21G BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODCCTIOXS. 



c. Broad teeth fixed in the jaws. \ to 4. dorsal spines. 



A. VELiFER, Bloch. 



B. v.; D. ^-A-; P. 17; V. i ; A.,rt^; C. 17. 



Six lobate incisors on each side of the upper jaw. Dorsal very elevated, fourth 

 dorsal ray highest. Scales rudimentary. Colour greyish, with nine vertical white- 

 edged bands from the hack to the belly. Head sometimes white-spotted. Four 

 curved blue or white bands on the dorsal, six on the anal and foiu- on tlio caudal. 

 Caudal pale-spotted. Grows to over 16 inches. 



The Andamans. 



Famih/ Carangidee. 



Caeanx, Lacipede. 



Branchiostegals 7. Pseudobranchia;. Dentition feeble. Two dorsal fins, the 

 first bearing 8 weak spines and a recumbent spine directed forwards in front of it. 

 Scales minute. Lateral line curved anteriorly, and posteriorly straight, and armed 

 with large plate-like scales. Air-vessel bifurcate posteriorly. 



A. Teeth on the palate. No finlets. 



C. MELAMPYGUS, CuV. ct Val. 



B. vii. ; D. 8 ^T^-; P. 22 ; V. V ; A. 2 tt^w; C. 19. 



Lower jaw rather the longer. An outer row of enlarged teeth in the upper 

 jaw. Straight portion of lateral line with keeled scales, the largest 1 the height 

 of body, and 3-1 to 36 in number.' Colour greenish gold along the back, silvery 

 along the belly. Sometimes the body is black-spotted. 



The Andamans. 



C. ORCMENOPHTHALMUS, Bloch. 



B. vii.; D. 8„J^^; P. 21; V. i ; A. 2 ,rr^y ; C. 21. 



A single row of teeth in both jaws, some also on the vomer, palatines and 

 tongue. Lateral line a very flat curve, with keeled scales behind the centre of the 

 dorsal, and which are strongest opposite the termination of the dorsal, the largest 

 equal |- the height of body. Colour silvery above, golden below. Sometimes an 

 opercular spot. Caudal black-tipped. Grows to a foot or more. 



The Andamans. 



C. Boops, Cuv. et Val. 



B. vii. ; D. ■&T^^\ P. 19; V. A; A. 2^o^^; C. 17. 



Lower jaw and teeth as in crumenophthalmua. Plates on lateral lines commence 

 from sixth dorsal spine, and at their broadest equal \ the height of the body, and are 

 46 in number. Colour silvery, darker on tlie back and shot with gold on the belly. 

 A small opercular spot. Dorsal and caudal dark-spotted. 



The Andamans. 



C. AiTiNis, Riipp. 



B. vii. ; D. 7-8 A; P. 24 ; V. ! ; A. 2^^^^; C. 17. 



Lower jaw slightly projects. Teeth villiform in more than one row in either 

 jaw near the symphysis, laterally in a single row of moderately large ones. Teeth 

 also on the vomer, palatines, and tongue. Lateral line with a long irregular curve, 

 which straightens below the sixth dorsal ray; the plates commence from the fifth 

 to the eighth scale of the straight portiim, 42 to 47 in number (the largest being \ 

 of height of body). Colour silvery on the back, golden on the belly. A series of 

 short vertical bands as wide as the interspaces crosses the lateral line along its entire 

 length. A black shoulder spot extending to the opercle. Fins yellow. Anal white- 

 edged. Second dorsal anteriorly white, and posteriorly dark-tipped. 



The Andamans. 



' The number of scales giveu on tlio hiteral line refers to the keeled seules only. 



