BY J. DOUGLAS OGILBY. 183 



These three species are very closely related, but may apparently 

 he distinguished from one another by the following characters : — 



a. Head -^^ or less of total length. No anterior supplementary 

 teeth in the lower jaw. A black spot between the pre- 

 maxillary and maxillary. 



b. Dorsal more than 70, anal more than 60; dorsal and anal 

 tins broadly united to the caudal ... ... ^chleyelU. 



lib. Dorsal 67-74, anal 60-70; dorsal and anal fins narrowly 



united to the caudal .. ... macrophihalmus. 



aa. Head i of the total length. ''^ An anterior supplementary 



band of teeth in the lower jaw. No black spot between 



the premaxillary and the maxillary. 



c. D. 57. A. 48. Dorsal and anal fins narrowly united to 

 the caudal ... ... ... ... ... australis. 



In the British Museum Catalogue of Fishes (iii. pp. 486-9) 

 Giinther recognises se%en species of Ce2Jola as possibly valid, namely 

 C . rubescens ( = macrophthalmus), C. schlegelii, C. abbreviata, Cuv. 

 & Val., C. krusensternii, Schl., C. mesoprion, Blk., C. marginata, 

 C. v., and C. limbata, C.V., while an eighth, C. striata, is regarded 

 with suspicion. In addition to the species described below, two 

 others, C. oxylepis, Bleeker, from the Chinese seas, and C. indica, 

 Day, from Madras, have been announced since the publication of 

 that volume in 1861. Of these ten species the C. striata, Bl. 

 & Schn.,t from Trancjuebar, should probably be dismissed as 

 not belonging to the family, leaving, with C. australis, ten 

 supposed species, only three of which, as shown above, belong to 

 the genus Cepola as restricted by Bleeker. 



In reference to C. schlegelii, its describer remarks : — 



"This species is so nearly allied to Cepola rubescens ( = viacroph- 

 thahnus), Linn., from Europe, by its slender body, unarmed pre- 



* In the measurement of the head the large opercular lobe is not 

 included, the distance between the tip of the snout and the posterior 

 border of the bony opercle only being considered. 



tlchth. p. 242, 1801. .r^^^.T^^T/ 



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