Andaman Sea, 188 to 220, and 405 fathoms : Arabian Sea, off Travancore 

 coast, 406 fathoms. 



Regd. Nos. 13025, 13026: 14122-14125 : ™. 



Family Cottidce. 

 Teigla, Artedi. 



46. Trig la hemisticta, Temm. & Schleg. 



Synonomy and diagnosis recorded in the Fishes of India, p. 791, and Fanna of British India, Fishes II. p. 

 241. 



Bay of Bengal, off Ganjam coast, 98 to 102 fathoms. 



Regd. Nos. 12748, 12751, 12752, 12757, 12761, 12762, 12766, 12767, 12773, 

 12774, 12776, 12777. 



Lepidotrigla, Giinther. 



Lepidotrigla, Giinther, Cat. Fishes, II. p. 196. 



" Head parallelopiped, with the upper surface and the sides entirely bony : 

 " the enlarged infra-orbital covering the cheek. Body with scales of moderate 

 " size, regularly arranged. Two dorsals, the first much shorter than the second. 

 " Three pectoral filaments. Villiform teeth in both the jaws and on the vomer, 

 " none on the palatine bones. Air-bladder generally with lateral muscles, often 

 " divided into two lateral halves. Pyloric appendages in moderate number." 

 (Giinther). 



47. Lepidotrigla spiloptera, Giinther. 



Lepidotrigla spiloptera, Giinther, Challenger Shore Fishes, p. 42, pi. xviii. fig. C ; and Challenger Deep Sea 

 Fishes, p. 64. 



B. 7. D. IX. 15. A. 15. L. lat. 60. 



Scales feebly serrated, those of the lateral line unarmed, those that imme- 

 diately flank the dorsal fins with well developed spines. 



Profile of snout concave : pre-orbital projecting as a broad spine, about half 

 as long as the eye. Interorbital space very concave, its width is nearly equal 

 to the vertical diameter of the eye. A deepish transverse groove behind the 

 orbits, not well marked in the young. 



The 1st dorsal spine, which is the highest, is not very much more than half 

 the length of the head. Pectoral fin reaching to the 4th or 5th anal ray. 



Colours in life : reddish ; pectoral dark blue on its inner surface, with 

 numerous white spots and a white margin. 



