430 • ANACANTHINI. 



Bleeker gives L. 1. 100, being more than I find in Indian or Burmese examples. 



Eabttat. —estvLaries and tidal rivers of Orissa, lower portion of the Ganges, Burmese rivers and Malay 

 Archipelago, attaining about 6 inches in length. The one figured was from Calcutta. 



B. Left pectoral fin rudimentary. 



5. Synaptura multifasciata. 



JEsopia multifasciata, Kaup, \\'iegm. Arch. 1858, p. 97. 

 Bynaptura multifasciata, Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 486. 



B. vi, D. 93, P. 7-10, A. 67, L. 1. 110. 



Length of head 7, height of body 3 in the total length. i?i/es— placed close together. Nasal tube 

 longer than the diameter of the eye. Fins—ivio longest pectoral rays exceed the diameter of the lower eye. 

 Colours — head and body with twenty-seven narrow cross-bands. 



HaSVtai.— East Indies. This fish may be a reversed 8olea heterorldna (see p. 420). 



6. Synaptura cornuta, Plate XCIV, fig. 4. 



Pleuronectes, Kussell, Fish. Vizag. i, p. 5G, and Jerree-jmtoo, pi. 72. 



Solea cornuta. Guv. Reg. Anim. 



Synaptura potoo, Bleeker, Beng. en Hind. p. 76. - t^ t, rj- , c 



^sopia cornuta, Kaup, Wiegm. Arch. 1858, p. 95; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 48/ ; Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1873, p. 238. 



B. vi, D. 69-75, P. 17, V. 3-4, A. 61-62, C. 17, L. 1. 90-100. 



Length of head 6, height of body 3i in the total length. Eyes— diameter 4 to 4J in the length of head, 

 scarcely 1 diameter from end of snout, and placed close together : the upper eye is scarcely, if at all, m advance 

 of the lower. Angle of the mouth below the middle of the eye. A few short filaments along the lower edge of 

 the mandible. A round nostril in front of the lower eye, and anterior to it a tubular one. Teeth— some fine 

 ones on the blind side. f/)is— pectoral on the coloured side rather longer than the one on the blind side, but 

 both very short.* Fh-st dorsal ray thickened and prolonged, the next few rays lower than the succeeding ones. 

 .S'eaZes— cycloid on both sides. LateraUine—smgle on both sides. CoZoiirs— twelve to thirteen vertical 

 chestnut bands on a light ground colour, the anterior of which is on the snout, they are contmued on to the 

 vertical fins. Caudal dark, with white markings, dorsal having a white edge. 



Habitat. — Coromandel coast : attaining at least 6 inches in length. 



7. Synaptura zebra, Plate XCIV, fig. 3. 



Pleuronectes zehra, Bl. t. 187 ; Gmel. Lin. p. 1226 ; Bl. Schn. p. 151. 



Pleuronectes, Russell, Fish. Vizag. i, p. 56, and Jeree-potoo B, pi. 71. 



Solea jerreus, Cuv. Reg. Anim. 



Brachirus jerreus, Swainson, Fishes, ii, p. 303. 



JUsopia quagga, Kaup, in Wiegm. Arch. 1858, p. 98. 



Synaptura jerreus, Bleeker, Beng. en Hind. p. 76 ; Jerdon, M. J. L. and Sc. 1851, p. 148. 



Synaptura quagga, Gunther, Catal. iv, p. 485. 



Varri amler, Tam. 



B. vi, D. 65-74, P. 6, V. 5, A. 58-60, C. 16-18, L. L 90-95. 



Length of head 6, height of body 3 in the total length. .Byes— close together, the anterior third of the 

 upper being in advance of the lower, diameter 4^ in the length of head, the lower about 1 diameter from the 

 end of snout. Head 1/4 higher than long. Jaws of about equal length anteriorly. Angle of the mouth below 

 the first third of the lower eye. Two nostrils in front of lower eye, the anterior being tubular. Barbels— m 

 some, not all specimens, there is a barbel above either eye, occasionally it is short, but in some examples it 

 equals the diameter of the eye. Fnis- pectorals attached to the gill-covers, the upper two rays on the right 

 side longer than the others : left pectoral rudimentary. ScaZes— ctenoid. C'oZowrs— gi-ayish-brown, with ten 

 reddish-brown vertical bands, commencing on the dorsal and continued on to the anal fin, where they become 

 nearly black : pectoral on the right side nearly black : caudal black, with some irregular white markmgs 



towards its edges. . , , . i, , ^ ^ i t5 r 



I have convinced myself by examining Bloch's type specimen (most kindly lent to me by Frotessor 



Peters) that this is his fish, others have considered a Malay Archipelago or a Chinese fish was intended, 



and it has been described as having D. 77-89, A. 66-79, C. 13-15, L. 1. 125-130 and the same colours as S. ^ehra, Bl. 



Kaup suggested that Synaptura m.ultifasciatus, Japonicus, zebra, and the species here described may be 



varieties of one species. ^ . ■ ■ i ii 



jJafcitoZ.— Seas of India, including Ceylon and ? Chinese seas : attaining at least 6 inches m length, 



* The pectorals Tvere overlookied by Bnssell. 



