2ll4 nriDfJ. ITS PEOPLE A.VD PItO/X'CT/oXS. 



U. TRAGFLA, liiclianlsuii. 



B. iv.; D. 7-8 I; P. 13; Y. i ; A. 4 ; C. 15. 



Colour silvery, liead and body spotted with liro^vn ; a brown band down tlie side. 

 Dorsal tin dark banded. Each lube of caudal with 5 or 6 oblique black bars. Grows 

 to about 5 inches. 



The Andamans. 



MuLLOiDEs, Bli'eher. 



Palate edentulous. Teetli in the jaws in several rows. 



M. FLAVOLIXEATCS, Laccp. 



B. iv. ; D. 7 J; P. 17-19; V. i; A. j; C. 15. 



First three dorsal spines equal. Colour, upper surface of the head and back 

 reddish chestnut, becoming wliitish on the sides, and tinged with yellow on the belly. 

 A narrow yellow band from above the eye to the snout, joined by a second fi'om 

 liclow the eye. A brilliant gold band from behind the eye to the tail. Fins carncous, 

 a yellow band along the liase of the second dorsal ; lower lobe of tail grey. Grows to 

 nearly a foot. 



The Andamans. 



TJpENEUs, Blcelwr. 

 - . Palate edentulous. A single row of teetli in either jaw. 

 U. iiAcnoNEMUs, Lacep. 

 B. iv. ; D. I; P. 16, V. A ; A. 7 ; C. 15. 



First dorsal spine very short ; third and fourth equal, longest. Last doisal and 

 anal rays very elon^'ated. Colour, a black iiand down the side from the .•<7iout to just 

 past the end of the second dorsal and behind it, a black blotch at the base of the tail. 

 Some scales on the sides gold-spotted. A purplish stripe from eye to snout. First 

 dorsal violet. Second dorsal with a deep black band along its base. Ventral blackish 

 externally, reticulated internally. Caudal black-edged. Grows to 9 inches or so. 



Gulf of Martaban (Andierst). 



U. rNDicFS, Shaw. 



U. ipiliiitis, Day. 



B. iv. ; D. J ; P. 16 ; Y. I ; A. V^; C. 15. 



First dorsal spine very short, third and fourth equal, longest. Last dorsal ray 

 not elongated. Colour purplish red, with a large oval shining golden blotch on the 

 lateral line, between the dorsal fins. A blacki>h, pale-centred mark at the base of the 

 tail. Belly yellow spotted, or lined. A broad purple band from eye to snout, with 

 a narrow violet one on either side. Cheeks pink, variegated with yellow and tortuous 

 blue lines. A dark spot at the gape. Dorsal fin purplish, streaked with blue. A(uil 

 yellow banded. Fins pinkish, except the caudal, which is greenish, with purplish 

 rays. Grows to 16 inches. 



The Andamans. 



The marine ' mullets ' are most of them excellent fish for the table, and some 

 species, as the ' red mullet' of Europe, is so highly esteemed as to be dressed with its 

 entrails and excrement unreraoved, to suit the perverted and uncleanly taste of the 

 epicure, as is the case with the woodcock, whence the red mullet is also known as the 

 ' woodcock of the sea.' 



FamiJy NandinsB. 

 Branchiostegals 5 or 6. Dorsal fin single. Anal with 3 spines. Air-vessel 

 present. 



A. Psetidobranchia present. 

 Plesiops, Cuvier. 



Branchiostegals 6. Villiform teeth on the jaws, vomer and palatines. Tongue 

 edentulous. 



