232 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIONS. 



A slight transverse depression behind tlie snout. Supraorbital margin serrated, 

 and a serrated ridge along either side of the hind limb of the preniaxillary. Teeth in 

 villiform rows, the outer enlarged Caudal rounded. Colour leaden brown, fins 

 blackish. A dee]) black blotch edged with scarlet at the base of the pectoral. The 

 second dorsal, caudal, and anal spotted. 



The Andumaus. 



C. Am}ihj(ipin(i. 



Vertical fins united, a sini/ic dorintJ occupijiiKj the hack. 



GoBloiBES, Zaccprrle. 



Branchiostogals 5. Gills 4. PsoudobranchifB ab.sent. Body elongate. Lower 

 jaw prominent, so that the cleft of the mouth is directed upwards. Anterior teeth 

 very strong. Eyes minute. Scales none, or rudimentary. 



G. c^CTius, Bl. iSehn. 



B. v.; D. 6:40:44; P. 15; V. -\; A. 38:45; C. 13. 



A few mandibular barbels. An outer row of curved teeth, 16 to 18 above, 10 to 

 13 below, with villiform ones inside. Caudal sliort and pointed. Scales none. 

 Colour vaiiable. Leaden above, lighter below. Vertical fins grey. Central caudal 

 rays black, pectorals and ventrals reddish. Sometimes the fish is a general reddish- 

 brown colour. 



The Andamans. 



This fish is very vicious (like its congeners), and if its tail is touched, will spring 

 round and snap and grip like a bull-dog, with the utmost tenacity. 



G. BucHANANi, Day. 



B. V. ; D. 6:42; P. 19; V. i; A. 36; C. 17. 



The posterior nostril opens just before the eye, and the anterior tubular one 

 close to the front edge of the snout. A minute pair of symphysial barbels on the 

 mandible, and a still smaller pair behind them. Vertical fins continuous. Scales none, 

 save a few rudimentary ones in crypts anteriorly. Colour brownish -olive above, 

 reddish below. I'ectoial and ventral fins yellow, with outer halves black. Vertical fins 

 blackish. 



Coast of Burma (Maulmain). 



Tetpauche^^, Cuvier et Valenciennes. 



Branchiostegals 4. Pscudobranchite. A blind cavity above the opercle, not 

 communicating with the branchia}. Body compressed and elongate. Eyes minute. 

 Teeth in a band, no canines. Scales small. 



T. vagixa, Bl. S(-hn. 



B. iv. ; D. 6:40-49; P. 15; V. 1 ; A. 40-46; C. 13. 



Lower jaw the longer. Teeth distant, curved, longish, in both jaws, with one 

 inner band above, and two below of fine ones. Caudal pointed, or rounded. Colour 

 roseate white, seasonably brighter. Dorsal and anal grey-edged. Caudal, pectorals, 

 and ventrals, white or yellowish. Grows to 9 inches, and is eaten by the poor. 



Coasts of India and Burma. 



Family CallionymidsB. 



Branchiostegals 5 or 6. Pseudobranchiae. The infraorbital ring of bones does 

 not articulate with the preoperclc. No palatine teeth. Two dorsal fins. Aii'-vessel 

 none. 



Caxlionymtjs, Linnccus. 



Gill opening narrow, sometimes merely a round hole at the upper edge of opercle. 

 Body anteriorly depressed. Mouth narrow, upper jaw protractile. A strong spine 

 at the angle of the preopercle. Teeth in jaws minute. 



