy. Uranie, p. 372, t. Ixiii, f. 2 ; Giinther, Catal. iii,

p. 346 (young).
,, xanthopterus, Cantor, Catal. Malayan. Fish, p. 209, pl. iv.

Page 207. AcANTHaRUS strigosus. Add synonyms.

Acronurus lineolatus, Klunz. F. R. M. Synopsi.s, ii, p. 511.

Acanthtirus striatus, Giinther, Fische Siidsee, i, p. 110, t. Ixxix, f. B. (? ? Quoy and Gaim.
Voy. Uranie, p. 373, pl. Ixiii, f. 3).

Page 214. Caranx korra. Add synonym.

Decapterus Bussellii, Klunz. F. R. M. page 91.

Page 214. Caranx melampygus. Add synonyms.

Caranx siellatus, Eyd. and Soul. Voy. Bonite, Poiss. p. 107, t. iii, f. 2.
,, lixanthopteriis, Rupp. N. W. F. p. 49, t. xiv, f. 2.

Page 216. Caranx hippos. Add synonyms.

Caranx flavo-cmruleus, Schlegel, Fauna Japon. Pisces, p. 110, t. lix, f. 2.

„ parapistes, Richards. Voy. Erebus and Terror, p. 130, pl. Iviii, f. 6, 7.
Carangus marginatus, Gill, Proc. Phil. Acad. 1863, p. 160.
Caranx canimis, Giinther, Trans. Zool. Soc. vi, p. 432.

Paf'e 217. Caranx ferdau. Add synonyms.

Carangoides hemigymnostethus, Bleeker, Macki'el, p. 61.

Caranx venator, Playfair, Fish. Seychelles, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 859, fig. 2.

Pace 221. Caranx malabaricus. Add synonyms.

Carangoides telaniparoides, Bleeker, Makrel, pp. 69, 91.
Caranx ivvpudicus, Klanz. F. R. il., p. 99.

Page 223. Caranx nigrescens. Add synonym.

Caranx jay akari, Boulenger, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 661.

Pa"-e 226. Caranx speciosus. Add synonyms.

Caranx riippellii, Giinther, Catal. ii, p. 445.

„ edentulus. All. and Macleay, 1877, p. 327.

Pao-e 228. Seriolichthts bipinnulatus. Add synonyms.
Seriola pinnulata, Poey, Mem. ii, 1858.
Elagatis pinnulatus, Gilb. in F-W. Fish. N. America, 1883, p. 446.

Page 230. Chorinemus sancti-petri. Add synonyms.

.'' Lichia folooparah, Riipp. Atl. p. 91.
Chorinemus tol, Kner, Novara Fish, p. 162.

,, toloo, Klunz. F. R. M. Synopsis, p. 447 (not Cuv. and Val.).

„ moadetta, Klunz. F. R. M. p. 105 (not Cuv. and Val.).

Pao'e 230. Chorinemus moadetta. Add synonym.

Chorinemus mauritiana, Cuv. and Val. viii, p. 382.

Page 231. CnoRiNEMUS lysan. Add synonym.

Chorinemus orientaiis, Schlegel, Fauna Japon. Pisces, p. 106, t. Ivii, f. 1.

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Page 233. Teachtnotus eussellii. Add synonym.

Tracliynotus cop^ingeri, Giintlier, Fish. Alert Expedition, 1881-2, p. 29, pi. iii, f. A.

Page 234. Teachtnotus otatus. Add synonym.

Tracliynotus hevnedyi, Steind. SB. Ak. Wein. Ixxii, p. 75, f. 9.

Page 237. Psexes javaxicus. Add synonym.

Pse?ies guameiisis, Giintber, Fische Siidsee, ii, p. 1-15, t. xci, f. 100.

Page 244. Add Gazza argextaeia.

Zeus argentarius (Forster) Bloch, Sclin. p. 9G ; Forster, Descr. Anim. p. 288.
Gazza tapeinosoma, Bleeker, Sumati'a, p. 260.

„ argentaria, Giinther, Catal. ii, p. 506, Fische Siidsee, ii, p. 144, pi. xci, f. B. ; Klunz.
F. B,. M. p. 108.
Equula dcntex, Peters, Fish. Moss. p. 246 (not C. V.).

Length of head 3| to 4, of caudal fin .5, height of body 2i to 2| in. of the total length.
Eye — diameter ^ of the length of the head, 2/3 of a diameter from the end of the snout.
Teeth — canines of moderate size. Fins — first dorsal higher than the second. Colours —
body grayish, with some dark lines passing along the rows of scales, light-coloured on the
chest ; dorsal, anal, and ventral fins nearly black, caudal of a dull yellow.

Habitat. — Red Sea, Madras to the Malay Archipelago. A coloured figure named Psam
pare, Tamil, exists among the late Sir "W. Elliot's drawings.

Page 250. Scombee micsolepidotds. Add synonyms.

Scomber loo. Guv. and Val. viii, p. 52.

„ mohiccensis, Bleeker, Amboina, p. 40.

Page 251. Add Scomber janesasa.

Scomber vneumatophorus minor, Schleg. Fauna Japon. Pisces, p. 94, pi. slvii, f. 2.

„ "janesaha, Bleeker, Japan, p. 406, and Verb. Bat. Gen. xxvi Japan, p. 96;
Giinther, Catal. ii, p. 359.

B. vii, D. 9-10 I Jj I V-TI, P.22,V. 1/5, A. 1 1 j^^ \ ,V-VI, L. 1. ca. 180.

Length of head 3|, of caudal fin 7j, height of body 7 in the total length. Eyes —
diameter '6\ to 4i- in the length of the head, \\ diameters from the end of the snout, and
1 apart. Snout more pointed than in »S'. viicrolepidotus. Teeth— m jaws stronger than in
the last species, and well developed on the vomer and palatines. Colours — similar to
those in the last species, with the addition of two or more rows of dark spots along the
back and also some transverse streaks.

Habitat. — Perisian Gulf to Japan.

Page 263. Add Percis ctlisdrioa.

Day, Proo. Zool. Soc. 1888, p. 260.

S. vi.D. 5/21, P. 15, V. 1/5, A. 17-18, C. 15. L. 1. 44, L. tr. 2i'9.

Length of head 4, of caudal fin 5^-, height of body 5j in the total length. Eyes —
diameter St in the length of the head, 1 diameter from the end of the snout, and ;J of a
diameter apart. The greatest width of the head equals its length, excluding the snout.
Cleft of mouth very slightly oblique : lower jaw a little the longer : the posterior
extremity of the maxilla reaches to beneath the first third of the orbit. The greatest
depth of the preorbital equals one-third of the diameter of the eye. All the opercles
entire : a v/ell-marked spine on the opercle and another on the subopercle, no shoulder
spine. Teeth — two enlarged ones on either side, above the symphysis of the lower
jaw : fine ones on the vomer. Fins — second dorsal spino the longest, equalling
three-fourths of the diameter of the eye. Pectoral nearly as long as the head. Ventral
one-fourth longer than the head, reaching the base of the seventh anal ray. Caudal
slightly rounded. Colours — reddish-brown, with five wide and dark vertical bands,
extending from the back to the lower surface, these bands being darkest at their edges
and disappearing about the middle of the body, where there are also some dark spots. A
brown ocellus at the upper part of the base of the caudal fin, which has some brown spots
on it. Numerous brown spots on the snout and upper surface of the head and cheeks,
some on the upper edge of the eye, where there are two dark nan-ow bands. V entrals
white. First dorsal fin nearly black between the spines : soft dorsal and anal with fine
dots between the rays.

Habitat. — Two small specimens from the Andamans.

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Page 2G4. For Sillago domina read S. PANUins. Add synonym.

Cheilodipterus panijiiis, Ham. Buch, Fish Ganges, pp. 57, 3G7.

Page 267. For Pseddocheomis xanthochir read S. Fcrscus. Add synonym.

Pseudnchromis fusctis and adiistus, iliiil. and Trosch. Horaj Icli. 1840, p. 2.3, t. iv, f. 2 ;
Blecker, Atl. Ich. ix, Scioenidse, t. v, f. 4.

Col. Tickell figured two varieties of a species of this genus taken at Saddle Island, off
Kyouk Phoo. He gave the D. 22, A. 13-14, and stated that the scales were large. The
one he termed Malacocanthus coccinicaiida being of dark burnt umber colour, becoming a
little purplish below. Fins pale brown. Dorsal rays vermilion. Anal with a pale red
band along its centre. Caudal deep carmine. The second, ^[. bicolor, had the anterior half
of its body yellow olive-green, its posterior half superiorly including eyes, dorsal, caudal,
and anal fins sepia, upper and lower margins and angle of caudal whitish gray. Pectoral
and ventral yellowish. A row of small irregular spots of a smalt colour along the middle
of the posterior half of the body.

Page 278. Add Genus 2 — Trigla, Artedi.
Hoplonotus, Guichenot.

Branchiostegals seven: pseudohrancMce present. Head parallelopiped, ivith its superior and
lateral s^irfaces liomj. Villiform teeth in both jatus, and usually on the vomer, but none on the
palatines. Tivo dorsal fins, the first being of less extent than the second: three free filaments
at the base of the pectoral fin. Air-bladder well developed, rjeneralhj provided with lateral
muscles, and sometimes partially divided internally by partitions. Pyloric appendages few or
i7i moderate ninnbers.

Geographical distribution. — Coasts of Europe, and one species extending across the North
Atlantic to the western shores of North America. To the south it passes round the west
coast of Africa from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, and one species has been obtained
in the Persian Gulf on one hand, and also in Japan ; consequently it is here inserted as
Indian.

1. Teigla hemisticta.

Temm. and Schlegel, Fauna Japon. Poiss. p. 36, pi. xiv, f. .3, 4, pi. xiv, B. ; Giinther,
Catal. ii, p. 201.
Trigla arabica, Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887, page 663.

B. vii, D. 7/11-12, P. 11 + iii, V. 1/5, A. 11-12, C. 16.

Length of head about 3, of caudal fin 5|, height of body b\ in the total length. Eyes —
li- diameters from the end of the snout, and 1;^- apart. Profile from upper edge of orbit to
the snout scarcely concave. Preorbital produced anteriorly into a flattened spine ; two
spines on the preopercle, the upper the larger. Opercle ending posteriorly in a strong
spine equalling the diameter of the orbit ; shoulder bono with two spines. Teeth —
villiform. Fi?is— dorsal spines strong, the third and fourth the longest. A bony plate along
the base of the dorsal fin, wider in small than in large examples. Pectoral reaches to above
the third anal ray, three free appendages. jScaZes— small. CoZoiirs— upper part of body
rosy, with numerous small rounded or oblong black spots : lower half of body white.
First dorsal with a large black oblong blotch and a row of small round black dots along
the middle of the second dorsal: inter- radial membrane of pectoral bluish-black.

Habitat. — An example 9 inches long has been obtained from Muscat, the species has like-
wise been brought from Japan.
Page 278. Genus 3 — Peristethus, Kaup.

Branchiostegals seven : pseudobranchice present. Head parallelopiped in shape, t/ie sides
and upper surface cuirassed with bone : the preorbital prolonged anteriorly into a fiat
projecting process. One or more barbels on the lower jaw. Teeth absent. One or two dorsal
fins, the posterior of which is most developed. Two free pectoral appendages. Body covered
with bony, scale-like plates. Pyloric appendages few, or in moderate numbers. Air-bladder
present.

Geographical distribution. — From the south coast of Britain to the Mediterranean, also
from the Atlantic and Indian Oceans to China. It has likewise been obtained at the Sand-
wich Islands in the South Pacific Ocean.

Page 278. Peristethus halei.

Peristethus, Haly, The Taprobanian, vol. i, 1886, p. 165.
B. vii, D. 7/15, V. 1/5, A. 15, L. 1. 34.

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" Preorbital processes short, their length being contained 3^ times between their
extremity and the anterior margin of the orbit. A pair of spines on the occiput, on either
side of ■which is a low ridge terminated by a small spine. Anterior vertical plates longer
than broad. The opercular ridge forms a strong spine. Lower jaw with barbels. Colours —
uniform red."

Hahitat. — A single specimen taken at Galle in deep water in April, 1883.

Page 279. Dacttlopteeus oeientalis. Add synonym.

Gonjstion orientalis, Bleeker, Waigon, 1868, p. 3.

Page 284. Among Sir "W. Elliot's and Dr. T. C. Jerdon's MS. illustrations of Indian fishes are
several undescribed gobies, but as the notes respecting them have been lost, I can merely
give such details as are shown on the drawings ; the subject of scales and teething being
omitted, must be ascertained by future observers. No specific names are attached, as the
descriptions are merely for the purpose of directing the attention of collectors to the
forms.

Page 284. Gobius ?

Nalsuli, Jerdon.

D. 6/tV, a. 13.

Length of head 4f , of caudal fin 6, height of body 6 in the total length. Eyes — rather
high up, diameter 4-1- in the length of the head, 1^- diameters from the end of the snout.
Cleft of mouth oblique, lower jaw somewhat the longer. Teeth ? Fins — spines and rays
somewhat filamentous, and of about equal height, nearly equalling that of the body.
Caudal louuded. Scales ? Colours— oi a light bufi', with a row of oval brown spots along
the middle of the body, and several scattered smaller ones above ; among these are inter-
spersed many small yellowish-red dots. First dorsal fin with a row of orange spots along
its base and a dark outer margin. Second dorsal with a similar row of orange spots along
its base, a dark band along its centre, and a dark outer edge. Ventrals black. Anal with
two orange bands and a darli outer edge. Caudal with 6 or 7 naiTOw vertical brown or
orange bands, and a dark outer edge.

Habitat. — Madras, to 4 inches in length.

Page 284. Gobius ?

D. 7/13, A. 13.

Length of head 6, of caudal fin 4|, height of body 7 in the total length. Eyes — very
high up and of moderate size. Fins — dorsal with a short interspace, somewhat higher
than the body. Pectoral longer than the head, caudal somewhat lanceolate. Colours— huS,
becoming pink beneath, a row of cloudy spots along the middle of the sides, and indistinct
bands. Numerous fine black dots on the back. A black mark under the eye. A black
spot on the last two dorsal spines, both dorsal fins and upper half of caudal spotted. A
dark base to the pectoral fin.

Habitat. — Adyar River near Madras, to 2"8 inches in length.

The other two forms are as follows: — No. 1, elongated, height about one-twelfth of its
length. Eyes high up. Pectoral fin short. Caudal lanceolate. BufE-coloured, becoming white
beneath. Fins immaculate, except the caudal which is irregularly spotted. Madras.
No. 2. Height 8 in its total length. Eyes high up. Pectoral fin longer than the head.
Caudal lanceolate, light brown, irregularly banded : two dark bands from the eye : a large
black spot on the upper portion of the first dorsal fin : caudal irregularly spotted. In another
figure a black ocellated spot may be present on the hind edge of the last dorsal rays ; while
in a third the spot on the first dorsal is absent.
Page 284. Add Gobids gymsocephalus.

Bleeker, Batavia, page 473 ; Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 75.
KaruM natsooli. Tarn.

B. V, D. 6/t-j.^-^, p. 17, V. 1/5, A. ^, C, 13.

Lensrth of head 6, of caudal fin 4i, height of body 8 to 9 times in the total length.
ETjes— high, up, diameter 4^ in the length of the head, J of a diameter from the end of the
snout, and placed close together. Head higher than broad : snout obtuse : cleft of mouth
oblique, the maxilla reacliinir to below the hind edge of the eye. Tee^A— canmes in both
jaws. Fi}is—dorsQ.\ spines flexible, nearly as high as the body : caudal lanceolate. Scales—
minute. CoZoh^s— greenish stone colour, becoming lightest beneath : three or four vertical
bands on the body and another on the nape, with indistinct narrow intermediate ones.
Dorsal fins darkish, unspotted : caudal also dark and reddish externally, said to have several

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bine and red streaks. Ana! witli a narrow and nearly central band along its extent, which
is red externally and blue inferiorly.

Habitat. — Madras to the Malay Archipelago. Jerdon's figure is 6'4 inches in length.
He has likewise the figure of .another fish with much the same proportions, bat the number
of rays is not enumerated. He termed it Xatsi candai, Tam. Body of a light colour, four
horizontal narrow red lines along the first and three along the second dorsal fin, two
along the anal which has likewise a dark outer edge. Three narrow red vertical bands
down the base of the caudal fin, which has an outer dark margin.

