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B. PrXCTATA, (illicl. 



Nga-sheng-na. 



B. vi.; D. -A— %; P. 17; V. i; A. tt^tt; C. 15. 



Colour silvery, with a golden gloss and tinge of purple, witli or witliout vertical 

 bands and black spots. Edges of tins grey, and a grey baud along the middle of the 

 dorsal. 



Coast of Burma. 



A. ViUifitnii leelk in jaws, vomer ami palate. 



ToxoTES, Cuvier. 



Branchiostegals 7. Body oliloug, compressed, back depressed. Snout ratlicr 

 produced. Lower jaw the longer. A single dorsal, with 4 or 5 strong spines. Air- 

 vessel simple. 



T. MicROLEprs, Blyth. 



Nga-kya-ma. 



B. vii.; D. T^:r; P. 12; V. \ ; A. -^r ; C. 19. 



'llie three posterior dorsal spines the longest. The dorsal commences slightly in 

 advance of the anal. Colour goldim, with two to four rows of bhick oblong blotches, 

 or stripes along the sides, mostly above the lateral line. Dorsal blotched with black 

 and dark-edged. Anal dark. Caudal yellow. Grows to a foot in length. 



llivers and estuaiics of Burma. 



T. cn.vTAKEUS, Ham. Buch. 



B. vii. ; D. lij^^ ; P. 13 ; V. i; A. t^t^tt ; C. 17. 



The fourth dorsal sjnno the longest. The dorsal commences slightly in advance 

 of the anal. Colour silvery shot with gold, dorsal profile greenish brown. Si.\ or 

 seven oblong spots between the eye and the end of the dorsal fin, some black blotches 

 on the soft dorsal, anal edged below with black. 



Rivers and estuaries of Burma. 



J. JACULATOK. Pall. 



B. vii.; D. xT^^; P. 1.5; V. > ; A. „^Ty; C. 17. 



Doisal spines strong, the third the longest. The dorsal commences over the 

 annl. Colour brownish shot with golden. Four triangular black blotches pass down 

 from tlie back to the lateral line, most developed in the young. Fins dark. Grows 

 to a foot in length. 



The Andumans. 



Family Mullidse. 

 Branchiostegals 4. Pseudohrancliioe. Two stitt' barbels below the chin belonging 

 to the hyal apparatus. Two dorsal fins, well apart. Ventral with one spiue and five 

 rays. 



TJpENioiDEs, Bleeker. 



Teeth in both jaws, on the vomer and palatine bones. 



TJ. viTTATTJs, Forsk. 



Chah-ti-ing-ud-dah. Andamans. 



B. iv. ; D. 8 -}; P. 15-17; V. 1; A. 1; C. 15. 



Colour chestntit on the back, golden below. Two or three bright yellow bands 

 along the sides. First dorsal fin black tipped, and with two blackish bands. Pectoral 

 pinkish edged with white ; upper caudal lobe crossed by 5 or 6 yellowish-brown bars, 

 having dark edges and with a black tip, whilst the lower lobe is white tipped and has 

 three oblique dark bars. An air-vessel present. 



The Andamans. 



