DEDICATED, BY SPECIAL PERMISSION, 



TO 



HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY 



GEORGE IV. 



KING OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, 

 AND KING OF HANOVER, &c. &c. &c. 



SELECTION FROM THE MOST REMARKABLE AND INTERESTING 



OF THE 



FISHES 



FOUND ON THE 



COAST OF CEYLON. 



FROIM DRAWINGS MADE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THAT ISLAND, 

 FROM THE LIVING SPECIMENS, 



By JOHN WHITCHURCH BENNETT, Esq. 



FELLOW OF THE LINN^EAN AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES*, AND MEMBER OF THE 

 LITERARY AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF CEYLON. 



SECOND EDITION. %~^0 



LONDON : 



EDWARD BULL, HOLLES STREET, CAVENDISH SQUARE. 



1834. 



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