Page 286. Gobius viridipdnctatus. Add synonjTny.

Gobius clilorostigma, Bleaker, Blen. en Gob. p. 2".

Page 288. Add Gobius tiiurstoxi.

B. V, D. G/tV, p. 22, V. 1/5, A. 10, C. 14, L. 1. 30, L. tr. 8.

Length of head 4f , of caudal fin 4f , height of body bh in the total length. Eijes — upper
margin near the dorsal profile, diameter 4^^ in the length of the head, \\ diameter from
the end of the snout and 1 apart. Head \ wider than long, wliile its height equals its
length without the snout. An oblique rise from snout to eyes, from whence the dorsal
profile is nearly straight : the width of the body equals | of its height. Upper jaw slightly
the longer, cleft of mouth rather oblique, the posterior extremity of the maxilla hardly
reaching to beneath the front edge of the eye. A single row of warts across the cheeks
Xo barbels. Teeth — villiform with an outer enlarged row, and a small cauine in either
jaw. Fins — First dorsal separated by a short interspace from the base of the second
dorsal, its spines flexible, the longest equalling the height of the body below it : the last
rays of the second dorsal somewhat prolonged, :^ longer than the dorsal spines, and reach-
ing to the base of the caudal fin. Pectoral as long as the head, its upper edge straight, its
lower rays the shortest, some of its upper rays silk-like. Ventral reaches vent; anal
similar to second dorsal; caudal wedge-shaped. Scales — strongly ctenoid and angular,
anterior to the dorsal fin comparatively small, there being 11 rows between the posterior
edge of the orbit and the first dorsal spine : 8 rows between the bases of the seoond dorsal
and anal, none on the head. Colours — slatey-grej-, with .5 rows of dark and interrupted
narrow brown bands in the anterior portion of the body, becoming brown spots from the
pectoral fin on the base of which are two 'wcll-marked bro'mi blotches. Numerous small
blue spots on the body : first dorsal with brown spots : venti-al black, and with a dark
outer edge.

Habitat — One specimen 4| inches long, sent by Mr. Thurston from Madras.

Page 291. Add Gobius miceolepis.

Gobius anUipinnis, var. Cantor, Catal. p. 184.

,, inicrolepis, Bleekcr, Verb. Bat. Gen. xxii, Blenn. en Gob. p. 3-5, and Java, ii,
p. 436 ; Gunther, Cat. iii, p. 49.
O.xyurichthys microlepis. Blocker, En. Species, p. 120.

B. V, D. 6AV. P- 22, V. 1/5, A. ^, C. 17, L. 1. 50.

Length of head 6, of cand.al fin 3 to 3j, height of body from 7^- to 9 in the total length.
Eyes — high up, and placed rather close together ; diameter, 4 in the length of the head,
and about 1 diameter from the end of the snout. Cleft of mouth oblique, lower jaw the
longer, the maxilla reaches to below the hind edge of the eye. Snout obtuse. Teeth —
in a single row without canine, those in the upper jaw a little longer and further apart
than those in the lower jaw. Fins — both dorsals higher than the body, in some examples
the fifth ray of the first dorsal fin has a filamentous prolongation. Caudal lanceolate. Colours
— greenish or brownish-buff, with some clouded spots on the back and sides, a black dot
at the edge of most of the scales : sometimes a black spot at the base of the caudal fin.
Fine dark spots on the rays of the dorsal fins ; anal and caudal stained dark, especially
externally.

Habitat. — iladras, to the Malay Archipelago and China.

Page 296. Gobius sadasu.vdio. Add synonym.

Gobius pleurostigma, Bleeker, Blenn. en Gob. p. 28.

Page 297. Add Gobius littoeeus.

Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, page 261.

B.v, D. 6/11, P. 15, Y. 1/5, A. 10, C. 14, L. 1. 22, L. tr. 6.

Length of head 4|, of caudal fin 4|, height of body 5| in the total length. Eyes—

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diameter 3 in the length of the head, \ a diameter from the end of the snout and placed
close together. The greatest width of the head equals § of its length, while its height
equals its length excluding the snout. Anterior profile of head somewhat obtuse. Cleft
of mouth oblique, lower jaw slightly the longer : the posterior extremity of the maxilla
reaches to beneath the first third of the eye. Preopercle spineless, and no warts on the
head. Teeth — in villiform rows, none enlarged. Fins — dorsal spines of moderate strength,
the longest nearly half the length of the head. Pectoral as long as the head, some of its
rays fine and silk-like : caudal pointed. Scales — finely ctenoid, none on the head :
eleven rows between the occiput and front edge of the dorsal fin. Colours — yellowish
with a few dark spots on the body and a dark band from the eye to the snout, also a dark
mark on the opercle. Upper half of eye black. Dorsal, anal and caudal fins with a gray
outer edging : ventrals white.

Eahilat. — A small species from Madras.

Page 297. For Gobiodon quinque-strigattjs read G. eivulatus. Add synonyms.

Gohius rivulatus, Ruppell, Atl. Fisch. p. 136, and N. W. F. p. 138.

? „ histrio, Cuv. and Val. xii, p. 132, pi. cccxlvii.

Gobiodon rivulatus, Giinther, F. Siidsee, ii, p. 180, t. cix, f. F. and G.

Page 299. Sictdium halei.

B. V, D 6/12, P. 19, V. 1/5, A. 11, C. 14, L. 1. 56, L. tr. 16.

Length of head h\, of caudal fin 7i, height of body 7 in the total length. Eyes — upper
margin on dorsal profile, diameter 4| in the length of the head, 1^- diameters from the
end of the snout, and 2 apart. Body eubcylindrical. Interorbital space nearly flat, snout
obtuse and rounded, an oblique fall from orbit to it. Upper jaw the longer and overhung
by the snout : cleft of mouth nearly horizontal : the maxilla reaches to below the middle
of the eye. Lips thick. No warts, barbels or scales on the head. Teeth — in maxilla, in
a single external movable row in the gums, directed almost horizontally, and a single
inner row of longer pointed and curved ones, these two rows being divided by a consider-
able interspace: a large recurved canine on either side of symphysis of the lower jaw: in a
single row of much smaller teeth in the upper jaw. Fins — spines of first dorsal ending in
filamentous prolongations, but the longest is not quite so high as the body below it. A con-
siderable interGpace between the first and second dorsal fins, the rays of the latter are
equal to about half the height of the body, and similar to the anal. Ventral does not
extend half way to the anus. Caudal rounded at the extremity, its central rays somewhat
the longest. Pectoral as long as the head, excluding the snout. Scales — strongly ctenoid,
the exposed portion above twice as high as wide, and rounded, about 19 rows from occiput to
first dorsal fin, the first few anterior rows somewhat small, the remainder on the body of
about the same size. Colours — greenish brown, a black interorbital band which is con-
tinued from the eye to the angle of the mouth : some dark vertical bands on the body : a
dark outer edge to ventral and anal, also a dark band to outer edge of caudal, margined
externally with white, which is widest at the angles.

Habitat — Ceylon, from whence Mr. Haly has sent me an example 3 inches long.

Page 310. Eleoteis macrolepidota.

This fish is not E. hoedtii, &c. Bleeker, as observed in Giinther's "Fisohe der Siidsee," ii,
p. 185, as the type at Berlin (No. 2155) has D. 7/i, A. Jq. tl^e last ray in both being
almost double, and therefore counted as two by Bloch. L. 1. 30, L. tr. 13-14, and from
26 to 28 scales between the snout and first dorsal fin.

Page 310. Eleotris muralis. Add synonym.

Eleotris lineato-oculatus, Kner, SB. Wien.-Ak. Ivi, p. 720, t. iii, f. 1.

Page 311. Add Eleotris Ellioti.

Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, p. 262.
Cul nachooli, Tamil.

B. vi, D. 6/12, P. 21, V. 6, A. 13, C. 13, L. 1. 80, L. tr. 16.

Length of head 4i, of caudal fin 4|, height of body 5^ in the total length. Eyes— high
up, diameter 3^ in the length of the head, 1 diameter from the end of the snout. Height
of head f of its length : interorbital space narrow. Cleft of mouth somewhat oblique,
the maxilla extends posteriorly to beneath the middle of the eye. Teeth— ra.theT large, in
single row in the upper jaw with two small lateral canines : in two or three rows m the
centre of the lower jaw, separated from the single lateral row by two large recurved canmes.

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Fills — dorsal spines thin, flexible and equal in height to the body below them, second
dorsal and anal of similar height and one-third lower than the first dorsal. Pectoral
nearly as long as the head. Caudal rounded with its central rays somewhat the longest.
6'fa/e«— ctenoid in the posterior portion of the body, where they are larger than in the
anterior portion, and small on the sui-face of the head : none on the cheeks. Colours — '
whitish with five wide and light chestnut bands descending from the back, each of which
has a black outer edge : another over the nape is without dark edges. Caudal fin brown,
with a broad yellowish black-bordered vertical band down its centre. A dark horizontal
band running along the cheeks below the eye. Dorsal fins light brown with white outer
edges, a large black white-edged blotch in the posterior half of the first dorsal fin, and a
second but smaller one at the termination of the second dorsal, which last fin is white at
its base.

Habitat. — Madras. A skin from Sir W. Elliot's collection is 3'2 inches in length, but
it is in a bad condition. A coloured drawing was made when the fish was fresh.

Page 312. Eleotris porocephalcs. Add synonyms.

Eleotris ophiocephalus, Cuv. and Val. xii, p. 239 ; Giinther, Fische Siidsee, ii, p. 185,

t. cxii, f . A.
Eleotris viridis, Bleeker, ^ladura, p. 22.
Ophiocara ophiocephala, Bleeker, Eleotriformes, 1874, p. 15.

Page 312. For Eleotris ophiocephalus read E. tumifeon.s. Add synonyms.

Eleotris tumifrons. Cuv. and Val. xii, p. 241.

Ophiocara hoedtii (young), tolsoni (young), and aporos, Bleeker, Eleotriformes, 1875, pp. 33,35.

Eleotris viacrolepidotus, Giinther, Fische, Siidsee, ii, p. 186 (not Bloch).

Eleotris macrocephalus, Giinther, 1. c. t. cxii, f. B.

Page 323. Add

Family— TRICHONOTID^, Gunther.

Branchiostegals seven : pseudobranchise. Gill-openings wide. Body elongated, sub-cylindrical. The
infraorbital ring of bones does not articulate with the preopercle. Teeth mostly villiform. One or two dorsal
fins occupying almost the entire length of the back, when there are two, the first is short and the anal
similar to the second dorsal. Fin rays branched. Ventrals jugular with one spine and five rays. No
prominent papilla near the vent. Scales cycloid of moderate size. Air-bladder and pyloric appendages
absent.

The fishes of this family have been variously located. A species of Hemeroccetes was
placed by Forster and also by Schneider among the Callionymidce, and near which Cuv.
and Val. considered it should be located. Dr. Giinther (Catal. Fishes Brit. Museum,
ii, p. 225) observed that it " is not an Acanthopterygian fish, all its fin rays being
articulated." Subsequently he remarked (1. c. iii, 1861, p. 484), that the affinities of these
fishes are very obscure, and instituted an Acanthopterygian family for their reception,
observing that the ventral fin had one spine and five rays, he placed it between the
Ophiocephalidse and Cepolidffi, and in 1880 he located it among the Acanthopterygii
Blenniifomies. Steindachner, in 1867, suggested that a species he described might
possibly be a type of labroids, but the example was too small to examine the pharyngeal
bones.

Geographical distribution. — Small fishes of the seas and coasts of India, and the Malay
Archipelago to New Zealand.

Genus V. — Trichonotus, Bl. Schn.

Head depressed and painted, with the lower jaw the longer. Cleft of mouth deep, almost
horizontal, the lower jaw the longer. Eyes of moderate size, closely approximating. Conical
teeth in jaws, vomer, and palatine bones. One long dorsal fin, the first few rays may be
elongated, or else slightly detached.

Habitat. — Andamans to the Malay Archipelago.

1. Trichonotus setigerus.

Bl. Schn. p. 179, t. xxxix ; Cuv. and Val. xii, p. 316 ; Bleeker, Celebes, v, p. 251 ;
Gunther, Catal. iv, p. 484.

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TricJionoins polyopTithalmus, Bleeker, Ceram. iii, p. 243 (female).

B. vii, D. ^V, P. ]1, V. 1/0, A. 37, C. 13, L.l. 58, L. tr. 6.

Lengtli of head 4, of caudal fin 6J, height of hody 10 in the total length. 'Eyes —
diameter -j- of the length of the head, 1 diameter fron\ the end of the snout, and placed
close together, so that they are dii'ected somewhat upwards. Teetli — a single row in the
jaws, vomer and pahitines, being some^^■hat enlarged in the intermaxillaries. Fins — owing
to the small ^ize of the example, it is difficult to count the number of rays. The dorsal
commences above the axil of the pectoral, its two first rays are not elongated (? age or
sex), but slightlj- divided fi-om the remainder of the fin.

Halitat. — This example, measuring a little over li inches in length, was obtained at the
Andamans.

Page 324. Add Cepola ixdica.

B. vi, D. phis quam 90, P. 17. A. plus quam 90.

Length of head 8, height of body 8 in the total length. Eyes — diameter 3y in the
length of the head, \ a diameter fiom the end of the .snout, and 2/3 of a diameter apart.
Cleft of mouth oblique, the maxilla reaches posteriorly to beneath the middle of the eye.
A strong spine at the angle of the proopercle, one on the vertical limb above it, and four
on the horizontal limb. Teeth — in a single row in both jaws, a small curved canine in an
outer row in the lower jaw. also one in upper but not in a separate row. Fins — the dorsal
commences on a line slightly posterior to the orbit, its rays are unbranched, they increase
in height to the sixth, which is 2/3 that of the body below it, from whence they gradually
decrease and join with the caudal, there appear to be over 100 rays. Anal begins beneath
the ninth dorsal spine, and has nearly as many rays as the dorsal, it is conjoined to the
caudsl, the latter being pointed. Scales — small but distinct, they appear as if forming
horizOiital ridges, cheeks scaled, none on the opercles. Lateral-line — commences from
above the middle of the npper margin of the opercle, then ascends to close to dorsal fin
and becomes obsolete after first third of the body. Colours — of brick-dust red, dorsal
and anal fins with dark outer edges, an oval black spot between eighth and eleventh dorsal
rays.

Hahitat. — Madras, from whence Mr. Thurston has sent me one specimen 8 inches long.

Page 325. For Blenxihs leopaedds read Salarias bijevis. Add synonym.

Salarias hrevis, Kner, SB. Wien Ak. Iviii, 1868, p. 334, t. vi, f. 18 ; Giinther, Fische
Siidsee, ii, p. 203, t. cxviii, f. c.

Page 326. For Blennius stejndachneei read Salarias steindachneei.

Page 327. Peteoscietes variabilis. Add synonym.

? Petroscirtes petersi, Koss. and Raiib, F. R. M. p. 21, t. ii, f. 9.

Page 328. Add Peteoscirtes steiatcs.

Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, p. 262.

B. vi, D. 40, P. 13, V. 3, A. 27, C. 10.

Length of head 4j, of caudal fin 6j, height of body 6 in the total length. Eyes —
diameter 2f in the length of the head, § of a diameter from the end of the snout, and the
same distance apart. The greatest width of the head equals half its length : the maxilla
reaches to below the first third of the orbit. Snout somewhat broad and rounded in front,
the npper jaw a little the longer. No tentacles on the head. Teeth — an exceedingly large
recurved canine on either side of the lower jaw, and a much smaller one in the npper,
while about 14 teeth exist in a single row in each jaw between the canines. Fins — dorsal
commences midway between the eye and hind edge of the opercles, and does not
extend quite so far as the caudal fin, the height of its longest rays equals two-thirds of
that of the bodj", and rather more than those in the anal fin, which latter is not united to
the candal. Colours — with about ten broad vertical bands extending from the base of
the dorsal to the anal fins, separated from one another by a very narrow light line.

