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of tliuir muscular pectorals, and they are as much at home on the mud as in 

 water, from which they make their escape as fast as tlicy cau, if waslied in by 

 the swell of a passing wave when basking on the banks. Day remarks of them, 

 that they plant theii- pectoral fins "firmly as an organ of sujiport, the same as 

 one places one's elbows on a table, then they raise thcii' heads and take a deliberate 

 sm-vcy of surrounding objects." 



P. KoELRICUTERI, Pall. 



Chood-mud-dah. Andamans. 



B. v.; D. 10-15 :12-i;3; P. 15; V. i ; A. 1M4 ; C. 11. 



Skin of the snout forms fleshy flaps. Teeth, about 24 conical pointed ones 

 in each jaw. Body olive brown, with white or blue dots. Head sometimes blue- 

 spotted. Pii-st dorsal bluish, with a dark edge and white top, sometimes basally 

 white-spotted. Second dorsal with a white-edged black band down it, and white 

 spots at its base. 



The Andamans and Burmese coasts and tidid rivers. 



P. SCHLOSSERI, Pall. 



B. V. ; D. 0-15 : -h I P. 9 ; V. -\ ; A. -A" ; C. 12. 



Colour brownish, banded with emerald green spots. In some lights uniform 

 bright green {fide Day). First dorsal black, bluish above, edged with white, 

 a scarlet band along its centre, with a white dot between each ray. Second dorsal 

 similar, but lighter and spotted. Anal white-edged. The male has a black band 

 cobalt above, and a scarlet edging along the first dorsal. 



Coasts and tidal livers of Burma. 



BoLEOPHinALJirs, Olivier et J'alenciennes. 



Branchiostegals 5. Pseudobranchiae, a slib behind the fourth gill. Eyes very 

 prominent, close together, with well-developed outer eyelids. Teeth in a single row 

 in both jaws, and a pair of symphysial hinder canines in the lower. Two dorsals. 

 Yentrals more or less united. Caudal obli(|uely truncated below. 



B. GLAUCus, Day. 



B. V. ; D. 5 : 27 ; P. 19; V. | ; A. 25 ; C. 13. 



A few tentacles along the mandibular rami, none below the symphysis. 13 canine- 

 like teeth in front of the upper jaw, and laterally 13 more as large as thoso in the 

 mandible. In the mandible 25 subhorizontal and pointed teeth all equal, and a pair 

 of symphysial canines in the rear. Yentrals united along their whole extent. Scales 

 minute, but visible posteriorly. Colour greenish, tinged with violet along the belly. 

 Cloudy bands on head, and a few distant black spots on the cheeks and back. Second 

 dorsal dark-lined. Anal yellowish. Caudal light below and dotted above, or covered 

 with small ocelli. 



The Andamans. 



B. TiEiDis, Ham. Buch. 



B. v.; D. 5:26; P. 21; V. it; A. 26; C. 15. 



A few tentacles along the manilibular rami, and a larger one beneath the 

 symphysis. Colour greenish above, white below ; distant black spots on head, body, 

 and dorsals. Caudal angularly banded above, white below. 



Akyab. 



B. BODDAERTI, Pall. 



B. v.; D. 5:24-25; P. 17; V. i; A. 24; C. 13. 



The 6 central teeth in the premaxillai"ies canine like, laterally 30 smaller. In 

 the mandible 30 horizontal truncated teeth in each ramus, with a pair of symphysial 

 canines behind. Colours greenish-blue, with 7 or 8 vertical black bands. Body 

 covered with opaque blue spots. Dorsal blue- spotted. Pectoral orange, black-edged, 

 or dark with orange margin. Anal and caudal dark. Yentrals purplish. 



Burma. 



