cclix 



and Bak-ru, Ooviah. D. 24-26/80-40, A. 3/31-44. Throughout India, 

 attaining 6 inches in length. 



46. Mastacemblus avmalus, Lacep. Bahn and Gro-age, Panj. and 

 Sind : Shaa-ta-rah, Tarn. : Mudi-bom-mi-day , Tel. : Bahm and Bummi, 

 Ooriah and Beng. : Nga-maway-doh-aga, Burin. D. 35-39/74-87, 

 A. 3/79-87. Marbled and striped, sometimes with round spots. Found 

 throughout India and Burma, even on the Himalayas, attaining 2 

 feet and upwards in length. 



47. Mastacemblns Guentheri, Day. D. 27-28/60-64, A. 3/62-64. 

 Horizontal limb of pre-opercle serrated. Marbled. Malabar, attaining 

 about seven inches in length. 



Fa mill/ — C ii r o m i d e s, Midler. 



Brancliiostegals five or six : pseudobranchise absent. Gills four. Body oblong or 

 elevated. Teeth in jaws small, none on the palate : inferior pharyngeal bones 

 triangular, having a median suture. Dorsal tin single, the spinous portion 

 usually of greater extent than the soft : anal with three or more spines, its rayed 

 part similar to that of the dorsal. Ventrals thoracic, with one spine and five rays. 

 Scales generally ctenoid. Lateral line more or less interrupted. Air-vessel 

 present. Pyloric appendages, when present, in small numbers. 



Genus — Etroplus, Guv. 8f Vol. 



Brancliiostegals six. Body elevated and compressed. Eyes lateral. 

 Cleft of mouth short. Teeth in two roivs in the jaws, compressed and 

 lobate. A single dorsal, the spinous portion being of greater extent than 

 the rayed : anal spines more numerous or of about, equal extent to the rays. 

 Scales ctenoid and of moderate size. Lateral line interrupted, or abruptly 

 ceasing. Air-vessel present. Pyloric appendages absent. 



48. Etroplus Suratensis, Bl. Karssar, Tarn. : Pitul-has, Hind. : 

 Cashi-mara, Tel.: Cun-dah-la, Ooriah. D. gg, A. gig, L. 1. 45, 



L. tr. 21. Green or purple, with eight vertical bands. Malabar and 

 Coromandel Coast, attaining a foot in length. 



40. Etroplus maculat/is,B\. Pnl-lut-tay,~Ma\. D. jf T , A. '/, L. 1. 

 35, L. tr. 21. Canary yellow, with seventeen horizontal rows of golden 

 spots, and three dark blotches along the middle of the side. Found 

 throughout Madras and Malabar, attaining about three inches in length. 



Order— A NA CA NTHInL 



All the rays of the vertical and ventral fins articulated, the latter, when 

 present, being jugular and thoracic. Air-vessel, if existing, not hav- 

 ing a pneumatic duct. 



Sub- Order— A NA CA NTHINI-PLE URONECTOIDEI, 

 Structure of head, uu symmetrical on the two sides. 



Family — P leukonectiD-E, Flem. 

 Heterosomata, Bonaparte. 



Pseudobranehiae well developed. Gills four. Bod} r strongly compressed, flattened, with 

 one of its sides coloured, the other being more rarely spotted. Both eyes (except 

 in the very young) placed on the superior or coloured surface. The two sides of 

 the head not equally developed, one continuing almost rudimentary. A single 

 long dorsal and anal fin. Air-vessel absent. 



