11. 

 ACANTHURUS HIRUDO. 



Order, Thoracic. 



Native I^ame, ^^ <5 in'^ft)^ Kara Hamoowah. 



A. HIRUDO. Body strongly marked with five black stripes, three of them 



resembling leeches. 



Branchiostegous rays 2. Z>o?'sa/ 32, nine spinous. Pectoral 14:. Ventral 6, 

 one spinous. Anal 23, three spinous. Caudal 16. Lateral line much 

 curved, and armed near the caudal fin with a sharp spine. 



The Kara Hamoowah of the Cingalese inhabits rocky situations. 

 It seldom exceeds eleven or twelve inches in length, and is esteemed 

 wholesome by the Cingalese. The sharp spine, horizontally situated 

 near the caudal fin, and pointing towards the head of the animal, 

 can be raised or depressed at pleasure ; but, when recumbent, it is 

 scarcely visible to the naked eye. 



Figure — The natural size of the Specimen. 



