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The eyes are only just within the anterior third of the head, and their 

 diameter is not much more than half the length of the snout. 



The mouth-cleft is a fourth the length of the head and does not reach to the 

 middle of the eye. 



The longest dorsal rays are not a third the greatest body height. 



The anal fin begins a snout length behind the base of the ventral. 



Colours : left side as in the preceding species, but the ground-colour is 

 lighter : on the right side the fine parallel lines may be as distinct as they are on 

 the left. 



The largest specimen is nearly 5 5 inches long. 



Andaman Sea, 490 fathoms : Bay of Bengal, 475 fathoms. 



Eegd. Nos. 11765, 13180. 



Named after my predecessor James Wood-Mason. He was deputed as 

 Naturalist with the " Investigator " in April and May 1888. 



108. Aphoristia septem-striata, Alcock. 



Jphoristia septem-striata, Alcock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Aug. 1891, p. 125: Illustrations of the Zoology op 

 the Investigator, Fishes, pl. II. fig. 1. 



D. 97. A. 80. C. 12. V. 4. Scales from 92 to 100 transverse rows 

 behind the head : about 40 longitudinal series behind the gill-opening. 



Except in the following particulars this species agrees with A. Gilesii: — 



The greatest height of the body is a fourth of the total length. 



The length of the snout is between a fourth and a fifth that of the head. 



The eyes are only just within the anterior third of the head and are almost 

 in contact. 



The mouth-cleft is about a fourth the length of the head and does not reach 

 to the middle of the eye. 



The longest dorsal rays are about a third the greatest body-height. 



The anal fin begins rather more than a snout-length behind the base of the 

 ventral. 



Colours : left side warm brown, with six or seven broad dark cross-bands : 

 right side colourless. 



The largest specimen is 4- inches long. 



Andaman Sea, 188 to 220 fathoms : Gulf of Manar, 142 to 400 fathoms. 



Regd. Nos. 13109, 13110, 13613, 13614. 



