27-i nCRMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIONS. 



a. Origin of dorsal fin in adrance of tltat of the anal. 



E. BOELAMA, Folsk. 



B. xi. ; D. 1416; P. 13; V. 7; A. 20-;52 ; C. 20. 



E}-cs suljcutaiioous. Snout compressed, projectinji;. Teeth equal in hoth jaws, 

 a small patch on the vomer, and a siajjle hand ou the palate. IJluish above, silvery 

 on the sides and belly. Head glossed with gold. 



The Andaraans. 



Cuvi(;r and Valenciennes remark that the flesh of this .<;pecics is poisonous, if 

 dressed without removing the head and intestines. 



b. Dorsal fin parfhi or eniirehj ahovc the anal. 

 E. TELABA, Ham. Bnch. 

 B. xii.-xiii. ; D. 1 + 14 1.5; P. 1.3; Y. 7; A. 70S0 ; C. 19. 



Eye subcutaneous. Abdominal profile more prominent than the dorsal. Snout 

 slightly overhanging. Teeth fine in the jaws, larger in the palate. Lower caudal 

 lobe the longer ; the upper truncated. Seven spiuate scales behind the ventral, and 

 15 to 16 anterior to it. Greenish along the back, silvery below, dashed -with gold. 

 Dorsal and caudal yellow, black-stained above. Pectorals in the adidt blue-black, in 

 the young yellowish, the elongated ray uncoloured. Grows to 16 inches. 



Burma, ascending the Irrawaddy as high as Mandalay. 



E- ixDicus, V. Hasselt. 



Zoo-roo-cart-dah. Andamans. 



B. xi.-xiii. ; D. 1.5-16; P. 15; Y. 7; A. 10; C. 19. 



Eye subcutaneous. Dorsal and abdominal profile slightly convex, equal. Snout 

 pointed, projecting. Teeth small in jaws, tongue and jialato. Scales very deciduous. 

 Four scutes before the base of the ventral fin. Silvery, dashed with green along the 

 back. Sometimes dark-spotted behind the occiput. A brilliant silveiy side band. 



The Andamans and coast, ascending tidal rivers. 



CoiLiA, Gray. 



Branchiostegals ix. to xi. Body compressed, tail pointed. Belly trenchant and 

 serrated. Snout pointed and projecting. 



B. x. ; D. 1 -f 14 ; P. 6 + 9 to 12 ; Y. 7. ; A. 77-95. 



Teeth on the jaws, vomer, palatine and pterygoid bones and tongue. Golden, 

 fins yellowish. 



Burma ; common in the Irrawaddy Biver. 



Chatoesstjs, Cuvier et Valenciennes. 



Eyes with adipose lids. Belly serrated. Upper jaw projecting. Branchiostegals 

 four to six. Jaws edentulous. Air-vessel largo, rounded in front, pointed behind. 



C. chacxtnua. Ham. Buch. 

 Kore paig-dah. Andamans. 



B. vi. ; D. 17-19; P. 15; Y. 8; A. 19-20; C. 19. 



Twenty-eight spines along the abdominal and thoracic edge, 16 or 17 of which 

 are anterior to the ventral fin. Golden, shot with purjile ; liiu^s formed of spots, along 

 the rows of scales in the upper third of the body. A black shoulder spot. Grows to 

 8 inches. 



Burma and the Andamans. 



C. MODESTUS, Day. 



B. vi. ; D. 14-16; P. 16; Y. 8; A. 27-28; C. 21. 



Profile over the nape slightly concave, then a grc.it rise to the base of the dorsal. 