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Dorsal and anal fins extemally black edged, and the membrane studded with fine brown
spots. Caudal light-coloured.

Habitat. — Ceylon, one specimen Ij inches in length.
Page 330. Salakias fuscus. Add synonym.

Salarias ])liaiosoma, Bleeker, Batoe, p. 317.

,, holomelas, Giinther, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist, x, 1872, p. 399.
„ niger, Koss. u. Raiib. F. R. M. p. '21, t. ii, f. 8.

Page 331. Add Salaeias sindensis.

Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, p. 263.

B. vi, D. 13/20, P. 14, V. 2, A. 23, C. 12.

Length of head 1,5, height of body 1/5 of the total length. Eyes — situated high up
near the dorsal profile, diameter 1/4 of the length of the head, 1 diameter from the end of
the snout and also apart. Body strongly compressed, profile from above the orbits to the
end of the snout oblique. The height of the head equals its length excluding the snout.
The posterior extremity of the maxilla reaches to beneath the front edge of the eye. No
tentacles or crest on the head. Teeth — largo, well developed, posterior canines. Fins —
dorsal not notched, bat becoming higher posteriorly where the longest rays equal half the
height of the body : anal not quite so high as soft dorsal : dorsal, anal, and caudal rays
nnbranched. The dorsal and anal fins not quite connected to the caudal. Colours —
olivaceous, four wide brown bands on the head, the three anterior of which encircle it,
about twelve vertical bands on the body, more or less distinct, but most so at the base of
the dorsal fin. Dorsal fin with a dark mark along its anterior two-thirds : anal black-
edged, each ray tipjjed with pure white. In one there appears to be marks of some
narrow, horizontal bands having existed along the front half of the body.

Habitat. — Three specimens up to- 2s inches in length from Kurrachee in Sind.

Page 331. Add Salarias cruentipinnis.

Tickell, Fishes, p. 313, MSS. with a figure.
B. vi, D. 13/13, V. 2, A. 17.

Length of head 5, of caudal fin 5|, height of body 4 in the total length. Ei/es — high
up near the dorsal profile. Body compressed : the profile from the eyes to the month
almost vertical : the posterior extremity of the maxilla reaches to beneath the hind
edge of the eye. No crest on the head : a bifurcated supraorbital tentacle and a fringed
nasal one. Fins — dorsal not notched, and posteriorly continued on to the caudal fin, its
spinous portion equal to three-fourths the height of the body and rather more than its soft
part. Anal lower than the dorsal, its posterior rays the longest. Colours — rich vinous
olive sepia : a large patch of pale j'ellowish-b\;own from the angle of the lips to the lower
edge of the subopercle. Caudal fin of the same colour as the body, with the three outer
rays above and below tawny. Dorsal fin dnsky, its basal half blackish, external half of
anterior 17 rays carmine, of the 9 posterior I'ays black. Anal fin dusky with a carmine
band along its centre, and externally with a carmine and black edging. Pectoral paler
than the body with its lower rays tinged with carmine.

Habitat. — Saddle Island, ofF Kyoukphoo in AiTacan. The specimen was 2'8 inches
in length.

Page 332. Add Salakias neilli.

Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, p. 263.

B. vi, D. 12/17, P. 13, V. 2, A. 19, C. 10.

Length of head 4i, height of body 4| of the total length. Eyes — situated high up near
the dorsal profile, 4 diameters in the length of the head, 1 diameter from the end of the
snout and half a diameter apai-t. Frontal profile very steep, the head as high as it is long,
the maxilla reaches to beneath the last third of the eye. A fringed supraorbital tentacle
about twice .as long as the eye, a small fringed one at the nostril, no crest on the head.
Teeth — in a single row fixed, a very large curved canine posteriorly in the lower jaw and
a smaller curved one in the upper. Fins — spinous portion of dorsal fin lower than the
rayed part, the notch between the two j^ortions well marked, the longest dorsal rays are
equal to half the height of the body of the fish, neither the dorsal nor anal fins are
attached to the caudal, which latter is somewhat wedge-shaped and its rays are branched.
Colours — olive with seven or eight short dark bands descending from the dorsal fin down
the first third of the body. Some dark bands radiate from the eye : a large black blotch
below and somewhat behind the orbit. Two semicircular brown bands across the lower
surface of the mandibles. Fins darker than the body.

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I have named this fish after A. Brisbane Neill, Esq., to 'whom I am tinder great
obligations for the valuable assistance he has always afforded me in my publications.
Habitat. — Kurrachee in Sind, out of ten specimens the longest is 2? inches.

Page 332. Salarias lineatds. Add synonym.

Salarias caudolineatus, Giinthei-, Fisohe Sudsee, ii, p. 209, t. cxvi, f. F.

Page 333. Add Salarias oortii.

Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. i, p. 257, f. 15, and Act. Soc. &c. Indo-Ned. iii, Sumatra,
p. 39 ; Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 257.

B. vi, D. 12/19-21, P. 14, V. 2, A. 23-24, C. 13.

Length of head 7, of caudal fin 7, height of body 7 to 7| in the total length. Eyes-
high up, diameter i of the length of the head, U diameters from end of snout, which is
very slightly oblique. The maxilla extends to somewhat beyond the hind edge of the
orbit. A crest on the summit of the head, a fringed tentacle above the orbit and another
at the nostrils. Teeth — small canines in the lower jaw. Fins — dorsal fin deeply notched
almost to its base, while posteriorly it is continuous with the caudal : its anterior portion
two-thirds as high as the body, and its posterior at least one-third higher : caudal
rounded, its central rays being the longest. Colours — stone-colour along the back,
becoming violet on the side and beneath : darker bands from the back, sometimes
arranged in pairs. Anterior dorsal reddish-violet, with several undulating narrow white
lines and sometimes a small black blotch between the first and second spine. Second
dorsal with the white bands taking an oblique direction upwards and backwards : bluish
marks or spots in its outer fourth. Caudal and anal with their outer thirds brownish.

Habitat.— Aden, the east coast of India to the Malay Archipelago.

Page 334. Salarias albogdttatus. Add

Kner, SB. Wien Ak. Ivi, 1867, f. 6 ; Gunther, F. Siidsee, ii, p. 205, t. cxviii, f. B.

Page 335. Salarias makmoratus. Add synonym.

Salarias arenatus, Bleeker, Cocos. iii, p. 173; Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 249.

Page 335. Add Salarias bicolor.

Salarias bicolor, Tickell, MSS. with a figure.

D. 11/17, V. 2, A. 18.

Length of head 5, of caudal fin 5, height of body G in the total length as shown by the
figure, snout not overhanging the mouth, no crest on head, tentacles were not observed.
Fins — first dorsal as high as the body below it and separated by a deep notch from the
second dorsal, which last is not confluent with the caudal. Colours — anterior half of the
body so far as to the origin of second dorsal fin of a deep blue (smalt), posterior half
carmine-orange. Dorsal fins sepia tinged with smalt, base of second dorsal orange : caudal
and anal orange tipped and margined with sepia : pectoral smalt : ventrals whitish.

Habitat. — A specimen 1| inches long from Saddle Island, Kyoukphyoo, Arracan.

Page 336. Add — Genus Acanthoclinus, Jenyns.

Six brancUostegals : pseudobrancMm. Body elongate. Cleft of mouth of moderate width.
Gills united beneath the throat. Teeth in jaws, vomer and palate. Dorsal fin single,
occupying most of the length of the back, it is chiefly composed of spines : anal long, and
having more spines than rays. Ventral jugular consisting of one spine and three rays:
caudal distinct. Scales cycloid : lateral-line present or absent. No air-bladder.
Geographical distribution. — Coasts of India and New Zealand.

1. Acanthoclinus indicus.
Day, Proc. Zool, Soc. 1888, p. 264.

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B. vi, D. 21/4., P. 10, V. 1/3, A. 10/4, C. 17, L. 1. 40, L. tr. 14.

Length of hend 4, of caudal fin 5, lieight of body 3 in the total length. Eyes — diameter
1/5 of the length of the head, 1 diameter from the end of the snout, and f of a diameter
apart. Cleft of mouth somewhat oblique, the maxilla reaching posteriorly to beneath the
hind third of the orbit. Two strong opercular spines. Teeth — in jaws, vomer, and palate,
i^uis — dorsal spines strong, the fins not united with the caudal: pectorals rounded:
ventrals long and inserted slightly in front of the base of the pectoral : caudal rounded.
Scales — cycloid. Laleral-line — absent. Colours — brownish-black with a milk-white band
commencing on the front end of the dorsal fin, and extending to the snout: a white band
over the free portion of the tail : a white spot at the base of the pectoral fin : one on either
side of the base of the mandibles, one on the isthmus. The posterior half of the ventral
fin, also a ring rovmd the vent, white : as well as the tip of the caudal fin.

Habitat. — Madras, where one example, an inch long, was captured.

Page 336. Add Genus — Cristiceps, Cuv. and Vah

Branchiostegals six : pseudohrancMce. Body elongate covered with small or rudimentary
scales. Gill-opening wide. Cleft of mouth of moderate width, snout short. Usually some
tentacles on the head. Fine teeth on the jaws and vomer. Two separate dorsal fins, the
anterior heing composed of three spines, the posterior with many rays, the majority of which
are spines. Ventral jugidar with one spine and tivo or three rays. Pyloric appendages
absent. Viviparous.

Habitat. — ^Mediterranean, Ceylon to the Malay Archipelago, coasts and rivers of Australia
and Tasmania.

Cristiceps halei.

B. vi, D. 3/V, P. 13, V. 1, A. ^, C. 14.

Length of head 4i of caudal fin 7, height of body 4t in the total length. Eyes —
4 diameters in the length of the head, 1 diameter from the end of the snout and nearly
1 apart. A broad-fringed supraorbital tentacle and a short simple one on the snout.
Teeth — fine in the jaws and on the vomer, none on the palatines or tongue. Fins — first
dorsal commences above a vertical line from the hind edge of the eye, and its spines are
higher than the front ones in the second dorsal fin, it is not confluent with the caudal.
All the pectoral rays unbranched, anal commences below about the eighth spine of the
second dorsal : anal with two spines fifteen unbranched and four divided rays. Caudal
wedge-shaped. Scales — rudimentary. Lateral-line — with a rather strong curve anteriorly.
Colours — brownish-yellow with a white mark behind the lower half of the orbit, and
some irregularly-shaped similar mai-kings on the occiput and gill-covers, two more at
the base of the pectoral fin, a row of about 12 below the base of the spinous dorsal fin,
and two more badly developed rows along the sides of the body, of which the three
largest are behind the pectoral fin and are longer than wide.

Habitat. — Colombo, where it was obtained by Mr. Haly, who is doing such good work
among the Ceylon fishes and after whom I have named the single specimen obtained, and
which is figured life size.

Page 337. Xiphasia setifer. Add synonyms.

? Nemophis lessonii, Kaup, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 168.

? Xipihogadris madagascarensis, Playfair, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 11.

Xiphasia setifer, Ramsay and Ogilby, Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i, 1886, p. 582.

B. vi, D. 128-129 (233 ?), P. 13, V. 3, A. 115-116, C. 12.

Length of head 16, of caudal fin 32 in the total length. Eyes— 3^ in the length of the
head, from i to } of a diameter apart and 1 diameter from the end of the snout : upper
profile of the head rounded. The upper jaw slightly the longer. Teeth — a single row of
closely set, recurved, cardiform teeth in the lower jaw, and with a large lateral canine
on either side, which is received into a gi-oove in the roof of the mouth. Teeth in the
upper jaw similar in size and number to those in the lower, except that the lateral

800 FISHES OF INDIA.

canines, although present, are merely half the size of those in the mandibles. Fins —
the dorsal commences above or slightly before the orbits, and extends posteriorly to the
root of the caudal fin to which it is not joined : the anal begins beneath the seventeenth
dorsal ray and similarly reaches the root of the caudal fin. The rays of both fins are
simple, unbranched, and higher than the body. In the Australian examples the caudal
fin was distinct with no elongated central ray, but this last was observed by Jerdon at
Madras. Colours — alternate bands of dark and light ash : the fins opaline : the dorsal
with a black and narrow white-edged margin, becoming widened anteriorly into blotches.
EaUtat. — Coromandel coast of India, and New South Wales, possibly Madagascar ,_ and
probably the South Sea. It attains at least 14 feet in length. Jerdon observed, " said to
be venomous."

Page 349. For Mqgil caeinatus read M. klunzingeei. Omit synonym

Mugil caritiatus, C. V.

Add 3higil klunzingeri, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, p. 264.

Page 349. Add Mugil carinatus.

(Ehr.) Cuv. and Val. xi, p. 148.

D. 4/i, P. 14, V. 1/5, A. f, C. 15, L. 1. 38, L. tr. 12-13.

Length of head from ii to 4|, of caudal fin 4?, height of body 41 in the total length.
Ej/es — diameter i of the length of the head, nearly 1 diameter from the end of the snout
and 1| diameters apart. The greatest width of the head equals its length behind the last
third of the eye. Eye with a narrow posterior adipose lid. Interorbital space flat. Upper
lip rather thick : preorbital scaleless, moderately curved and serrated : the end of the
maxilla visible. The mandibular bones form an obtuse angle : the uncurved space on the
chin is broadly lanceolate. About 25 rows of scales between the snout and the origin of
the dorsal fin. Fins— Qrst dorsal higher than the second, its spines of moderate strength,
the height of the first being equal to the width of the head : the fin commences above the
tenth scale of the lateral-line, the second dorsal above the twenty-first: the pectoral
reaches the eleventh scale. Soft dorsal and anal fins scaled, the latter commencing very
slightly in advance of the vertical of the former. The lowest depth of the free portion of
the tail equal to 2i in the length of the head. Scales— no elongated one in the axil, one
along the base of the first dorsal, also at the ventral : the scales on the back from in front
of the first dorsal fin form a sort of keel for some little distance. Colours— golden around
the eye, no black pectoral spot.

Habitat. — Eed Sea and seas of India.

Page 350. For Mugil planiceps read M. tade. Add synonym.

Mugil tade, Forsk. p. 74; Cuv. and Val. xi, p. 153; Klunz. F. R. M. p. 133, t. x, f. 3 and 3a.

Page 353. Mugil (eue. Add synonym.

Mijxus superficialis, Klunz. F. R. M. synopsis, i, p. 831 (young).

Page 355. Mugil ceenilabeis. Add synonyms.

Mugil cirrhostomus, Forster, Desc. Anim. pp. 198, 257.
„ fasciatus, Cuv. and Val, xi, p. 125.
„ macrochilus, Bleeker, 1854, p. 53.
,, ruppellii, Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 458.

Page 376. Regalecus russellii. Add synonym.

Begalecus pacificus, Haast, Trans. N. Z. Inst, xi, p. 269.

Page 378. Amphipeion sebm. Add synonym.

Prochilus seb(e, Bleeker, Nat. Verb. Holl. 1877, p. 30, and Atl. Ich. t. cccc, Pom. t. i, f. 9.

Page 379. Amphipeion bifasclata. Add synonym.

Amphiprion trifasciatum, Cuv. and Val. v, p. 395.

„ intermedins, Schleg. Overs Amph. &c. p. 19.

Coracinus vittatus, Gronov. ed. Gray, p. 85. -r. i • r -i t c

Frochilus Ufasciatus, Bleeker, Nat. Verb. Holl. 1877, p. 31, and Atl. Ich. Pom. t. i, t. 4, &, b.

Page 381. Tetradeachmum marginatum. Add synonyms.

Heliastes reticulatus, Richards. Ich. China, p. 254.

Pomace7itrus unifasciatus, Kner, Siiz. Wien. Ak. 1868, Iviii, p. 348, f. 24.

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Page 381. Add Tetkadkaciimum trimaculatum.

Pomacentrus triviaatlatns, Riipp. Atl. Fische, p. 39, t. viii, f. 3.

,, vuchnlis, Bonn. Life of Sir S. Raffles, p. G88.

Dasci/Uus tn'macidatiis, Cuv. and Val. v, p. 441; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 13; Klnnz. P. R. M.

1871, p. 519.
Dasojllns itiiicohir, Benn. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1831, i, p. 127.

