FAMILY, III— SCOMBRESOCID^. 515 



EemirhampJius tricuspidatui;, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1859, p. 131. 



Hemirhamphus neglectus, Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Dierk. iii, p. 157, and Atl. Icli. Scoiub. t. viii, fig. 5. 



B. X, D. 15-16, P. 12, V. 6, A. 15-17, C. 16, L. 1. 52-58. 



Length of head 3j, of beak 6|, of caudal 7^, height of body llJ- in the total length. Eyes — diameter 

 li in the postorbital length of the head, and 1^ apart. The height of the head equals'its length behind the 

 middle of the eyes. Teeth —many fine ones iu both jaws. Fins — pectoral when laid forwards reaches the 

 front edge of the eye. Dorsal commences in the last fourth of the distance between the angle of the mouth 

 and base of the caudal fin. Ventral inserted midway between the base of the caudal tin and the front edge of 

 the eye. Caudal forked, lower lobe the longer, the length of the central rays IJ diameters of the eye. Scales — 

 present on dorsal and anal fins : 63 to 6 rows between the base of the dorsal fin and the lateral-line. Colours — 

 bluish, with a rather narrow silvery band. 



Habitat. — Malabar, Andamans, to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



6. Hemirhamphus Reynaldi. 

 Cuv. and Val. six, p. 39 ; Day, Fish. Malabar, p. 167. 



Hendrhamphus Dussumieri, (not Cuv. and Val. xis, p. 33) Bleeker, Snoek, p. 18, Revis. Hemirh. p. 150, 

 and Atl. Ich. vi, p. 66, Scomb. t. vii, f . 3; Giinther, Catal. vi, p. 266 ; Kner, Novara Fische, p. 322. 



B. xiii-xiv, D. 14-15 (16), P. 11, V. 6, A. 14-15 (17), C. 15, L. v. 52-54. 



Length of head 3^, of beak 65, of caudal 6j, height of body 11 to 13 in the total length. Ei/es — 

 diameter equals the postorbital length of the head, and also the width of the interorbital space. Preoi-bital 

 rather longer than high. Upper jaw keeled, scaled, rather broader at its base than it is long. No barbels. 

 Body nearly as wide as high. Teeth — numerous tine rows of tricus]iid ones in the jaws. Fins — anal commences 

 below the tliird or fourth dorsal ray. Pectoral reaches as far forwards as the middle or front margin of the eye. 

 Ventral commences rather neai-er the base of the caudal than that of the pectoral, or else midway. Caudal 

 deeply forked, lower lobe the longer, its central rays as long as the eye. Scales — none on dorsal or anal fins. 

 Colours — a silvery lateral band : upper edge of dorsal blackish. 



The type of H. Beijnaldl, C. V. brought by Reynald from Trincomalee is still in Paris, and it seems to 

 be this species. S. Dussunderi, Bleeker and Giinther, appears to have the eye too large, whilst the beak 

 scarcely agrees with C. V. description. 



Klunzingei-, Fische d. R. M. Verb. z. b. Ges. Wien, 1871, p. 584, describes another species as 

 H. Dussumieri, C. _V., D. 14-15, A. 14-15, L. 1. 52-54. Length of head 3, height of body (10.! ) 14^ of i^gak 6, 

 of caudal fin 8 iu the total length. Eyes — 74 in length of head, and If in postorbital length. Body 

 quadrilateral or rather higher than broad. Teeth — tricuspid. Pectoi-al twice as long as ventral, but does not 

 quite equal height of body. Ventral inserted between base or last third or fourth of pectoral and base of 

 caudal. Lower caudal lobe somewhat the longer, its middle rays shorter than the eye. Scales — sometimes 

 numerous on dorsal and anal fins. 



Habitat. — East coast of Africa, Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



7. Hemirhamphus Georgii, Plate CXX, fig. 2. 



Cuv. and Val. xix, p. 37, pi. 555 (not Cantor, Catal. p. 248 ; Jerdon, M. J. L. and So. 1851, p. 147 ; 

 Giinther, Catal. vi, p. 264; Bleeker, Atl. Ich. vi, p. 54; Knei-, Novara Fische, p. 323). 



Hemirhamphus margiuatus, Bleeker, Ned. Tyds. Dierk. iii, p. 148, and Atl. Ich. vi, p. 54, Scorn, t. viii, 

 f. 4; Giinther, Catal. vi, p. 470 (? Esox marginatus, Forsk. &c.) 



Hemirhamphus plumatus, Blyth. Proc. As. Soc. of Bengal, 1858, p. 288. 



B. xii, D. 14-15 (16-17), P. 11, V. 6, A. 13-14. C. 16, L. 1. 54-58. 



Length of head 2|, of beak 4§ to 5, of caudal 71 to 8, height of body 10 to 13 in the total length. 

 Eyes — diameter li to If in the postorbital length of the head, 1\ diameters apart. The height of the head 

 equals its length behind the middle of the eyes. Upper jaw aboiit equalling one diameter of the eye in length, 

 rather pointed and a little longer than -wide at its base, convex, scarcely keeled and not scaled. Preorbital 

 slightly longer than high. Teeth — in few rows in both jaws, most are pointed, but there are a few tricuspidate 

 ones intermixed. Fins — dorsal commences in the last fourth of the distance between the front edge of the eye 

 and the base of the caudal fin and a little anterior to the anal. Pectoral reaches the middle of the eye. 

 Ventral inserted in the commencement of the last third of the distance between the angle of the mouth 

 and the base of the caudal fin. Length of base of anal 2/3 that of the dorsal. Caudal deeply forked, its 

 central rays as long as about one diameter of the eye. Scales — none on dorsal or anal fins : 5 rows 

 between lateral-line and base of dorsal fin. Colours — a broad sQvery stripe which below the dorsal fin is rather 

 wider than a scale. Fringe on lower jaw black. 



The artist has shown the depth of the body as too great in Plate cxx, f. 2. 



Dussumier's specimen of H. Georgii, from Mahe, lli inches long, is still preserved at Paris : it has 

 D. 15, A. 14, L. r. 58. M. Leschenault's specimen of H. hrevirostris, C. V. at Paris, is in a bad state. Length 

 of head 3, of beak 4|-, of caudal 10^, height of body 18 in the total length. Eyes — diameter I5 in the 

 postorbital length of the head, and nearly 1 apart. Preorbital rather longer than high. Up]ier jaw convex in 

 both directions, 1/4 wider at its base than it is long. Fins — anal commences slightly behind the dorsal. 



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