126 THE FISHES OF MALABAR. 



torals transparent ; the other fins minutely spotted with black, and tinged with sulphur. Iris pale 

 yellowish, the upper half brownish. 



Said to be considered poisonous in Malaysia, but is not found to be so in Malabar. It grows 



to eleven inches in length. 



Habitat— Seas of India, Malaysia, and Australia. 



* Teuthis SUTOR. 

 ? BURO BRUNNEUS, Comm. V. 



Amphacanthus sutor, Cuv. & Vol. x. p. 148. 

 Teuthis sutor, Giiniher, Catal. iii. p. 317. 



B„ T) 1 3-14 A 7 



• V. U - 10 • " a - 9-10* 



Height of body not quite \ in the total length. 



Colours— Greenish grey, with dull blue spots; towards the abdomen it becomes more grey. 

 Fins greenish : pectorals with a tinge of yellow. 



Grows to one foot in length. Flesh blackish, but esteemed for food : it also salts well. 

 Habitat— Coast of Malabar, and the Seychelles. 



Fam. ACRONURID.E, Giinther. 



Teuthyes, pt., Cuvier. 

 Acanthuroidei, Bleeker. 



Genus ACANTHUBUS, Bl, Schn. 



Branchiostegals, five: pseudobranchia;. Body oblong, or elevated and compressed. Eyes 

 lateral. Mouth slightly cleft. One dorsal, the spinous less developed than the soft portion. Anal with 

 three spines. Ventrals thoracic. Tad on either side, armed with a strong moveable spine directed ante- 

 riorly Teeth in a single row in each jaw, trenchant, with crenulated margins, and sometimes moveable : 

 none on vomer or palatine bones. Scales minute, ctenoid. Lateral line continuous. Air bladder large, 

 and forked posteriorly. Pyloric appendages few. 



Acanthurus MATOIDES. 



? Acanthurus rasi, Guv. & Vol, x. p. 203. 



Acanthurus matoides, Cuv. & Vol. x. p. 204; Giinther, Catal. iii. p. 330. 

 Acanthurus annularis, Cuv. & Veil. x. p. 209 {immature, with whitish caudal ring). 

 Acanthurus Blochii, Cuv. & Vol. x. p. 209 {immature, without whitish caudal ring). 



B.v. D.^_W P. 17. V.l A >inr _W C.16. Vert.tV 



Length of head f 3 , of pectoral \, of caudal ^, of base of dorsal if, of base of anal f of total 

 length. Height of head \, of body f, of hard dorsal^, of soft dorsal \, of ventral &, of spines 

 of anal \, of rays of anal T 2 g of total length. 



Eyes _Diameter T 3 r of length of head, 2| diameters from end of snout, 1 diameter apart. 



Body oblong, compressed: profile from snout to dorsal fin much elevated, with a depression 