,, niijcr, Blocker, Vcrh. Bat. Gen. xxi, Labr. &c. p. 10.
Spams nigricans, ])t. Gronov. cd. Gray, p. 61.
Tctradrachmnm trimaculatum, Bleek, Atl. Ich. ix, Poma. t. x. f. 8.

B. V, D. Ti.\s, P. 17 V. 1/5, A. ,/_„- C. 15 L. 1. 27, L. tr. 3/11, Cobc. pyl. 3, Vert 11/14.

Length of head 4 to 4|, of caudal fin 5, height of body a little over half of the total
length. Eyes — diameter 2/5 of the length of the head, half a diameter from the end of
the snout. Preopercle rather coarsely serrated. Scales — lateral-line ceases below the
soft dorsal fin, but is continued in the middle of the free portion of the tail, as one or
two holes in each scale. Colours — deep brown, Tortical fins dark, becoming black at their
edges. A white spot at the nape, which is sometimes wanting, a second above the lateral-
line below the middle of the dorsal fin.

Habitat.— B.cd Sea, and east coast of Africa to Polynesia. In Sir Emerson Tennent's
account of Ceylon, Dr. Giinther gave this species as existing thei-e, which has been
confirmed by Haly (Taprobanian, i, 1886, p. 166) who states it to be common at Colombo.

Page 382. Pomacentrus trilineatus. Add synonym.

Pomacentrus tripunctatus, emarginatus, vanicolensis and cJiri/surus, Cuv. and Val. v,

pp. 421, 422, 423.
Pristotis fuscus, Bleeker, Bali, p. 9.
Pomacentrus tceniops, Less. Voy. Coq. Poiss. p. 189, t. xviii, f. 1.

„ Icatimlio, twjiiojnetojwn and simsiang, Bleeker, Timor, p. 169, Amboina and Ceram.

p. 283, and Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. 1856, xi, p. 90.
Pomacentrus hilineatus, Castlenau, P. Z. S. Victoria, ii, p. 89.

Page 384. For Pomacentrds albopasciatus read P. prosopot^nia.

Omit synonyms, and insert

Pomacentrus prosopotainia, Bleeker, Singapore, p. &?.

Page 384. For Pomacentrus punctatus read P. lividus. Add synonyms.

Chcetodon lividtcs, Forsk. Desc. Anim. p. 227.
Etqiomacentrus lividus, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. Pomac. t. iv, f. 5.

Page 386. Add Gltphidodon melas.

Cuv. and Val. v, p. 472 ; Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen. xxi, Labr. Cte. p. 23 ; Schlegel, Ov.

Amph. &c. Verh. Nat. Gen. Ned. Overz. Bez. p. 23, pi. v, f . 2 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 45 ;

Playfair and Giinther, Fish. Zanz. p. 83.
Glypltidodon ater, Cuv. and Val. v, p. 473.
Paraglyphidodon inelas, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. ix, t. cccciv, f. 4.
Nga yanga aplirjoo, Arracan.

B. V, D. 13/13-14, P. 17, V. 1/5, A. -^^.t^, C. 17, L. 1. 28, L. tr. 3/10.

Length of head 4, of caudal fin 5, height of body Sy in the total length. Eyes —
diameter 3^ in the length of the head, 1 diameter from the end of the snout. The depth
of the anterior portion of the suborbital ring of bones equals that of the preorbital.
Teeth — narrow compressed. Fins — dorsal spines rather short, increasing in length
posteriorly, the soft portion of dorsal and anal somewhat rounded, caudal slightly
emarginate. Lateral-line — ceases below hind edge of dorsal spines. Colours — neutral
sepia or dusky, with a gi'eenish tinge beneath : fins black or a little diluted at their bases.
Scales edged darker.

Hahitat. — Red Sea, east coast of Africa, Burma to the JIalay Archipelago.

Page 387. Glyphidodon axtjerius. Add synonyms.

Glyphisodon leucopoma, Cuv. and Val. v, p. 480.

„ xanthozona and pliaiosoma, Bleeker, Sumatra ii, p. 283 and Verh. Bat. Gen.

xxii, Bali. p. 9.
Glyphidodon dispar, Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 53.

,, cingulus, alhovinctus and henimelas, Kner, Sitz. Wien. Ak. 186/, Ivi, p. 725, Iviii,

p. 351, xviii, p. 351, f. 25.
Glyphidodon zonatus, uniniaculatus,'modestus and cyariews, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. Pomac. t. x, f. 2.
Glyphidodontops antjerius, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. Pomac. t. xi, f. 2.

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Page 391. Add Genus — XipJiochilus, Bleeker.

Branchiosiegals six : pseudohrancMcB present. Body oblong : head scaled and nearly as
Idgh as long : snout obtuse, upper lip thin and can be almost hidden under the preorbital.
Both limbs of the preopercle are destitute of scales. Four canine teeth anteriorly in both
jaws, while the lateral teeth are soldered into an osseous ridge : a posterior canine tooth
present. Fins having the following mmibers of rays, D.'-^I-g-', A. t^. Scales large, 2% or 2^
along the lateral-line. No scales along the bases of the fins. Lateral-litie continuous.

XiPHOCHILUS ROBDSTUS.

Giintlier, Catal. iv, p. 98 ; Klunz. F. R. M. 1871, p. 110.

B. vi, D. 'J:i» A. tV. 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, preopercle 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, Lacep. iii, pp. 454, 526, pi. xxxi.

Cossyphus bilumdatus, Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 121 ; Bleeker, Amboina, ix, p. 4, and Atl. Ich.
i, p. 101, t. xxxviii, f. 3 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 105.

B. vi, D. \%, P. 16, V. 1/5, A. ^\, C. 14, L. 1. 34.

Length of head Z\, of caudal fin about 6|, height of body 3i in the total length.
;Eyes — diameter 5| 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 over 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 subopercle. A black blotch between the first three dorsal spines.

Habitat.— ls\e de France, Ceylon (Haly) to the Malay Archipelago. This fish is
considered by some to be identical with C. micrurus, Lacep. G. chabrolii, Lesson, G.
maldat, Cuv. and Val. and Labrus spilonotus, Bennett.

Page 394. Add Cheilinus tjndulatus.

Riipp. N.W. Fische, p. 20, t. vi, f. 2 ; Cuv. and Val. xiv, p. 108 ; Bleeker, Atl. Ich. i. p. 68,

Labroidei, t. xxvi, f. 3 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 129 ; Klunz. F. R. M. 1871, p. 112.
Crassilabrus undulatus, Swainson, Fish, ii, p. 225.

B. V, D. Vo°> P- 12. V. 1/5, A. I, C. 11, L. 1. 22-23, Vert. 9/14.

Length of head 3^, of caudal fin 5|, height 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 having a hump in some old specimens. Lower jaw
slightly the longer : lips thick. Fins — ventrals 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 pass 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 Archipelago.

Page 398. Add Plattglossus metager.

Julis metager, Tickell, Fish. MSS. p. 322, c. fig.
B. vi, D. ,%, V. 1/5, A. y\.

Length of head 4f , of caudal fin 7, height of body 3i in the total length, according to the
figure %es— diameter 4^ 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
convex. Teeth— the posterior canine said to be large. Zms— dorsal moderately elevated,

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equal in its highest portion to about one-thirtl the height of the body, and similar to the
anal. Caudal rounded. Colours — body and fins of a deep olive bistre, the body longitu-
dinally striated with about thirteen lines of sepia. An elongated patch of a black
colour, and having a grayish white margin filling up the middle half of the dorsal fin
from the elevcntli to the fifteenth ray. Caudal tawny with a wide central and vertical
brown band. Young. — Caudal tawny white with the band of pale Indian red.

Habitat. — The larger example which is figured, is a little over 4 inches in length ; both
were taken on Xovember 27th, 18G2, at Saddle Island ofi Kyoukphyoo.

Page 400. Add Plattqlossus javanicus.

Julis javanicus, Bleeker, Java iv, p. 341.

Halichcpres javanicus, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. i, p. 125, Labroidci, pi. xl, f. 3.

Platyglossus javanicus, Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 145.

B. vi, D. tV. P- 15, V. 1/5, A. y\, C. 12, L. 1. 28.

Length of head 3f , of caudal fin (3, height of body 4i to 4^ in the total length. Eyes —
diameter 4 in the length of the head, If diameters from the end of the snout, and f to 1
diameter apart. Fins — spines of dorsal fin not so high as the rays : caudal rounded.
Colours — of a brownish red becoming silvery along the abdomen, a vertical blue band
or spot behind the upper half of the orbit : some oblique red streaks on the head : a black
spot superiorly at the base of the pectoi-al fin. Dorsal fin reddish with two or three rows of
round yellowish spots, caudal of a similar colour but the spots irregularly disposed.
Anal fin reddish.

Habitat. — Singapore and Colombo (Haly, Taprobanian, i, p. 1G5).

Add Platyglossus ROSEns.
Page 401. Day., Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, p. 2G4.

B. vi, D. W. P- 14, V. 1/5, A. tV, C. 14, L. 1. 28, L. tr. ^

Length of head 4|, of caudal fin 6j, height of body 3j in the total length. Eyes —
diameter ^ length of head, 1\ diameters from the end of snout and 1 apart. The greatest
width of the head equals half its length. Teeth — a posterior canine. Fiiis — caudal slightly
rounded : the length of the pectoral equals that of the head behind the middle of the eye :
outer ventral ray somewhat elongated. Scales — none on the head, those on chest
smaller than on the body. Colours — in a spirit specimen rosy, with a large black spot
behind the middle of the eye and a small one between the two first dorsal spines : two
narrow light bands pass from the eye to the snout : a broad orange band along the
suborbital ring of bones : body with dark and narrow horizontal bands in its anterior half,
while seven dark and wider bands pass from the back down the sides. A narrow light
band goes from the eye to the middle of the base of the caudal fin. Basal third of caudal
fin somewhat dark, with its outer edges light.

Habitat. — Kurrachee in Sind.

Page 408. Add CoRis Halei.

Coris, sp. Haly, Taprobanian, i, 1886, p. 165.

B. vi, D. Jt, V. 1/5, A. Jy. L- 1- 75, L. tr. 3/27.

" Height of body 3 J of the total length, the length of head i. Fins — anterior dorsal
spine elevated, and equal to the height of the body. Co/owrs— body vinous-red, barred by
eleven purplish-gray stripes : each scale with a spot of brilliant emerald green. Head orange,
with violet, red-bordered stripes radiating from the eye, two of these unite to form a broad
band descending from the fourth dorsal spine, past the eye and the mouth to the subopercle.
A broad red band on the edge of the opercles. Dorsal fin red gray, with an orange
band covered with small blue spots : anal vinous-red, with an orange border and covered
with small blue spots. Caudal dark gray with large blue, black-edged spots."

Habitat. — Ceylon. A somewhat allied species seems to exist in Coris Bleeheri, Hnbrecht,
Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1876 (4) xvii, p. 214.

Page 413. Add Pseddoscarus bataviensis.

Scarus bataviensis, Bleeker, Java, iv, p. 342.

Fseudoscarus bataviensis, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. i, p. 48, t. xii, f. 3 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 231.

B. V, D. ^, P. 14, V. 1/5, A. I, C. 13, L. 1. 25.

Length of head 4, height of body 3J in the total length. J5?2/es— diameter 6 in the
length of the head, 2i diameters from the end of the snout. Teeth—two small ones at
the corner of either jaw. Fins— the dorsal spines of about the same length equalling one-

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fourth of that of the body beneath. Caudal nearly square in the young, the outer rays
produced in old examples. Scales — two rows on the cheeks, none covering the lower
limb of the preopercle. Colours — head superiorly Indian red, extending to snout and
throat, becoming gradually more diluted over the belly : golden green on cheeks and
opercles. Eye surrounded by emerald green, passing downwards in two stripes to the upper
lip and chin, a second short one behind the chin : two short branches from the hind edge
of the orbit. Body olive green becoming paler below. Dorsal fin banded as follows from
summit to base, cobalt, deep vinous-red, emerald green, vinous-red and cobalt. Pectoral
pale orange. Ventral rosy with its outer ray blue : anal banded as follows from outer
edge to base, cobalt, rose, cobalt, red and cobalt. Caudal Venetian red, its upper and lower
edges and three vertical bands cobalt. Every scale red at its base.
Habitat. — Arracan to the ^Malay Archipelago.

Page 413. Add Pseddoscarus dussumieei.

? Scarus dussumieri, Cuv. and Val. xiv, p. 252 ; Bleeker, Batav. p. 404.
Pseudoscarus dussumieri, Bleeker, Scar. 1861, p. 13, and Atl. Ich. i, p. 46, t. viii, f. 1 ; Giinther,
Catal. iv, p. 224.

B. V, D. tV, P. 15, V. 1/5, A. f, C. 13, L. 1. 25.

Length of head 3f, of caudal fin 6\ in the total length. Eyes — diameter 65 in the
length of the head, and 3 diameters from the end of the snout. Teeth — small ones at the
comer of cither jaw. Fins — -dorsal spines slightly increasing in length posteriorly and not
so high as the rays : caudal emarginate except in the young. Scales — two rows on the
cheeks and two scales on the preopercular limb. Colours — CEerulean blue, with the lower
edge of the body pale rose : the centre of every scale on the blue portion being gall-stone
green, as is also the upper portion of the head. Cserulean blue bands and marks are round
the orbit also radiating from it towards the forehead, the angle of the mouth, and
irregularly over the cheeks. A blue band across the upper lip and another a short distance
behind the lower one. Dorsal and anal fins of an orange gall-stone, having a
caerulean blue basal, and a second outer band. Caudal of a similar colour with its outer
rays blue, and three broken vertical blue bands on its outer half. Pectoral rays as follows :
the upper blue, the succeeding four gall-stone orange, the remainder hyaline. Ventral
outer i-aj- blue, the rest hyaline with the outer halves of the second and third rays orange
gall-stone.

Habitat. — Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Arracan to the Malay Archipelago.

Page 419. Add 2. Brotula jeedoni.
D. 126, V. 1, A. 95.

Length of head 6, height of body 5j in the total length. Eyes — in figure, diameter 3|
in the length of the head, and | of a diameter from the end of the snout. Fins — dorsal
commences over the base of the pectoral, vertical ones confluent. Colours — lilac along the
back becoming white beneath, a black band from the eye to the angle of the subopercle, a
second from above the eye passes downwards to the base of the pectoral, which fin it crosses
obliquely, a third black band commences on the occiput but soon divides into two, the upper
branch going along the base of the dorsal fin, and the lower passing down a short distance
and then running parallel to the first. Fins yellowish, three large round black spots edged
with white along the upper half of the dorsal fin, which has a dark margin, as has also
the anal, which, however, is externally edged with white.

Habitat. — Taken at Madras in August, and among Sir. W. Elliot's and Jerdon's illus-
trations is one 5'4 inches in length.

Page 419. 3. Brotula multibaebata.

? Brotula multibarbata, Schlegel, Fauna Japon. Poiss. p. 251, pi. cxi, f. 2 ; Giinther, Catalog.

iv, p. 371.
Geneiates ferruginosus, Tickell, MSS. with a figure.

D. C. and A. 165 (186), V. 2.

Height of body 5 (4 to 4^), length of head 5i in the total length. Upper jaw the longer.
The maxilla extends to below the hind edge of the eye, opercle ending in a spine.
Barbels — both jaws with three on either side. Fins — dorsal commences above the base
of the pectoitil, all the vertical fins confluent. Colours — reddish or vinous burnt umber
becoming nearly white below. Vertical fins a little darker edged with black having an
outer red margin.

Habitat. — Col. Tickell procured one 49 inches long at Saddle Island oflF Kyonkphoo
in Arracan in 1862, it is not so deep as shown in Schlegel's figure : Jerdon also procured

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one 8 inches long at Madras, the depth of which to the total length was still less, being
only one-seventh : a good figure of it exists.

Page 419. Add Genus — Fierasfer, Cuv.

Echiodon, Thompson: Diaphasia, Lowe: Oxyheles, Richardson: Porobronchics {young), Kaup.
Brancliiostfijals seven, psewluhranchim absent. Body terminatinf/ in a long and tapering
tail. Gill-opening wide, the membranes united beneath the throat, but not attached to the
isthmns. Gills four. The upper jaw overlapping the lower. No barbels. Cardiform teeth
in the jatcs, vomer, and palatines, icliile canines may likewise be present. Vertical fins
continuous, venfrals absent. Vent under the throat. Scales, if present, minute. Air-bladder
present. Pyloric appendages absent.

