FAMILY, VIII— TEUTHIDID.E. 167 



B. y, D. i^, P. 17, V. 2/3, A. ^ C. 17, Case. pyl. 4. 



Length of head 2/9, of caudal 2/9, height of body 2/5 to 3/7 of the total length, ^//es— diameter 1/3 

 of length of head, IJ diameters from end of snout, and 1^ apart. A slight protuberance oyer the eyes : no 

 serrations to orbit. The maxilla reaches to below the posterior nostril. Angle of preopercle slightly produced. 

 Teeth — generic. Fins — dorsal spines rather strong, increasing in length to the fifth, from whence they remain 

 of about the same height to the seventh, after which they decrease ; the longest spines equal that of the head 

 excluding the snout, and are of the same height as the longest of the rays, the soft portion rather angular : 

 pectoral as long as the head excluding its post-orbital portion : ventral does not reach the anal : anal spines 

 increase in length to the fourth, from which they continue of about the same length, or equal to the longest in 

 the dorsal fin : caudal emarginate. Scales — minute. Colours — some oblique blue lines and spots on the snout. 

 Upper two-thirds' of body coppery yellow, covered with round blue spots, and having blue lines on the head. 

 A brown band, as wdde as orbit, extends from before the dorsal fin through the eye to below the jaws ; a second 

 from the sixth and seventh dorsal spines to the base of the pectoral, both these bands are edged with blue. 

 Fins yellowish. 



Iliililtat. — Andamans (where the specimen figured was taken) to the Malay Archipelago, and beyond. 



5. Tenthis concatenata, Plate XL, fig. 4. 



Ampliacantlms cotieatenatus, Cuv. and Val. s, p. 127; Bleeker, Amboina, p. 46. 

 Teuthis concatenata, Cantor, Catal. p. 208 ; Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 31G. 

 Thar-oar-dah, Andam. 



B. V, D. ^, P. 18, V. 2/3, A. I, C. 18, Ca3c. pyl. 5-0, Vert. 10/13. 



Length of head 4/19, of caudal 4/21, height of body 3/8 to 2/.5 of the total length. J?i/es— diameter 1/3 

 of length of head, 1^ diameters from end of snout, and 1 j apart. Dorsal profile more convex than that of the 

 abdomen. Interorbital space with a broad shallow groove along its whole extent, bounded on either side by a 

 low ridge : anterior-superior angle of the orbit feebly serrated : preopercular angle slightly produced. Soft 

 portion of the cheek as deep as wide, and equal to 1 diameter of the orbit. Teeth — generic. Fins — dorsal 

 spines increase in length to the fifth, which equals the length of the head excluding the snout; they subsequently 

 .slightly decrease to the twelfth, but the last is a little longer : soft portion of dorsal and anal fins angular and 

 rather higher than the longest spine : pectoral almost as long as the head : ventral reaches the anal spines : 

 anal spines increase in length to the third, which equals the highest in the dorsal fin, the last spine is a little 

 longer : caudal emarginate. Scales — larger than in most of the known species. Colours — dark, greyish-brown, 

 covered all over with light orange spots, which along the back are larger than the interspaces, but decrease in 

 size towards the abdomen. A broad blue band extends fi-om below the orbit to the angle of the mouth, and 

 another passes along the jjreopercle : brown spots on the caudal fin. 



Hahitat. — Andaman islands and IMalay Archipelago. 



6. Teuthis margaritifera, Plate XL, fig. .5. 

 Amphacanthus margaritiferus, Cuv. and Val. s, p. 145; Blocker, Java, iv, p. 334; Kner, Novara Fische, 

 p. 20G. 



Teuthis margaritifera, Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 317. 



B. V, D. ii, P. 17, V. 2/3, A. I, C. 17, Vert. 10/13. 



Length of head 4/21, of caudal 2/11, height of body 4/13 to 2/7 of the total length. £(/es— diameter 

 1/3 of length of head, 1\ diameters from end of snout, and also apart. Dorsal and abdominal profiles equally 

 convex. The maxilla reaches to below the posterior nostril. Interorbital space nearly flat : no serrations along 

 the edge of orbit. Soft portions of the cheek two-thirds as liigh as the orbit is long, and half longer than high. 

 Angle of preopercle slightly produced. Teeth — generic. Fins — dorsal spines rather weak, increasing in length 

 to the fifth which is a little above half the length of the head and one-third longer than the rays, subsequently 

 they decrease to the last which equals the diameter of the orbit in length : pectoral rather pointed and as long 

 as the head excluding its post-orbital portion : ventral does not reach the anal spines : third and fourth anal 

 spines slightly longer than the second and equal to the third of the dorsal fin, from thence they decrease to the 

 last which equals Ij diameter of the orbit in length: caudal lobed, the upper the longer, central caudal rays 

 two-thii-ds as long as the longest of the outer ones. Scales — minute. Colours — brownish-olive, with small 

 scattered blue spots on the back and sides, much smaller than the interspaces : a dark oval shoulder-mark ; 

 some dark lines on the spinous dorsal : soft dorsal and anal with brown spots. 



Hahitat. — Andamans to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



7. Teuthis sutor. 



? Buro hnmneus, Comm. V. 



AmpJtacanthus sutor, Cuv. and Val. x, p. 148. 



Teuthis sutor, Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 317; Day, Fish. Malabar, p. 120. 



Teuthis margaritifera, Playfair, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1807, p. 855 (not Cuv. and Val.).- 



