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FISHES OF INDIA. 



I have named this fish after A. Brisbane Neill, Esq., to whom I am under great 

 obligations for the valuable assistance he has always afforded me in my publications. 

 Hahitat. — Kurrachee in Sind, out of ten specimens the longest is 2^ inches. 



Page 332. Salaeias lineatus. Add synonym. 



Salarias caudolineatus, Giinther, Fische Siidsee, ii, p. 209, t. cxvi, f. F. 



Page 333. Add Salarias oortii. 



Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. i, p. 257, f. 15, and Act. Soc. &c. Indo-Ned. iii, Sumatra, 

 p. 39 ; Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 257. 



B. vi, D. 12/19-21, P. 14, V. 2, A. 23-24, C. 13. 



Length of head 7, of caudal fin 7, height of body 7 to 7J in the total length. Eijes— 

 high up, diameter J of the length of the head, U diameters from end of snout, which is 

 very slightly oblique. The maxilla extends to somewhat beyond the hind edge of the 

 orbit. A crest on the summit of the head, a fringed tentacle above the orbit and another 

 at the nostrils. Teeth— small canines in the lower jaw. i^/«s— dorsal fin deeply notched 

 almost to its base, while posteriorly it is continuous with the caudal : its anterior portion 

 two-thirds as high as the body, and its posterior at least one-third higher: caudal 

 rounded, its central rays being the longest. Co (ottrs— stone-colour along the back, 

 becoming violet on the side and beneath : darker bands from the back, sometimes 

 arrange(f in pairs. Anterior dorsal reddish-violet, with several undulating narrow white 

 lines and sometimes a small black blotch between the first and second spine. Second 

 dorsal with the white bands taking an oblique direction upwards and backwards :_ bluish 

 marks or spots in its outer fourth. Caudal and anal with their outer thirds brownish. 



Habitat.— Aden, the east coast of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



Page 334. Salaeias alboguttatus. Add 



Kner, SB. Wien Ak. Ivi, 1867, f . 6 ; Giinther, F. Siidsee, ii, p. 205, t. cxviii, f. B. 



Page 335. Salaeias maemoeatus. Add synonym. 



Salarias arenatus, Bleeker, Cocos. iii, p. 173 ; Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 249. 



Page 335. Add Salaeias bicoloe. 



Salarias bicolor, Tickell, MSS. with a figure. 



D. 11/17, y. 2, A. 18. 



Length of head 5, of caudal fin 5, height of body 6 in the total length as shown by the 

 figure, snout not overhanging the mouth, no crest on head, tentacles were not observed. 

 Pins — first dorsal as high as the body below it and separated by a deep notch from the 

 second dorsal, which last is not confluent with the caudal. Colours — anterior half _ of the 

 body so far as to the origin of second dorsal fin of a deep blue (smalt), posterior half 

 carmine-orange. Dorsal fins sepia tinged with smalt, base of second dorsal orange : caudal 

 and anal orange tipped and margined with sepia : pectoral smalt : ventrals whitish. 



Habitat. — ^A specimen 1| inches long from Saddle Island, Kyoukphyoo, Arracan. 



Page 336. Add — Genus Acanthoclinus, Jenyns. 



Six braiicMostegals : jJseudohrancMcB. Body elongate. Cleft of mouth of moderate width. 

 Gills united beneath the throat. Teeth in jaivs, vomer and palate. Dorsal Jin single, 

 occupying most of the length of the bach, it is chiefly compiosed of spines: anal long, and 

 having more spines than rays. Ventral jugular consisting of one spine and three rays: 

 caudal distinct. Scales cycloid: lateral-line present or absent. No air-bladder. 

 Geographical distribution. — Coasts of India and New Zealand. 



1. Acanthoclinus indicus. 

 Day, Proc. Zool, Soc. 18S8, p. 2Qi. 