FlEKASFEK HOMEI.

Oxybeles homei, Richards. Voy. Erebus and Terror, Fishes, p. 4-t, pi. xliv, fig. 7-18.

,, brandesii, Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen. xsiv, Chironec. p. 21 and Nat. Tyds. Ned.
Ind. i, p. 276, f. 1-3.
Fierasfer homei, Kaup, Apodal Fisb, p. 158 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 382.

Length of head 7|, height of body 12 in the total length. Eyes — diameter i of the
length of the head, half a diameter from the end of the snout, and 1 diameter apart. The
greatest width of the head *- of its length. Snout rounded. The upper jaw the longer ;
the maxilla reaching to behind the posterior edge of the eye. Teeth — in the upper jaw in
a rather widely-set, recurved row, and a canine-form one near the centre of the jaws : an
outer row of small teeth. In two rows in the lower jaw the outer being the larger and
somewhat curved, they are largest near the symphysis : 2 or 3 rows on the palatines :
2 large ones, placed one before the other on the vomer, and surrounded by smaller teeth.
Vent in front of a line from the base of the pectoral fin. Scales — absent. Fins — vertical
ones enveloped in skin : the dorsal commencing the length of the head behind the front
edge of the eyes : the anal beginning behind the vent. Pectoral as long as the head
behind the eyes. Colours — yellowish-red, a silvery band going from the upper edge of the
opercles along the first fourth of the body : opercles silvery : end of tail with some black
reticulations.

Habitat. — An example 4-8 inches long received from Madras. It is found in the Malay
Archipelago and the Australian Seas.

Page 450. Add Leiocassis fluviatilis.

Duxordia flnviatilis, Tickell, MSS. p. 338, c. fig.

B. vi, D-l/0, P. 1/7, V. 6, A. 11, C. 18.

Length of head 4|-, of caudal fin 5i, height of body 5 in the total length. Eyes— rather
small, high up and in the anterior half of the head. The greatest width of the head
equals two-thirds of its length. There is a moderate rise from the snout to the base of
the dorsal fin. Upper jaw the longer, upper surface of head smooth. Barbels — a maxillary
pair reaching to the posterior edge of the orbit, no others were detected. Teeth — in an
uninterrupted villiform band across the palate. i^i?is— dorsal spine smooth and nearly as
long as the fourth ray wliich is 4/5 as high as the body below it. Adipose dorsal rather
long, commencing a short distance behind the base of the rayed fin. Pectoral spine
denticulated internally. Caudal forked. Colours — yellowish horny with darker shades of
olive brown on the snout and along the back, also some cloudy mai-kinga. A large black
blotch on the lateral-line above the anal fin, another between the pectoral and first dorsal.
Tip of dorsal and ends of both caudal lobes black.

Habitat. — Col. Tickell obtained four examples, the largest 3j inches long from the Anin,
a stream rising near Weywoon, Wagroo in the Tenasserim Provinces.

Page 474. Add Genus — Akysis, Bleeker.

Body someivhat elongated: head broad, and covered with soft skin. Gill-openings of
moderate width, the membranes stretching across the isthmus, and being slightly notched pos-
teriorly. Mouth terminal : the upper jazv slightly the longer. Nostrils, the anterior one with
slightly tubular edges, posterior with a barbel before it. Barbels eight. Eyes small. Villiform
teeth in the jaws, none on the palate. A short dorsal fin ivith one spine and five rays :
pectorals horizontal : ventral with six rays : caudal emarginate or forked. Lateral-line
present. Skin tubercular.

Geographical distribxition. — From the Tenasserim Provinces to the Malay Archipelago.

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Aktsis pictus.

Giinther, Ann. and Mag. N. H. (5) xi, p. 1883, p. 138.

D. i/0, P. 1/7, V. 6, A. 9.

Head broader than deep. Eyes — wide apart, and twice as distant from the g^Il-opening
as from the end of the snout. The di.stance of the anterior nostrils apart equals about
half the length of the snout, while the interspace between the anterior and posterior
nostrils equals half that present between the front pair. Barbels — nasal half as long as
the head, the maxillary reaching to the origin of the dorsal fin, the outer mandibular ones
to the a.xil of the pectoral, while the inner ones are shorter. Fins — dorsal commences
midway between the snout and the adipose fin, its spine comparatively strong. Anal
arises nearer the root of the caudal than that of the pectoral. Caudal emarginate :
pectoral extending a little beyond the origin of the dorsal, its spine strong and entire :
ventrals reaching the vent. Colours — head grayish with minute black spots, body
anteriorly black which is contracted into an irregular band that runs along the middle of
the posterior part of the body and tail. Dorsal fin with a black band covering all but its
front corner and upper edge : caudal and pectoral banded.

Habitat. — Tenasserim to 45 millim long.

Page 475. Oltea longicadda. Add synonym.

Olyra elongata, Giinther, Annals and Mag. Nat. Hist. p.

Page 503. Add Family — GALAXiDiE.

Body more or less elongated : abdomen rounded. Pseudobranchiae absent. Edge of upper jaw mainly
fonned by the premaxillaries. Dorsal fin opposite to the anal, no adipose fin. Air-bladder large and simple.
Pyloric appendages few. The ova pass into the abdominal cavity before exclusion.

Genus 1. — Galaxias, Cuvier.
Mesites, Jenyns.

Definition as in family. Conical teeth in both jaws, vomer and palatine bones, and large
ones on the tongue.

Habitat. — Southern portion of South America, Australia, New Zealand, and observed to
live in fresh waters : this Indian form was from the littoral district.

Galaxias indicus.

B. ix, D. 13, P. 10, V. 8, A. 18, C. 15.

Length of head 8|, of caudal fin 8j, height of body 11 in the total length. Eyes —
3| diameters in the length of the head and Ij from the end of the snout. Body elongated
and flattened, with a rounded abdomen. Teeth — fine conical ones in the lower jaw, vomer
and palatine bones, and some larger ones on the tongue. Fi7is — ventral well developed
and arising midway between the hind edge of the eye and the posterior extremity of the
base of the anal fin. Dorsal fin commences opposite the origin of the anal, and in about
the commencement of the last third of the total length it is highest in front, and the
extent of free portion of the tail behind it equals about IJ in the length of its base.
Caudal forked.

Habitat. — Littoral districts of Bengal and Madras, attaining about 2 inches in length.

Among the drawings of the late Sir Walter Elliot is one of a small fish, a little over
1 inch in length, and a magnified copy nearly four times that size. It was taken at
Waltair, April 8th, 1853. Its form is deeper than the foregoing, while it has D. 17,
A. '2-4. No ventral fins are shown, and the vent is placed in the centre of the length of
the body. Dorsal fin commences slightly in advance of the anal and in the commencement
of last third of the total length : caudal forked. Colours— a row of black spots_ along the
edge of the abdomen. Sufiicifnt details are not given to render one able to decide on the
position it should hold. In the absence of ventral fins, which may have been overlooked,
it somewhat approaches the Leucopsarion Petersii of Hilgendorf.

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Page 520. Add Exociics altipixnis.

Cav. and Val. xix, p. 109, pi. 560; Bleeker, Atl. Ich. vi, Scomb. t. i, f. 3 (ventrals too
short) ; Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, page
Exoccetus hatopron, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. vi, p. 72.

B. xi, D. l;l, P. 14-15, V. G, A. 10, C. 14, L. 1. 52 ; L. tr. 7-8/2.

Lenrrth of head 5^ to 5i, of caudal fin 4| to 5, hei^'ht of body 7 to 7| in the total length.
Eyes — diameter 2J in the length of the head, f of a diameter from the end of the snout,
and rather more than 1 apart. Interorbital space flat or rather concave. Barbels —
absent. Teeth — rudimentary. Fiii^ — dorsal commences between the hind edge of the
orbit and the end of the lower caudal lobe, anteriorly it is two-thirds as high as the body.
Ventrals commence midway between the hind edge of the eye and the base of the caudal
fin, reaching to the end of the base of the anal. Anal begins on a line below the
middle of the dorsal fin. Scales — 28 rows between the occiput and the base of the dorsal
fin. Colours — bluish, becoming silvery along the abdomen : pectoral nearly black with
the first ray white, and an oblique wide white band crossing from its outer edge to a little
in front of its base. In one specimen the ventral is black tipped : caudal grayish.

Sahitat. — Two specimens up to IH inches long received from Bombay: it extends to the
Malay Archipelago.

Page 549. Cirrhixa fcluxgee. Add synonym.
Gohio angrioides, Jerdon.

Page 551. Scaphiodon irregdlakis. Add synonym.

Cirrhina afijhana, Gijnther, Trans. Linn. Soc. 1887.

Not only does this fish differ from those of the genns Cirrhina in the character of its
mouth, but it Likewise possesses a serrated osseous ray in the dorsal fin.

Page 564. Barbus toe.

This species is found in Ceylon, according to Haly.

Page 582. Add Gen\i^—Acanthonotus, Tickell (MSS.).

Mouth arched, anterior : barbels absent, eyes without adipose lids. Dorsal Jin rather short,
commencing slightly anterior to the root of the ventral, its osseous ray being strong, serrated
and preceded at its base by a small forwardly-directed spine : anal short. Scales large,
no enlarged row at base of anal Jin. Lateral-line complete and continued to opposite the
centre of the base of the caudal.

1. ACANTHONOTDS AEGENTEUS.

Tickell, MSS. page 49, with a figure.

D. 9 (I), P. 14, V. 8, A. 7, C. 18, L. L 30.

Length of head as delineated 6, of caudal fin 3j, height of body 3^ in the total length.
Eyes — diameter 3j in the length of the head, 1 diameter from the end of the snout.
Snout blunt, rather overhanging the mouth, body compressed : profile with a considerable
rise from snout to base of dorsal fin. Fins — dorsal spine strong and posteriorly
serrated, caudal deeply forked, its lobes acutely pointed. A small horizontal spine in
front of the dorsal fin pointing forwards and scarcely protruding from beneath the skin.
Lateral-line — complete. Colours — brilliant silvery with lilac and blue shades and a
tinge of olive-yellow on the back. Dorsal fin orange-scarlet superiorly bordered with
black except on the last two rays, the other fins lemon-yellow. Dorsal ridge black in its
upper portion.

Habitat. — Very common in the streams of the intei . jr of the Tenasserim district, the
largest obtained being about 5'4 inches in length.

Page 587. Add Rohtee cunma.

Abramis cunma, Tickell, MSS. p. 63, c. fig.

B. iii, D. 12 (A), P. 13, V. 10, A. 30, C. 18, L. 1. 44.

Length of head b\, of caudal fin 4^, height of body 3 in the total length. Eyes—
diameter 3 in the length of the head, 1 diameter from the end of the snout and also apart.
Profile over nape slightly concave, a considei-able rise from snout to base of dorsal fin :
snout somewhat obtuse, upper jaw the longer. Fins — dorsal anteriorly two-thirds as high
as the body below it, commencing somewhat nearer the snout than the base of the caudal

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fin, its spine weak and longer than the head, not serrated. Caudal deeply forked, lower
lobe somewhat the longer. Lateral-line — strongly marked in its first four scales.
Colours — olive, superiorly becoming silvery on the sides and below : a brassy tinge along
the lateral-line and over the cheeks and giU-covers. Fins amber: dorsal and caudal with
a narrow black edge.

Habitat. — Colonel Tickell procured it at Moulmein, where he found it to be common.
His figure is 5^ inches long.

Page 652. Family CHiEOCENTRiDiE. After " intestinal canal short," add " and furnished with spiral folds."

Page 679. Add Syngnathus conspicillatus.

Syngnathus fasciatus, Gray, Ind. Zool. c. fig. (not Risso).

,, conspicillatus, Jenyns, Voy. Beagle, Fish. p. 147, pi. xxvii, f. 4 ; Giinther,

Catal. viii, p. 174.
Syngnathus hcematopterus, Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. ii, p. 2.58.
Corythoichthys fasciatus, Kaup, Lophob. p. 25 ; Kner, Novara Fisch. p. 391.

D. 29-32, P. 14, A. 3, C. 10, osseous rings 16-17 + 34-37.

Length of head about 10| in the total length : tail portion more than twice as long as
that of the body. Snout slender. The upper profile of the head rises abruptly above the
eyes. Opercle crossed by a ridge : a median ridge on the occiput and nuchal shields : a
supraorbital ridge which is continued along each side of the crown. Body slightly deeper
than broad, ridges well developed : egg pouch not quite half so long as the tail. Fins —
the dorsal commences on the anal or first caudal ring. Colours — trunk grayish-brown,
with deep brown interrupted transverse bands, and sometimes large white intermediate
spots. Fine brown lines on the head, and a band below the eye over the lower side of the
opercle. Dorsal fin a little spotted.

Habitat. — From the east coast of Africa to the Pacific Ocean. The Colombo Museum
possesses five specimens procured from Jaffna in the northern portion of Ceylon (Haly,
Taprobanian i, 1886, p. 165).

Page 692. Add Balistes bxjniva.

Balistes niger, Osbeck, Voy. China, ii, p. 93 (not Linn.) ; Bl. taf. 152, f. 2 ; Bl. Schn. p. 472 ;
Lacep. i, p. 370, pi. xviii, f. 1; Richards. Voy. Samarang Fishes, p. 21, pi. vi, fig. 1-4,
and Ich. China, p. 201 ; Giinther, Fish Zanzibar, p. 135, pi. six, f. 1.
Balistes huniva, Lacep. v, p. 669, pi. xxi, f. 1 ; Giinther, Catal. i-iii, p. 227.

„ pictus, Poey, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1863, p. 180.
Melichthys ringens, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. v, p. 108, Balistes, pi. ccxx, f. 2.

B. vi, D. 2-3/31-33, P. 15, A. 28-30, L. 1, 53 (65 Bleeker).

Length of head 4, of caudal fin 8, height of body nearly half of the total length.
Eyes—h diameters in the length of the head, and 3| from the end of the snout: a
groove before the eye. Teeth — white, even, and incisor-like. Fins — first spine of
dorsal fin very strong : caudal posteriorly with an S-shaped outline, in old specimens the
lobes are slightly produced. Sea Zes— enlarged osseous plates behind the gill-opening.
Seven or eight raised and spiny lines on the side of the tail. Colours — black with a
raised white line along the bases of both the second dorsal and anal fins.

Habitat. — Tropical parts of Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. It has been captured
in Zanzibar (Playfair) and Ceylon (Haly), where it appears to be common.

Page 693. Add Moxacanthus toementoscs.

Balistes tormentosus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 405 ; Gronov. ed. Gray, p. 34 ; La Cepede, i,

pp. 333, 359.
Monacanthus tormentosus, Cuv. Regno Anim : Bleeker, Atl. Ich. v, p. 127, Balistes pi. vi,

fig. i, male, and pi. xvi, fig. i, female : Giinther, Catal. viii, p. 238.

„ hajam, Bleeker, 1. c. p. 126, Balistes, pi. i, fig. I, female, and pi. xvi, fig. 1, 3, rnale.

„ trichurus, Bleeker, Nat. Tvds. Ned. Ind. iv, p. 125.

„ helleri, Steind. Sitz. Ah. Wiss Wien. 1867, Iv, p. 712, t. iii, f. 3.

B. vi, D-1/26-29, P. 11, A. 25-27, C. 10.

Length of head 4, of caudal fin 5\, height of body 2| in the total length. _ Eyes—
situated high up in the posterior half of the head over the gill-opening and 2 diameters
from the end of the snout. Body somewhat elevated, profile from snout to fii-st dorsal

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fin somowbat concave. Fins — Dorsal spine situated over tlie hind quarter of the eye,
strong and about as long as the head, armed posteriorly with a double row of
recurved spines. Ventral spine movable with small curved spines posteriorly, second
dorsal and anal fins low : caudal rounded. Scales — small, each with 4 or 5 marginal spines,
while the male on either side of the tail has a long patch of short setiform spines some-
times absent from the female. Some short fleshy tentaches on the side of the body.
Colours — brown, spotted and marbled with black, a light band along the anterior half of
the body. Caudal fin with two dark vertical bands.

