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(14) The distance between the first anal ray and the base of the pectoral 

 fin is equal to the length of the head without the snout. 



(15) Pectorals pointed, their length is equal to the post-orbital portion of 

 the head. 



(16) The ventrals are bifid but at some considerable distance from their 

 base, the inner branch being considerably the longer and both branches being 

 slender. The total leugth of the ventrals is equal to the length of the head 

 behind the middle of the eye. 



(17) Pyloric casca extremely short, in a ring round the pylorus and in two 

 short series along the mesenteric attachment of the neighbouring part of the 

 gut. 



Colours in spirit, yellowish grey mottled with brown ; some large black 

 blotches on the dorsal fin. 



The largest specimen in the Indian Museum — an adult — is 8^ inches long. 



Andaman Sea, 188 to 220, 271, and 405 fathoms : Arabian Sea, off Travan- 

 core coast, 224 to 284 fathoms. 



Regd. Nos. 11646, 11647, 11649: 13053—13056, 13060, 13062—13064, 



-ictrinf 151 156 585 



130o6 : — ' — ' -j-. 



Distribution : Fiji Is. : Andaman Sea. 



60. Neobythites conjugator, Alcock. 



Neobythites conjugator, Alcock, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, Vol. LXV. 1896, pt. 2, p. 30-1: Illustrations of thk 

 Zoology of the Investigator, fishes, pl. XVII. fig. 4. 



D. circ. 90. A. circ. 72. P. circ. 28. V. 2 (fused to form a single fila- 

 ment). Scales 100-110 rows. 



This species differs from N. macrops only in the following particulars, which 

 for easy reference are numbered to correspond with the numbers relating to the 

 diagnosis of that species. 



(1) Length of head about 4^ in total. 



(6) The outer row of teeth in the upper jaw is distinctly enlarged. 



(15) The pectorals are hardly half as long as the head. 



(1 6) The ventrals are half the length of the head : each consists of two 

 rays intimately fused to form a single filament. 



Colours in spirit, sepia ; caudal, distal two-thirds of pectorals, and outer 

 part of dorsal and anal fins black. 



Length 9 inches. 



Off Ceylon, 296-320 fathoms : off Travancore coast 406 fathoms. 



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