cccn 



commences at some distance from the head: pectorals present. Scales small 

 and imbedded in the skin. 



386. Anguilla labiata, Peters. Pa-lug-dah, Andam. Fresh-waters 

 of Andaman Islands. 



387. Anguilla Bengalensis, Gray. Generally distributed through- 

 out India, attaining a large size. 



388. Anguilla bicolor, McClelland. Lower Provinces of Bengal, 

 Orissa, and Madras. 



389. Anguilla virescens, Peters. Jee-tah-dah, Andam. Fresh- 

 waters of Andaman Islands. 



Order— LOPHOBRANCHII, Guv. 



Fishes possessed of a dermal, segmental skeleton, with the opercular pieces 

 reduced to a single plate. Gill-opening small. Muscular system 

 very slightly developed. Gills composed of small rounded tufts 

 attached to the branchial arches. Snout produced. Mouth ter- 

 minal and small. Teeth absent. Air-vessel stated to be destitute 

 of a pneumatic duct. 



" In most of the species the males perform the function of hatching 

 the eggs, which for that purpose are deposited, up to the time of the 

 evolution of the young, either between the ventrals (Solenostomus), or 

 in tail pouches (Hippocampus), or in pouches on the breast and belly 

 (Doryrhamphus), or in rows on the breast and belly (Nerophis), and are 

 thus carried about by the fish. The egg-pouches may be compared to 

 birds' nests, or to the skin-fold in which the wandering Penguin (Apte- 

 nodytes Patagonicus) transports its eggs : and remind one of the Mar- 

 supials amongst the mammals." — Kaup. 



Family-— Syngnathid.ze. 



Gill-openings round, small, and situated at the posterior-superior angle of the gill-cover. 

 A single dorsal fin : ventrals and occasionally one or more of the other fins 

 absent. 



Genus — Ichthyocampus, Kaup. 



The edges of the concave back and tail are continuous, and are con- 

 tinued, although sometimes very indistinctly , to the caudal fin. Dorsal fin 

 opposite or nearly so to the vent : pectorals and caudal present. Egg-pouch 

 in the males on the tail, having a cutaneous covering. 



390. Ichthyocampus carce, Ham. Buch. D. 23-26. Rings 15-16 

 + 38-40. This pipe-fish ascends rivers of Malabar and Bengal; it 

 attains 5 inches in length. 



Genus — Doryighthys, Kaup. 



DoryrhamphtiSyCharoichthys, et Microphis, Kaup. : Belonichthys, Peters. 



Ridges well developed on the body. Humeral bones firmly united. 

 Dorsal fin of moderate extent or long, situated opposite the vent. Lateral 

 line interrupted or continued to the lower edge of the tail. 



391. Doryichthys cunculus, Ham. Buch. Kunnur-dant, "Crocodile's 

 tooth," Ooriah. D. 50. Rings 17-18 + 25-27. Found ascending the 

 rivers of Malabar and Bengal. 