Habitat. — Obtained by Mr. Haly in August, 1888, at Karativoe, Ceylon ; is found in the
Malay Archipelago, Chinese and Australian seas.

Page 708. The Colombo Museum sustained a great loss during my absence last year : a small sun-fish,
Orthagoriscus, was brought for sale, but was unfortunately rejected (Haly, in the
Taprohanian, vol. ii, 1888, p. 165). This may have been the widely ranging 0. viola not
uncommon off the British coast, and which has been taken in New South Wales, &c.,
and of which Klunzinger seems to have obtained a specimen in the Red Sea : or it may
be the form found at Amboina which was described and figured by Bleeker in 1873 as
0. oxyuroptei-us : or possibly a nondescript.

Page 709. Add Diodon maculatus.

Diodon tachete, Lacep. ii, p. 13.

,, novem-maculatus, Cuvier, c. fig. ; Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. iii, p. 667.

„ sex-riiactilatris and qnadrimaculatus, Cuv. c. fig.; Kaup, pp. 229, 227.

„ spinosissimus, Kaup, p. 228 (not Cuv.).
Paradiodon novein-macnlatus, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. v, p. 57, Gym. pi. ii, f. 3.

,, quadri-mactdatus, Bleeker, 1. c. p. 58, pi. viii, f. 2.

Diodon macnlatus, Giinther, Cat. viii, p. 307.

B. vi, D. 2/13, P. 23, A. 2/12, C. 7.

Length of head 2j to 3^ in the length of the body. E^/es — diameter 3|^ to 4 in the
length of the head. Sometimes tentacles above the orbit and on the lower side of the
head, and on the back. Spines of varying lengths, from 16 to 19 between the snout and
the dorsal fin : there are generally only two or three posterior to the dorsal fin. The roots
of these spines are long and strong, and have a distinct ridge along their basal portions.
Colours — large black yellow-edged blotches on the body of various shapes, and often
small black spots. The large black spots are in some cases badly defined.

Habitat — Tropical portions of the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Archipelago, also the
Pacific. Found in the Gulf of Manaar by Sir Walter Elliot, and in Ceylon by Haly.

Page 716. Add Cakcharias mdrrati.

Giinther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5), si, p. 137.

Snout short and obtuse : the distance between the mouth and the end of the snout being
less than that between the inner angles of the nostrils. Nostrils nearly midway between
the end of the snout and the mouth. Teeth — in the upper jaw of moderate size, the
anterior equilateral, i-athcr longer than broad, those on the side oblique, with their posterior
edges concave, and both sides finely serrated : twentj'-nine rows in the lower jaw, lanceolate,
their edges smooth, with a broad base, two-rooted, and some with an additional minute
lobe. Fins — first dorsal commences opposite the axil of the pectoral : the second only
one-third of the size of the first, but larger than the anal, which is small : origin of anal
behind that of the second dorsal. Pectoi-al large, exceeding the distance between the first
gill -opening and the end of the snout, the length of its hind margin only one-fourth of
that of its outer. Caudal of moderate size, rather more than the distance between the two
dorsal fins. Colours — uniform, top of first dorsal may have been black.

Habitat. — Kurrachee, where an example 6 feet 8 inches long was captured. The specimen
is stuffed, and not in a good condition. It is very closely allied to C. ellioti, from which
it differs in the smaller size of the second dorsal and anal fins, but is probably only a
variety.

Page 720. Add Ztgj:na mokarr.w.

Riippell, N. W. Fisch. 1835, p. &^j, t. xvii, t. 3 ; Giinther, Catal. viii, p. 383 ; Day, Ann. and
Mag. N. H. (6) XX, 1887, p. 389.

Sphyrna mokarran, Mull, and Henle, Plagios. p. 54.

810 FISHES OF INDIA.

Zygcena dissimilis, Murray, Annal. and Mag. N. H. (5) xx, 1887, p. 304.

Anterior edge of head nearly straight, and forming a more or less right angle with its
lateral margin. Length of the hind edge of one of the lobes equal to or rather exceeding
its width near the eye. Eyes — nostrils near them : but no groove running along the front
edge of the head. Teeth — oblique, as broad at their base as long, with an indistinct lateral
notch, and serrated on both edges. Colours — brownish graj', becoming white beneath.

Halitat. — Red Sea to Kurrachee where one, a little over 10 feet in length, was captured
in April, 1884.

Page 722. Add Lajina guntheri, Murray.

Murray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (5), xiii, p. 349.

Said to differ from L. spallanzanii in having -|| teeth on either side, and the dorsal fin
being a little further behind the base of the pectoral.

By an error in transcribing (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1887) I placed this shark instead of
Carcharias vmrrayi, Giinther, as a synonym to Carcharias ellioti. It occurred owing to
having noted, after having examined the type that Murray's shark fi-om Korrachee, that it
seemed to be identical with Elliot's shark from the coasts of India.

Habitat. — Kurrachee.

Page 722. Add Genus 2 — Odontaspis, Agassiz.

TriglocMs, Miiller and Henle.

Spiracles viinute and ahove the angle of the mouth. No nictitating memhrane. Mouth wide
and crescent-shaped. Teeth large, aid-shaped, and with one or two chsjjs at the base. Gill-
openings of moderate size. Two spineless dorsal fins, the first opposite the interspace between
the 2>sctoral and ventral : the second dorsal and anal not much smaller than the first dorsal.
A pit present or absent at the root of the caudal fin.

Geographical distribution. — Temperate and tropical seas.

1. Odontaspis teicuspidatus.

Carcharias tricuspidatus. Day, Fish. India, p. 713, pi. clxxxvi, fig. 1.

Bimdanee, Sind.

This fish was formerly placed as a Carcharias, owing to the presence of a pit at the root
of the caudal fin as observed at page 722.

Genus 3. — Alopias, Eafinesque.

Mouth crescentic. No membrana nictitans to the eye. Spiracles minute, close behind the
orbit. Teeth of rather small size, flattened and triangular, having smooth edges. Gill-
openings of medium size. The first dorsal fin spineless, inserted above the interspace betiveen
the pectoral and ventral fins : the second dorsal above the interspace betiveen the ventral and
anal, the latter being small. Caudal very long, with a pit at its commencement. No keel
on the side of the tail.

1. Alopias vulpes.

Squalus vulpes, Gmel. Linn. p. 1496 ; Lacepede, i, p. 267 ; Bl. Schn. p. 127.

Carcharias vulpes, Cuv. Regne Anim.

Alopias vulpes, Bonap. Fauna Ital. Pesc. iii, p. 66, c. fig. ; Miiller and Henle, p. 74, pi. xxxv,

f. 1 {teeth) ; Gray, Catal. Chond. p. 64 ; Day, Fish. Great Britain and Ireland, ii, p. 30O

{see synon.).
Alopiecias vulpes, Tarrell, Brit. Fish. (ed. 3), ii, p. 512, c. fig. ; Giinther, Catal. viii, p. 393.

Body fusiform, gradually decreasing in size to the caudal fin, the great length of
which is about half of the total. Eyes — rather large. Nosti-ils beneath and nearer the
anterior border of the mouth than the end of the snout. Gill-opening of median size,
the last two being over the pectoral fin. Teeth — about '{^ ^ \l , the third or fourth tooth
on either side of the centre of the upper jaw smaller than the others.

Habitat. — Atlantic Ocean on both shores. One from the Cape of Good Hope is in the
Paris Museum, and Mr. Haly in the Tabrobanian, 1886, i, p. 167, records one 8 ft. 8 in.
in length from Ceylon, having been procured from the Colombo market, February, 1884,
where it was quite unknown to the fishermen. It is also found in the Mediterranean, and
has been obtained from San Francisco Bay, California, and New Zealand.

SUPPLEMENT, 1888. 811

Page 723. Add

Family— EHINODONTID^. .

Spiricales minute : no nictitating membrane. Gill-openings wide. Two spineless dorsal fins, the
origin of the first somewhat in advance of the ventrals : the second small, placed nearly opposite the anal :
lower caudal lobe well developed. A keel along the side of the tail. A pit at the root of the caudal fin.

Genus 1. — Rhisodon, Smith.

Definition as in the family. Mouth and nostrils near the extremity of the snout. Teeth
sriiall and conical. Gill-rakers similar to those of the basking-shark of Northern seas.

Geographical distribution. — Ceylon and Seychelles to the Cape of Good Hope. Specimens
are said to have exceeded fifty and even seventy feet in length. It is a harmless form.

Rhikodon ttpicus.

Smith, Illus. S. African Fish, pi. 2G ; Miiller and Heule, p. 77, t. xxxv, f. 2 (teeth) ;
Dumeril, Elasm. p. 428 ; Haly, Ann. and Mag. N. H. (5), xii, p. 48.

Snout broad, flat, and short. Eyes — small. Upper jaw with a long labial fold.
Colours — brownish white dots and narrow transverse lines.

Habitat. — One example recorded from the west coast of Ceylon.

Page 725. Add 2. Gingltmostoma concoloe.

Nehrius concolor, Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 62, t. xvii, f. 2.

Ginglymostoma concolor, Cantor, Mai. Fish. p. 395; Giinther, Catal. viii, p. 409; Klunz.

Synopsis F. R. M. 1871, p. 672.
Ginglymostoma ruppellii, Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv, Plagios. p. 91 ; Dumeril, Elasm.
p. 334.

Snout short. The nasal cirrus nearly reaches tlie lower lip. Teeth — in three rows,
with one central and four or five lateral cusps, having serrated edges. Fins — dorsal,
pectoral, and anal fins with pointed angles. Second dorsal much smaller than the first,
and placed nearly opposite to but larger than the anal. Caudal fin one-third of the total
length.

Habitat. — Red Sea, through those of India to the Malay Archipelago.

Page 729. Add 4. Pristis pectinatus.

Latham, Trans. Linn. Soc. 1794, ii, p. 278, pi. xxvi, f. 2 (snout) ; Bl. Schn. p. 351, pi. Ixx,
f. 1; Miill. and Henle, p. 109; Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1860, p. 36; Dumeril,
Elasmobranchs, p. 475; Giinther, Catal. viii, p. 437; Klunz. Synop. F. R. M. 1871,
p. 673.
Squalus scic, Lacep. i, p. 286, pi. viii.

Rostrum nearly twice as wide at its base as at its termination, armed with from 24 to
27 pairs of teeth which are generally long and somewhat strong and not placed opposite
one another, while they may be directed somewhat posteriorly. Anteriorly the interspace
between each tooth equals about the width of their base, but among the most posterior
ones it becomes double that distance. Fins — first dorsal commences opposite the ventral,
the second dorsal about of equal size to the first. JN'o lower caudal lobe. Colours —
sandy-brown becoming lighter beneath.

Habitat. — Red Sea, through the Indian Ocean.

Page 732. Add Rhihobatus coLUMNiE.

Bhinobatus (Syrrhina) columnce, Miiller and Henle, p. 113 : Dumeril, Elasm. p. 486.

„ „ annulatus, Miill. and Hen. p. 116 : Smith, Illus. Zool. S. Afri. Pisces,

pi. xvi : Dumeril, 1. c. p. 487.

812 FISHES OF INDIA.

Raja rhinobatus, Gronov. ed. Gray, p. 10.

Rhinohatus {Syrrhina) polyophthalmus, Bleeker, Japan, p. 129.

Snout rather elongated : the distance between the outer angles of the nostrils equals
two-fifths of the extent preoral portion of the snout. Anterior nasal valve is con-
nected to a fold of skin passing towards the median line and so nearly joins that of the
opposite side. The upper vortral ridges are convergent in front. Back finely granular
with a medium row of small tubercles. Colours — brown, young examples have a
white snout.

Habitat. — Mediterranean and the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.

Page 745. Erase Genus Ceratoptera.

Ceratoptera ehrenhergii.

The figure must, I think, refer to an abnormal condition of Astrape dipterygia, as I find
such a form of monstrosity more common among European rays and skates than I had
formerly reason for supposing.

Page 729. Add

Sub-Class— LEPTOCARDII.

Skeleton semicartilaginous and notochordal : destitute of jaws or ribs. Brain absent. Blood colourless
and distributed by pulsating sinuses. Respiratory and abdominal cavities confluent: numerous branchial
clefts and the water discharged by an opening in front of the vent.

Family I.— CIREOSTOMI.

An elongated compressed body, having a low and rayless dorsal fin, continued round the tail past the
vent to the respiratory opening. Mouth a longitudinal slit on the inferior surface, and with cirri. Eyes
rudimentary. Vent near the end of the tail.

Genus 1 — Branchiostoma, Costa.

AmpTiioxus, Tarrell.
Definition as in the family .

One or more species of this genus are common around the waters of India, Burma,
Ceylon, and the Andaman Islands.

INDEX TO SUPPLEMENT, 1888,

Abramis cunma, 807
Aoanthoclinus, 798
Aoanthoclinus indicus, 798
Acanthonotus, 807
Acanthonotus argenteus, 807
Acanthurus annularis, 789
Acanthurus aigcnteus, 739
Acanthurus Blochii, 789
Acanthurus gahm, 789
Acanthurus mata, 789
Acanthurus niatoides, 789
Acanthurus nielanurus, 789
Acanthurus nigricans, 789
Acanthurus striatus, 789
Acanthurus strigosus, 789
Acanthurus tennentii, 788
Acanthurus tristis, 788
Acanthurus xanthopterus, 789
Acronurus hneolatus, 789
acutipinnis, Gobius, 793
acutiroslris, Serrauus, 780
acutus, Lethriuus, 787
adusta, Myripristis, 788
adustus, Pseuilochromis, 791
afghana, Cirrhina, 807
Akysis, 805
Akysis pictus, 806
albofasciatus, Pomacentrus,801
alboguttatus, Salarias, 798
albovinctus, Glyphidodon, 801
Alopecias vulpes, 810
Alopias, 810
Alopias vulpes, 810
altipinnis, Exocfetus, 807
altispinis, Gerres, 780
altivelis, Cromileptes, 779
altivelis, Serranus, 7H0
Ambassis baculis, 7s4
Ambassis myops, 784
Ambassis notatus, 784
Ambassis ranga, 784
Amphioxus, 812
Amphiprion bifasciata, 800
Amphiprion intermedius, 800
Amphiprion sebffi, 800
Amphiprion trifasciatum, 800
angrioides, Gobio, 807
angularis, Serranus, 780
annularis, Acanthurus, 789
annulatus, Ehinobatus, 811
Anthias argus, 780
Anthias hamruhr, 783
Anthias multidens, 782
Antika doondiawah, 783
antjerius, Glyphidodon, 801
antjerius, Glyphidodontops, 801

Aphareus, 782
Aphareus cajrulescens, 782
Aphareus furcatus, 782
Aphareus rutilans, 782
Apogon arafurip, 784
Apogon bifasciatus, 784
Apogon ellioti, 784
Apogon endekatiEnia, 784
Apogon fasciatus, 784
Apogon lineolatus, 785
Apogon macropterus, 785
Apogon maximus, 784
Apogon piBcilopterus, 785
Apogon thurstoni, 784
Apogon tickelli, 785
aporos, Ophiocara, 795
Aprion pristopoma, 782
arabica, Perca, 785
arabica, Trigla, 791
arabicus, Cheilodiisterus, 785
arafurte, Apogon, 784
arenatus, Salarias, 798
areolata, Perca, 780
areolatus, Serranus, 780
argentaria, Gazza, 790
argentarius, Zeus, 790
argenteus, Acanthurus, 789
argenteus, Acanthonotus, 807
argentimaculatus, Lutjanus, 783
argus, Anthias, 780
aries, Chrysophrys, 788
ater, Glyphidodon, 801
Astrape dipterygia, 812
auriga, Trichiin-us, 788
aurolineatus, Mesoiirion, 783

baculis, Ambassis, 784
Balistes buniva, 808
Balistes niger, 808
Balistes pictus, 808
Balistes tormentosus, 808
bataviensis, Pseudoscarus, 803
bataviensis, Scarus, 803
Bengalensis, Holocentrus, 783
Bengalensis, Lutjanus, 783
berda, Chrysophrys, 788
bicolor, Salarias, 798
bifasciata, Amiihiprion, 800
bifasciatus, Apogon, 784
bifasciatus, Prochilus, 800
bilineatus, Pomacentrus, 801
bilunulatus, Cossyphus, 802
bilunulatus, Labrus, 802
bipinnulatus, Seriolichthys, 789
bixanthopterus, Caranx, 789
Blennius leopardus, 790

