:320 ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



SYNOPSIS OP INDIVIDUAL SPECIES, 



1. Tnjpauchen vagina, D. 6 | 48-49, A. 40-46. Pinkish. Coasts of India to the Malay Archipelago 

 and China. 



1. Trypauchen vagina, Plate LXVIII, fig. 2, 



Gdhius vagina, Bl. Schn. p. 73, No. 20. 

 Gohioides ruber, Ham. Buch. pp. 33, 365. 



Trypauchen vagina, Cuv. and Yal. xii, p. 1.53, pi. 3.51 ; Cantor, Catal. p. 190; Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 137; 

 Day, Fishes, Malabar, p. 118 ; Kner, Novara Fische, j). 187. 

 Na-vettee, Tam. 



B. iv, D. 6 I 40-49, P. 15, V. 1/5, A. 40-4G, C. 13, L. r. 80-85, L. tr. 21. 



Length of head 1/7 to 1/8, of caudal 1/8, height of body 2/15 to 1/11 of the total length. Ei/cs— small, in 

 the anterior fourth of the length of the head from the snout, and the same distance apart. Body elongated and 

 compressed, occipital crest elevated. The gi-eatest width of the head a little above 1/2 of its length, and 

 its height equals its length behind the eyes. Lower jaw the longer, cleft of mouth oblique, the maxilla reaches 

 to below the front edge of the eye. Teeth — an outer row of rather distantly placed, moderately long, conical 

 and rather curved ones in either jaw, posterior to which is a fine row in the upper and two in the lower jaw. 

 Fins — first dorsal spine rather wide at its base, the height of the fin is from 2 to 2j in that of the 

 body : dorsal and anal confluent with the caudal. Pectoral 1/3 of the length of the head, its lower five rays 

 sliort and unbranched : ventrals a little longer. Caudal pointed or rounded. Scales — cycloid, in rather 

 irregular rows, lightest at their edges, sometimes depressed in their centres. Colours — white with a rosy tinge, 

 much brighter at some seasons than at others : dorsal and anal with their outer edges gray : caudal, pectoral, 

 and ventral white, or tinged with yellow. 



Habitat. — Coasts of India through the Malay Archipelago to China. The specimen figured (from 

 Calcutta) is 8| inches in length, and probably full giown. It is a very common fish, and eaten by the 

 lower classes. 



