420 ANACANTHINI, 



SYNOPSIS OP INDIVIDUAL SPECIES. 

 1. Ammodytes IcalloUpis, D. 40, A. 15, L. 1. 100, L. tr. 3/14. Longitudinal bands. Madras. 

 1. Ammodytes kallolepis, Plate XCI, fig. 3. 



Ammodytes, — ? Jerdon, M. J. L. and Sc. 1851, p. 139. 



Bleekeria kallolejns, Giintlier, Catal. iv, p. 387. 



B. vi, D. 37-40, A. 14-15, L. 1. 100, L. tr. 3/14. 



Length of head ahout 5, of caudal 6|, height of body 10| in the total length. Ei/es—ia the 

 commencement of the anterior half of the head, 2 diameters from the end of snout. Head and body 

 compressed. Lower jaw slightly the longer, the upper very protractile, the posterior limb of the premaxillavies 

 reaching to opposite the front edge of the orbit. Teeth — a few fine ones opposite the sjnnphysis in either jaw. 

 Pi,i,g — the dorsal commences above the first third of the pectoral, and does not extend to the base of 

 the caudal, it is composed of simple articukted rays, the highest being equal to about half the height of the 

 body. Pectoral as long as the head behind the middle of the eyes. Anal commences below the last two-fifths 

 of the dorsal, its rays being rather higher. Caudal deeply forked. Free portion of the tail nearly twice as long 

 as it is high at its base. Scales— nono on the head. Lateral-line — high up. Colours — back and upper 

 two-thirds of body bluish, lineated with about five yellowish horizontal bands, which are as wide as the 

 ground colour. Dorsal fin with a bluish base and yellow bands : anal with a bluish band along its centre : 

 caudal stained gi'ay externally. 



Habitat. — Coromandel coast at Waltair and Madras, from which latter locality Dr. Jerdon sent the 

 specimen figured (life-size) to the British Museum. Several coloured drawings of examples of this fish are 

 amongst Sir Walter Elliot's collection. 