Blennius steindachneri, 796
blochii, Acanthurus, 789
blochii, Dentex, 786
blochii, Priacanthus, 783
Bodian cuviei'i, 785
botche, Myripristis, 788
Branchiostoma, 812
brandesii, Oxybeles, 805
brevis, Salarias, 796
Brotula jerdoni, 804
Brotula multibarbata, 804
buniva, Balistes, 808

Cffiruleolineata, Mesoprion, 783
CEerulescens, Aphareus, 782
calcariter, Lates, 779
canescens, Chretodon, 786
canescens, Zanolus, 786
caninus, Caranx, 789
Carangoides hemigymnostethus,

789
Carangoides telamparoides, 789
Carangus marginatus, 789
Caranx bixanthopterus, 789
Caranx caninus, 789
Caranx edentulus, 789
Caranx ferdau, 789
Caranx Havo-cajruleus, 789
Caranx hippos, 789
Caranx impudicus, 789
Caranx jayakari, 789
Caranx kurra, 789
Caranx malabaricus, 789
Caranx raelampygus, 789
Caranx uigrescens, 789
Caranx parapistes, 789
Caranx riippellii, 789
Caranx speciosus, 789
Caranx stellatus, 789
Caranx venator, 789
Carcharias ellioti, 809, 810
Carcharias murrayi, 809, 810
Carcharias tricuspidatus, 810
Carcharias vulpes, 810
carinatus, Mugil, 800
caudolineatus, Salarias, 798
cavifrons, Pseudolates, 779
centrognathum, Gnathocen-

trum, 786
centrognathus, Zanolus, 786
Centopristis pristopoma, 782
Cepola indica, 796
Ceratoptera, 812
Ceratoptera ehrenbergii, 812
chabrolii, Cossyphus, 802
Chatodon canescens, 780

Chffitodon citrinellus, 786
Chajtodon fasciatus, 786
Chffitodon flavus, 786
Chajtodon guttatissimus, 786
Chtetodon lividus, 801
ChnetodoQ lunula, 786
Chffitodon miliaris, 786
Chffitodon nudus, 786
Chffitodon ocellatus, 786
Chffitodon oligacanthus, 786
Chffitodon quadrifasciatus, 786
Chffitodon tau nigrum, 786
Chffitodon trifasciatus, 786
Chffitodon vittatus, 786
Chffitodon wiebeli, 786
Chffitopterus pristipoma, 782
Cheilodipterus arabicus, 785
Cheilodipterus liueatus, 785
Cheilodipterus macrodon, 785
Cheilodipterus panijius, 791
Cheilinus undulatus, 802
chilioprista, Scorpnina, 788
Chirocentridffi, 808
chlorostigma, Gobius, 793
Chorinemus lysan, 789
Chorinemus mauritiana, 789
Chorinemus moadetta, 789
Chorinemus orientalis, 789
Chorinemus sancti-petri, 789
Chorinemus tol, 789
Chorinemus toloo, 789
Chrysophrys aries, 788
Chrysophrys berda, 788
Chrysophrys cuvieri, 788
Chrysophrys datnia, 788
Chrysophrys graudoculis, 787
Chrysophrys haffara, 788
chrysurus, Pomacentrus, 801
cincta, Pterois, 788
cingulus, Glyphidodon, 801
Cirrhina afghana, 807
Cirrhina fulungee, 807
Cirrhites fasciatus, 788
Cirrhitichthys fasciatus, 788
cirrhostomus, Mugil, 800
Citharoedus vittatus, 786
citrinellus, Chffitodon, 786
coccinicauda, Malacocanthus,

791
columnffi, Rhinobatus, 811
compressus, Grammistes, 783
concolor, Ginglymostoma, 811
concolor, Nebrius, 811
conspicillatus, Syngnathus, 808
coppingeri, Trachynotua, 790
Coracinus vittatus, 800

814

INDEX TO SUPPLEMENT, 1883.

Coris halei, 803
cornutus, Zanclus, 786
Corystion orientalis, 792
Corythoichthys fasciatus, 808
Cossyphus bilunulatus, 802
Cossyphus chabrolii, 802
Cossyphus maldat, 802
Cossyphus micrurus, 802
Crassilabrus undulatus, 802
crenilabris, Mugil, 800
cristatus, Trichiurus, 788
Cristiceps, 799
Cristiceps halei, 799
Cromileptes altivelis, 779
cruentipinnis, Salarias, 797
Cul nachooli, 794
cunma, Abramis, 807
cunma, Rohtee, 807
cuvieri, Bodian, 785
cuvieri, Chrysophrys, 788
cuvieri, Diagramma, 785
cuvieri, Plectorhynchus, 785
cuvieri, Sparus, 788
cyaneus, Glyphidodon, 801
cylindrica, Percis, 790

Dactylopterus orientalis, 792
Dascyllus niger, 801
Dascyllus trimaculatus, 801
Dascyllus unicolor, 801
Datnia, 785

datnia, Chrysophrys, 788
Datnioides polota, 786
Datnioides quadrifasciatus, 786
Decapterus Russellii, 789
Dentex blochii, 786
dentex, Equala, 790
Dentex filamentosus, 786
dentex, Lutjanus, 782
dentex, Mesoprion, 782
Dentex pristopoma, 782
Dentex ta?niopterus, 786
diacanthus, Serranus, 780
Diacope macolor, 783
Diacope nigra, 783
Diagramma cuvieri, 78'
Diagramma griseum, 785
Diagramma jayakari, 785
Diagramma lessonii, 785
Diagramma seba», 785
Diaphasia, 805
Diodon maculatus, 809
Diodon novem-maculatus, 809
Diodou quadrimaculatus, 809
Diodon sex-maculatus, 809
Diodon spinosissimus, 809
Diodon tachete, 809
dipterygia, Astrape, 812
dispar, Glyphidodon, 801
dissimilis, Zygfena, 810
Domina, Sillago, 791
Dundanee, 810

dussumieri, Pseudoscarus, 804
dussumieri, Scarus, 804
Duxordia tluviatilis, 805

Echiodon, 805
edentulus, Caranx, 789
ehrenbergii, Ceratoptera, 812
ehrenbergii, Mesoprion, 783
Elagatis pinnulatus, 789
Eleotris EUioti, 794
Eleotris hoedtii, 794
Eleotris Uneato-oculatus, 794
Eleotris macrocephalus, 795
Eleotris macrolepidota, 794
Eleotris macrolepidotus, 795
Eleotris muralig, 794
Eleotris ophioeephalus, 795

Eleotris porocephalus, 795
Eleotris tumifrons, 795
Eleotris viridis, 795
elHoti, Apogon, 784
ellioti, Carcharias, 809, 810
ellioti, Eleotris, 794
elongata, Olyra, 806
emarginatus, Pomacentrus, 801
endekatsenia, Apogon, 784
Epinephelus poUeni, 781
Epinephelus retouti, 780
Equula dentex, 790
Eupomacentrus lividus, 801
Exocffitus altipinnis, 807
Exocsetus katopron, 807

fasciatus, Apogon, 784
fasciatus, Chietodon, 786
fasciatus, Cirrhites, 788
fasciatus, Cirrhitichthys, 788
fasciatus, Corythoichthys, 808
fasciatus, Mugil, 800
fasciatus, Syngnathus, 808
fasciatus, Tetragonoptrus, 786
fax, Priacanthus, 784
ferdau, Caranx, 789
ferruginosus, Geneiates, 804
Fierasfer, 805
Fierasfer homei, 805
filamentosus, Dentex, 786
flavimarginatus, Serranus, 782
flavo-ca?ruleus, Caranx, 789
flavus. Chffitodon, 786
tluviatilis, Duxordia, 805
tluviatilis, Leiocassis, 805
fulungee, Cirrhina, 807
fulviflamma, Lutjanus, 783
furcatus, Aphareus, 782
furcatus, Labrus, 782
fuscus, Pimelepterus, 788
fuscus, Pomacentrus, 801
fuscus, Pseudochromis, 791
fuscus, Salarias, 797
fuscus, Serranus, 780
fuscus. Xyster, 788

gahm, Acanthurus, 789
Galaxias, 806
Galaxias indicus, 806
Galaxidffi, 806
garretti, Mesoprion, 783
Gazza argentaria, 790
Gazza tapeinosoma, 790
Geneiates ferruginosus, 804
Genyoroge macolor, 783
Genyoroge nigra, 783
Genyoroge notata, 783
geoffroyi, Serranus, 780
Gerres altispinis, 786
Gerres setifer, 786
gibbosus, Serranus, 778
Ginglymostoma coneolor, 811
GingljTnostoma riippellii, 811
Gljijhidodon alboviuctus, 801
Glyphidodon anterius, 801
Gljljhidodon ater, 801
Glyphidodon cingulus, 801
Glyphidodon cyaneus, 801
Glyphidodon dispar, 801
Glyphidodon henimelas, 801
Glyphidodou melas, 801
Glyphidodon modestus, 801
Glyphidodontops antjerius, 801
Glyphidodon unimaculatus, 801
Glyphidodon zonatus, 801
Glyphisodon leucopoma, 801
Glyphisodon phaiosoma, 801
GlyiJhisodon xanthozona, 801

Gnathocentrum centrogna-

thum, 786
Gobio angrioides, 807
Gobiodon quinque-strigatus,

794
Gobiodon rivulatus, 794
Gobius acutipinnis, 793
Gobius chlorostigma, 793
Gobius gymnocephalus, 792
Gobius histrio, 794
Gobius littoreus, 793
Gobius microlepis, 793
Gobius pleurostigma, 793
Gobius rivulatus, 794
Gobius sadanundio, 793
Gobius thurstoni, 793
Gobius viridipunctatus, 793
graramicus, Serranus, 780
Grammistes compressus, 783
Grammistes punctatus, 782
grandoculis, Chrysophrys, 787
grandoculis, Monotaxis, 787
gi'andoculis, Sciiena, 787
grandoculis, Sphserodon, 787
griseum, Diagramma, 785
guamensis, Psenes, 790
guamensis, Scorpiena, 788
guamensis, Scorpienopsis, 788
giintheri, Lamna, 810
guttatissimus, Chfetodon, 786
guttatus, Serranus, 782
gymnocephalus, Gobius, 792

hrematopterus, Syngnathus, 806
haffara, Chrysophrys, 788
haiiara, Spai'us, 788
hajam, Monacanthus, 808
halei, Cristiceps, 799
halei, Coris, 803
halei, Peristethus, 791
Halich»res javanicus, 803
hamruhr, Anthias, 783
hamruhr, Priacanthus, 783
hamruhr, Scifena, 783
hasta, Sparus, 788
Heliastes reticulatus, 800
helleri, Monacanthus, 808
Heraeroeoetes, 795
heinigymnostethus, Caran-

goid'es, 789
hemisticta, Trigla, 791
hemistictus, Serranus, 782
henimelas, Glyphidodon, 801
heterodon, Sphierodon, 787
hippos, Caranx, 789
histrio, Gobius, 794
hoedtii, Eleotris, 794
hoedtii, Ophiocara, 795
Holocentrus Bengalensis, 783
Holocentrus malabaricus, 780
holocentrus, Priacanthus, 784
Holocentrus platyrhinum, 788
Holocentrus quinquelinearis,

783
Holocentrus quinquelineatus,

783
Holocentrus samraara, 788
holomelas, Salarias, 797
homei, Fierasfer, 805
homei, Oxybeles, 805
Hoplonotus, 791

immaculatus, Mesoprion, 783
impudicus, Caranx, 780
indica, Cepola, 796
indicus, Acanthoclinus, 798
indicus, Galaxias, 800
intermedins, Amphiprion, 800
irregularis, Scaphiodon, 807

janesaba. Scomber, 790
japonicus, Synagris, 786
javanicus, Halichajres, 803
javanicus, Juhs, 803
javanicus, Platylossus, 803
javanicus, Psenes, 790
jayakari, Caranx, 789
jayakari, Diagramma, 785
jerdoni, Brotula, 804
Julis javanicus, 803
Julis metager, 802

Karum natsooli, 792
kasmira, Lutjanus, 783
katopron, Exocsetus, 807
katunho, Pomacentrus, 801
kennedyi, Trachynotus, 790
klunzingeri, Mugil, 800
kurra, Caranx, 789

Labrus bilunulatus, 802
Labrus furcatus, 782
Labrus latovittatus, 787
Labrus spilonotus, 802
Lamna giintheri, 810
Lamna spallanzanii, 810
Lates calcarifer, 779
latidens, Lethrinus, 787
latidens, Sphierodon, 787
latifasciatus, Serranus, 780, 781
latovittatus, Labrus, 787
latovittatus, Malacanthus, 787
latovittatus, Tfenianotus, 787
Leiocassis fluviatilis, 805
leonina, Scorptena, 788
leonina, Scorpsenopsis, 788
leopardus, Blennius, 796
leopardus, Serranus, 782
Leptocardii, 812
Leptosynanceia, 788
lessonii, Diagramma, 785
lessonii, Nemophis, 799
Lethrinus acutus, 787
Lethrinus latidens, 787
Lethrinus miniatus, 787
Lethrinus olivaceus, 787
Lethrinus rostratus, 787
Lethrinus waigiensis, 787
leucopoma, Gh-phidodon, 801
Leucopsarion Petersii, 806
Lichia tolooparah, 789
lineata, Perca, 785
lineato-oeulatus, Eleotris, 794
lineatus, Cheilodipterus, 785
lineatus, Salarias, 798
lineolatus, Acronurus, 789
hneolatus, Apogon, 785
littoreus, Gobius, 793
lividus, ChiEtodon, 801
lividus, Eupomacentrus, 801
lividus, Pomacentrus, 801
longicauda, Olyra, 806
loo. Scomber, 790
louti. Variola, 782
lunula, Chietodon, 786
Lutjanus argent imaculatus, 783
Lutjanus Bengalensis, 783
Lutjanus dentex, 782
Lutjanus fulviriamma, 783
Lutjanus kasmira, 783
Lutjanus macolor, 783
Lutjanus notatus, 783
Lutjanus nigra, 783
Lutjanus russellii, 783
Lutjanus quinquelineatus, 783
lysan, Choriuenms. 789

macolor, Diacope, 783
macolor, Genyoroge, 783

INDEX TO SUPPLEMENT, 1888.

