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silvfiT. A round Mack slioulilcr spot ami a blar-k spot ovor the (>yo. Bade with 

 numerous pcarly-wliitc spots. Dorsal fin Ijrown-spottcd. (Caudal vertically harried 

 iiud black-ednod. Anal blaek-spottcd. Pectorals oi-angc 

 The Audamans. 



Fiuiuhi Berycidee. 



Eranehiostogals from 4 to 8. FseudobrancliiiC present. Form oblong or rather 

 elevated and eomiii-essed. Head with large muciferous cavities. Teetli more or less 

 villiform in botb jaws. Dorsal, when single, having the spinous portion less than the 

 soft, or with isolated spines in fi'ont. 



MvRiPRisTis, CiKier. 



Branchiostegals 7 or 8. Teeth villiform on jaws, vomer, and palatines. Two 

 dorsal fins. Tail forked. Air-vessel ooutracted near its centre. 



M. MuKDJix, Forsk. 



Sparus, suUancroo-kuntce, Russell. 



B. viii. ; D. 10 TT^; P. 1-5; V. i; A. -n-*TTr; C. 19. 



Lower jaw slightly the longer, with a rough wart on either side of the symphysis. 

 Mandible furro«-ed by 10 or 12 grooves. Upper snrfiice of head roughened by 3 or 

 4 raised lines, which divide and subdivide, each ending in a small spine. Dorsal 

 spines increase to the third, the three next being equal to it. Colour roseate. CJill 

 openings d(>ep brownish black or like coagulated ))lood. A dark mark in the axilla. 

 A dark vertical band tlirongh the eye. Dorsal, caudal, anal and ventral fius edged 

 with niilk-wbite. 



The Andamans. 



HoLocKXTErar, Arledi. 



Branchiostegals 8. Villiform teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines. Two dorsal 

 fins. Tail forked. Air-vessel oval and simple. 

 H. AxnAirANEXsE, Day. 

 B. viii.; D. 11-1.5; P. 17; Y. |; A. i; C. 22. 



Preopercle denticulated, with a large fluted spine at its angle. Tbird to fifth 

 dorsal spines highest. Colour uniform rosy scarlet. 

 The Andamans. 



Famili/ Polynemidse. 



Branchiostegals 7. PseudobranchiiB. Body oblong. Eyes large, more or loss 

 covered by an adipose membrane. Mouth on the lower side of a prominent snout. 

 Two dorsal fins. Seven free and articulated appendages below the pectoral. Air- 

 vessel variable in form, present or not. 



PoLTNEitns, Linnceus. 



Teeth villiform on the jaws, palatines, vomer and ptciygoid bones. 



A. Air-vessel none. 



P. PAEADISEUS, L. 



Kga-pong-na. The mangoe-fish. 



B. vii.; D. 7 -nr-4T; P. 15 + vii. ; V. i; A. i\; C. 19. 



SnoTit overhangs the mouth. Seven free rays below the pectoral, the three 

 up])er ones being the longest, and about twice the length of the fish. Colour golden, 

 with a tinge of grey on the back and fins. Grows to 10 inches. 



Coasts of India and Burma, entering rivers to .spawn during the S.W. monsoon and 

 the cold months. 



It is highly esteemed as a delicacy, especially the roes, and called ' mangoe 

 fish' by Europeans, or ' tapsi mach,' of which name Buchanan observes: "Those 



