280 ACANTHOPTERTGII, 



SYNOPSIS OP INDIVIDUAL SPECIES. 



1. Pegasus draconis, D. 5, A. 5. Lateral edges of snout serrated. Body with brown markings ; snout and 

 last caudal rings black : pectoral with a white band and white edge. 



1. Pegasus draconis, Plate LXI, fig. 1 . 



Plsciculus Amhoinensis, Gronov. Mas. Ich. i, p. 05, No. 14G. 



Pefjasm draconis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 418 ; Bloch, t. 109, figs. 1 and 2 ; Lacep. u, pp. </, ,H, jjI. 2, f. 3 ; 

 Guntlier, Catal. viii, p. 147. . _ 



Pegasus volans, Lacep. ii, p. 83; Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. in, p. L.U/. 



.'' Pegasus latirostris, Richards. Ich. China, p. 203. 



(Jataphractus dnwo, Gronov. ed. Gnij, f. l-ii. - r o t i 



Pegasus draco, Swainson, Fishes, ii, p. 332 ; Kaup. Lopho. p. 5, and P. natans, pi. i, f . ... ; Jerdon, 

 M. J. L. and Sc. 1851, p. 150; Giinther, Fish. Zanz. p 138. 



B. i, D. 5, P. 11, V. 2, A. 5, G. 8. 



Body broad and depressed. Eyes— 2k diameters from end of snout, and 2 apart. Interorbital space 

 transversely concave, two deep grooves on the neck. Under surface of body nearly flat, the expanded body 

 portion with two median and two lateral ridges, whilst there are three cross ridges: at the meetmg points of 

 the various ridges are obtuse points. Caudal portion composed of eight rings, mo.st of the anterior faveot 

 which have a lateral spinate elevation. Lateral edges of snout denticulated : a serrated ndge runs along the 

 upper edo-e of orbit, and is continued along the snout to its end. J'V/is— pectorals horizontal, the anterior 

 rays the shortest, all the fin rays simple. Vent situated midway behind tlie posterior edge of the orbit and the 

 root of the caudal fin. 6'o/otire— body with brown reticulations, snout and last caudal ring black. Pectoral 

 eray with its rays spotted, having a white outer edge and sometimes a white band. 



Richardson observes that P. latirostris, has the form of draco, but the back is nearly as broad as 



My single specimen was taken at Port Blair by Dr. Rean. I never captured one alive, although 

 several times at the Andamans 1 observed them skimming a short distance above the surface of the water. 

 Halitat.—Hcixs of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. Specimen figured lile-size. 