815

macolor. Ijiitjanus, 793
macolor, Mesoprion, 783
Macolor typus, 783
macracanthus, Piiacanthus, 784
macrocephalus, Eleotris. 795
macrochilus, Mugil, 800
macrodon, Cheilodipterus, 785
macrodon, Paramia, 785
macrogenis, Serranus, 780
macroiepidota, Eleotris, 794
macrolepidotus, Eleotiis, 795
macropterus, Apogon, 785
maculatus, Diodon. 809
madagascaiensis, Xiphogadus,

799
madraspatensis, Priacanthicth-

thys, 781
malabarica, Pempheris, 788
malabaricus, Caranx, 789
malabaricus, Holocentrus, 780
malabaricus, Serranus, 780
maldat, Cossyphus, 802
Malacantliida;, 786
Malacanthus, 787
Malacauthus tseniatus, 787
Malacanthus latovittatus, 787
Malacocanthus, coccinicauda,

791
mangula, Pempheris, 788
marginatum, Tetradrachmnm,

800
marginatiis, Caranx, 789
mannoratus, Salarias, 798
mata, Acanthurus, 789
matoides, Acanthurus, 789
mauritiana, Chorinemus, 789
maximus, Apogon, 784
melampygus, Caranx, 789
melauurus, Acanthurus, 789
melas, Glyxihidodon. 801
melas, Paragl^-ijhidodon, 801
Melichthys ringens, 808
MesojOTon aurolineatus, 783
Mesoprion c*ruleolineata, 783
Mesoprion dentex, 782
Mesoprion ehrenbergii, 783
Mesoprion gavretti, 788
Mesoprion immaculatus, 783
Mesoprion macolor, 783
Mesoprion Eussellii, 783
metager, Platyglossus, 802
microlepidotus. Scomber, 790
microlepis, Gobius, 793
microlepis, Oxyurichthys ,793
micrurus, Cossyphus, 802
miliaris, Chietodon, 786
miliaris, Tetragonoptrus, 786
miniatus, Sparus, 787
minutus, Sebastes, 788
moadetta, Chorinemus, 789
modestus, Glyphidodon, 801
mokaiTan. Sphyn-na, 809
mokarrau. Zygiena, 809
mola, Ortbagoriscus, 809
moUuccensis, Scomber, 790
molucca, Pempheris, 788
Monacanthus hajam, 80S
Monacanthus helleri, 808
Monacanthus tormentosus, 808
Monacanthus trichurus, 808
Monotaxis grandocuUs, 787
morrhua, Serranus, 780, 781
Mugil earinatus, 800
Mugil cirrhostcraus. 800
Mugil crenilabris, 800
Mugil fasciatus, 800
Mugil klunzingeri, 800
Mugil macrochilus, 800
Mugil ceur, 800

Mugil planiceps, 800
Mugil riippellii, 800
Mugil tadc, 800
inultibarbata, Brotula, 804
multidens, Anthias, 782
multipunctatus, Serranus, 780
muralis, Eleotris, 794
mui'djan, Myripristis, 788
niurrayi, Carcharias, 809, 810
muticus, Trichiurus, 788
myops, Ambassis, 784
Myripristis adusta, 788
Myripristis botehe, 788
MjTipristis murdjan, 788
Myxus superficialis, 800

nageb, Pristipoma, 785
Nebrius concolor, 811
neilli, Salarias, 797
Nemophis lessonii, 799
Nga yanga ap'hyoo, SOI
niger, Balistes, 808
niger, Dascyllus, 801
niger, Proamblys, 783
niger, S.alarias, 797
nigra, Diacope, 783
nigra, Genyoroge, 783
nigra, Lutjanus, 783
nigra, Scisena, 783
nigrescens, Caranx, 789
nigricans, Acanthurus, 7 8S
nigricans, Sparus, 801
notata, Genyoroge, 783
notatus, Ambassis, 784
notatus, Lutjanus, 783
notatus, Synagris, 786
novemcinctus, Serranus, 782
novem-maculatus, jJiodon, 809
novem-maculatus, Paradiodon,

809
nuchalis, Pomacentrus, 801
nudus, ChfEtodon, 786

ocellas, Parachsetodon, 786
ocellatus, Chfetodon, 786
Odontaspis, 810
Odontaspis tricuspidatus, 810
ceur, Mugil, 800
oligacauthus, Ch.i'todon, 786
olivaceus, Lethriuus, 787
Olyra elongata, 806
Olyra longicauda, 806
oortii, Salarias, 798
Ophiocara aporos, 795
Ophiocara hoedtii, 795
Ophiocara ophiocephala, 795
Ophiocara tolsoui, 795
ophiocephala, Ophiocara, 795
ophiogephalus, Eleotris, 795
orientalis, Chorinemus, 789
orientalis, Corystion, 792
orientalis, Dactylopterus, 792
Orthagoriscus, 809
Ortbagoriscus mola, 809
Orthagoriscus oxyuropterus,809
ovatus, Trachynotus, 790
Oxybeles, 805
Oxybeles brandesii, 805
Oxybeles homei, 805
oxycei^hala, Scoiijoenopsis, 788
Oxyurichthys microlepsis, 793
oxyuropterus, Orthagoriscus,
809

pacificus, Eegalecus, 800

psecilopterus, Apogon, 785
Pagrus ruber, 787
Pagrus spinifer, 787
panijius, Cheilodipterus, 791

panijius, Sillago, 791
pantherinus, Serranus, 780
Parachretodon ocellatus, 786
Paradiodon novem-maculatus,

809
Paradiodon quadri-maculatus,

809
Paragly-jshidodon melas, 801
Paramia macrodon, 785
parapistes, Caranx, 789
pectinatus, Pristis, 811
Pempheris malabarica, 788
Pempheris mangula, 788
Pempheris molucca, 788
Pempheris rhomboideus, 788
Pempheris Eussellii, 788
Perca arabiea, 785
Perca areolata, 780
Perca lineata. 785
Pereis cylindrica, 790
Peristethus, 791
Peristethus halei, 791
petersii, Leucopsarion, 806
petersi, Petroscirtes, 796
Petroscirtes petersi, 796
Petroscirtes striatus, 796
Petroscirtes variabilis, 796
phaiosoma, Glyphidodon, 801
phaiosoma, Salarias, 797
pictus, Akysis, 806
pictus, Balistes, 808
Pimelepterus fuscus, 788
Pimelepterus waigiensis, 788
pinnulata, Seriola, 789
piunulatus, Elagatis, 789
planiceps, Mugil, 800
Platyglossus javanicus, 803
Platyglossus metager, 802
Platyglossus roseus, 803
platyrhiuum, Holocentrus, 788
Plectorhynchus cuvieri, 785
Plectorhynchus seba?, 785
pleurostigma, Gobius, 793
Ijneumatophorus minor, Scom-
ber, 790
poUeni, Epiuephelus, 781
poUeni, Serranus, 781
polota, Datnioides, 786
polylepis, Sebastopsis, 788
polvophthalmus, Trichonotus,

790
Pomacentrus albofasciatus, 801
Pomacentrus bilineatus, 801
Pomacentrus chrysurus, 801
Pomacentrus emarginatus, 801
Pomacentrus katunho, 801
Pomacentrus lividus, 801
Pomacentrus nuchalis, 801
Pomacentrus prosopotasnia, 801
Pomacentrus punctatus, 801
Pomacentrus simsiang, 801
Pomacentrus ta'niometopon, 801
Pomacentrus ta-niops, 801
Pomacentrus trilineatus, 801
Pomacentrus trimaculatus, 801
Pomacentrus tripunctatus, 801
Pomacentrus unifasciatus, 800
Pomacentrus vanicolensis, 801
Porobronchus, 805
povocephalus, Eleotris, 795
prifopercularis, Serranus, 780
Priacanlhichthys madraspaten-
sis, 781
Priacanthus blochii, 783
Priacanthus fax, 784
Priacanthus hamruhr, 783
Priacanthus holocentrum, 784
Priacanthus macracanthus, 784
Priacanthus schmittii, 784

Priacanthus tayenus, 784
pristipoma, Aprion, 782
pristipoma, Centopristis, 782
pristipoma, Cha;toi?terus, 782
pristipoma, Dentex, 782
Pristipoma nageb, 785
Pristipoma stridens, 785
Pristipomoides typus, 782
Pristis pectinatus, 811
Pristotis fuscus, 601
Proamblys niger, 783
Prochilus bifasciatus, 800
Prochilus sebffi, 800
prosopotasnia, Pomacentrus, 801
Psenes guamensis, 790
Pseues javanicus, 790
Pseudochromis adustus, 791
Pseudochromis fuscus, 791
Pseudochromis xanthochir, 791
Pseudolates cavifrons, 779
Pseudosynanceia, 788
Pseudoscarus dussumieri, 804
Pseudoscarus bataviensis, 803
Pterois cincta, 788
Pterois radiata, 788
punctatus, Grammistes, 782
punctatus, Pomacentrus, 801

quadrifasciatus, Chastodon, 786
quadrifasciatus, Datnioides, 786
quadri-maculatus, Diodon, 809
quadri-maculatus, Paradiodon,

809
quinquelinearis, Holocentrus

783
quiuquelineatus, Holocentrus,

783
quinquelineatus, Lutjanus, 783
quinque-strigatus, Gobiodon,

794

radiata, Pterois, 788
ranga, Ambassis, 784
Eaja rhinobatus, 812
Eagalecus i^aciticus, 800
Eegalecus russellii, 800
retourti, Epinephelus, 780
reticulatus, Heliastes, 800
Ehinobatus annulatus, 811
Ehiuobatus columnse, 811
rhinobatus, Eaja, 812
Eliinodontida;, 811
Ehinodon typicus, 811
rhomboideus, Pempheris, 788
ringens, Melichthys, 808
rivulatus, Gobiodon, 794
rivulatus, Gobius, 794
robustus, Xiphochilus, 802
roseus, Platyglossus, 803
rostratus, Letbrinus, 787
ruber, Pagrus, 787
rubropunctata, Scoqifena, 788
riippellii, Caranx, 789
riipijellii, Ginglymostoma, 811
riippellii, Mugil, 800
russellii, Decapterus, 789
russellii, Lutjanus, 783
russeUii, Mesoprion, 783
russellii, Pempheris, 788
russellii, Eegalecus, 800
russeUii, Trachynotus, 790
rutilans, Aphareus, 782

sadanundio, Gobius, 793
Salarias alboguttatus, 798
Salarias arenatus, 768
Salarias bicolor, 798
Salarias brevis, 796
Salarias caudolioeatus, 798

816

INDEX TO SUPPLEMENT, 1888.

Salarias cruentipinnis, 797
Salarias fusous, 797
Salarias holomelas, 797
Salarias lineatus, 798
Salarias marmoratus, 798
Salarias neilli, 797
Salarias niger, 797
Salarias oortii, 798
Salarias phaiosoma, 797
Salarias sindensis, 797
Salarias steindachneri, 796
sancti-petri, Chorinemus, 789
savala, Trichiurus, 788
Scarus bataviensis, 803
Scarus dussumieri, 804
Scaphiodon irregularis, 807
Bohmittii, Priacanthus, 784
Soisena grandoculis, 787
Scisena hamruhr, 783
Scisena nigra, 783
sole, Squalus, 811
Scomber janesaba, 790
Scomber loo, 790
Scomber microlepidotus, 790
Scomber molueccensis, 790
Scomber pneumatophorua

minor, 790
Scorpaina chilioprista, 788
Scorpsena guamensis, 788
Seorpsena leonina, 788
Scorpsena rubropunctata, 788
Scorptenopsis guamensis, 788
Scorpffinopsis leonina, 788
Scorptenopsis oxycephala, 788
Sebastes minutus, 788
Sebastopsis polylepis, 788
sebffi, Amphiprion, 800
sebs, Diagramma, 785
Bebse, Plectorhynchus, 785
sebas, Prochilus, 800
Seriola pinnulata, 789
Seriolichthys bipinnulatus, 789
Serranus acutirostris, 780
Serranus altivelis, 780
Serranus angularis, 780
Serranus areolatus, 780
Serranus diacanthus, 780
Serranus flavimarginatus, 782
Sen-anus fuscus, 780
Serranus geoffroyi, 780
Serranus gibbosus, 779
Serranus grammicus, 780
Serranus guttatus, 782
Serranus hemistietus, 782
Serranus latifasciatus, 780, 781
Serranus leojiardus, 782
Serranus macrogenis, 780
Serranus malabarious, 780

Serranus morrhua, 780, 781
Serranus multipunctatus, 780
Serranus novemcinctus, 782
Serranus pantherinus, 780
Serranus poDeni, 781
Serranus prseopercularis, 780
Serranus sexmaculatus, 782
Serranus striolatus, 779
Serranus summana, 780
Serranus tinea, 780
Serranus tumilabris, 780
Serranus midulosus, 780
Serranus wandersi, 780
Serranus zanana, 782
setifer. Genres, 786
setifer, Xiphasia, 799
setigerus, Trichonotus, 795
sex-maculatus, Diodon, 809
sexmaculatus, Serranus, 782
Sillago domina, 791
Sillago panijius, 791
simsiang, Pomacentrus, 801
sindensis, Salarias, 797
sinuata, Umbrina, 788
spallanzanii, Lamna, 810
Sparus cuvieri, 788
Sparus datnia, 788
Sparus haffara, 788
Sparus hasta, 788
Sparus mangula-kutti, 788
Sparus miniatus, 787
Sparus nigricans, 801
speciosus, Caranx, 789
Sphffirodon grandoculis, 787
Sphffirodon heterodon, 787
Sphffirodon latidens, 787
Sphyrna mokarran, 809
spilonotus, Labrus, 802
spinifer, Pagrus, 787
spinosissimus, Diodon, 809
Squalus scie, 811
Squalus vulpes, 810
steindachneri, Blennius, 796
steindachneri, Salarias, 796
stellatus, Caranx, 789
striata Umbrina, 788
striatus, Aeanthurus, 789
striatus, Petroscirtes, 796
stridens, Pristipoma, 785
strigosus, Aeanthurus, 789
striolatus, Serranus, 779
summana, Serranus, 780
summara, Holocentrus, 788
superficialis, Myxtus, 800
Synagris japonicus, 786
Synagris notatus, 786
Synagris teeniopterus, 786
Syngnathus conspicillatus, 808

Syngnathus fasciatus, 808
Syngnathus hcematopterus, 808

tachete, Diodon, 809

tade, Mugil, 800

toeniatus, Malacanthus, 787

tseniometopon, Pomacentrus,

801
Tienianotus latovittatus, 787
tffiniops, Pomacentrus, 801
taeniopterus, Dentex, 786
tfeuiopterus, Synagris, 786
talamparoides, Carangoides, 789
tapeinosoma, Gazza, 790
tau nigrum, Chtetodon, 786
tayenus, Priacanthus, 784
tennentij, Aeanthurus, 788
Tetradrachmum marginatum,

800
Tetradrachmum trimaculatum,

801
Tetragonoptrus fasciatus, 786
Tetragonoptrus miliaris, 786
Therapon, 785
thurstoni, Apogon, 784
tickelli, Apogon, 785
tinea. Sen-anus, 780
tol, Chorinemus, 789
toloo, Chorinemus, 789
tolsoni, Ophiocara, 795
tormentosus, Balistes, 808
tormentosus, Monacanthus, 808
thurstoni, Gobius, 793
Trachynotus coppingeri, 790
Trachynotus kennedyi, 790
Trachynotus russeUii, 790
Trachynotus ovatus, 790
Trichiurus auriga, 788
Trichiurus cristatus, 788
Trichiurus muticus, 788
Trichiurus savala, 788
trichurus, Monacanthus, 808
tricuspidatus, Carcharias, 810
tricuspidatus, Odontaspis, 810
TrichonotidiE, 795
Trichonotus, 795
Trichonotus polyophthalmus,

796
Trichonotus setigei'us, 795
trifasciatum, Amphiprion, 800
trifasciatus, Chajtodon, 786
Trigla, 791
Trigla arabica, 791
Trigla hemisticta, 791
trilineatus, Pomacentrus, 801
trimaculatum, Tetradrachmum,

801

trimaculatus, Dascyllus, 801
trimaculatus, Pomacentrus, 801
tripunctatus, Pomacentrus, 801
tristis, Aeanthurus, 788
tumilabris, Serranus, 780
tumifrons, Eleotris, 795
typicus, Rhinodon, 811
typus, Macalor, 783
typus, Pristipomoides, 782

Umbrina striata, 788
Umbrina sinuata, 788
undulatus, Cheilinus, 802
undulatus, Crasailabrus, 802
undulosus, Serranus, 780
unicolor, Dascyllus, 801
unifasciatus, Pomacentrus, 800
uiiimaculatus,Glyphidodon, 801

vanicolensis, Pomacentrus, 801
variabilis, Petroscirtes, 796
Variola, louti, 782
venator, Caranx, 789
viridipunctatus, Gobius, 793
viridis, Eleotris, 795
vittatus, Chffitodon, 786
vittatus, Citharoedus, 786
vittatus, Coracinus, 800
vulpes. Alopecias, 810
vulpes, Alopias, 810
vulpes, Carcharias, 810
vulpes, Squalus, 810

waigiensis, Lethrinus, 787
waigiensis, Pimelepterus, 788
wandersi, Serranus, 780
wiebeli, Cheetodon, 786

xanthochir, Pseudochromis, 791
xanthopterus, Aeanthurus, 789
xanthozona, Glyphidodon, 801
Xiphasia setifer, 799
Xiphochilus, 802
Xiphochilus robustus, 802
Xiphogadus madagascarensis,

799
Xyster fuscus, 788

zanana, Serranus, 782
Zanclus, canescens, 786
Zanclus, centrognathus, 786
Zanclus cornutus, 786
Zeus argentarius, 790
zonatus, Glyphidodon, 801
Zygoena dissimilis, 810
Zygffina mokarran, 809

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