FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 335 



Narcine mdica (not Henle) Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. (Bengal), vol. 

 25, p. 9, 1852 (on Nalla temeree Russell, Fishes of Coromandel, vol. 1, p. 2, 

 pi. 2, 1808, Vizagapatam). 



Head to hind spiracle edge 2i/2 in disk length. Snout IVe in head 

 to hind spiracle edge ; eye very small, about l^ spiracle ; mouth small, 

 protractile ; teeth bands narrow, rounded on outer edge ; teeth in 23 

 rows above, 21 below, each with acuminate point on inner edge of 

 crown; front nasal valves short, confluent in broad flap reaching 

 mouth, with 2 slight notches and 3 low prominences on hind border ; 

 hind nasal valves feeble, extend to outer side of nostril, continued in 

 a slight fold toward mouth angle; interorbital 2 in head to front 

 edge of spiracle. Spiracle large, close behind eye. 



First dorsal origin behind hind basal end of ventral, fin length ll^ 

 in head to hind spiracle edge ; second dorsal length 1% ; caudal 51/5 

 in rest of body, rounded; pectorals form subcircular disk, length 

 slightly less than rest of body, wide as long; ventrals 6I/2 in total 

 body length. 



Light brown above, Avith large round brown spots, larger than 

 interspaces. Under surface white. Length, 180 mm. (Jordan and 

 Seale; Garman.) 



China. According to Annandale adults reach 340 mm. He gives 

 the color as chocolate brown above profusely marked with large spots 

 of dark purple brown. In the young these spots surrounded by 

 rather indefinite pale rings, sometimes persisting with age and giving 

 an ocellate appearance. Hind dorsal and caudal edges somewhat 

 broadly and front edges narrowly bordered with white. Ventral 

 surface dead white, sometimes clouded with dark pigment in large 

 individuals. Annandale also says it is very sluggish in its move- 

 ments and that he failed repeatedly to induce it to give an electric 

 shock even when it was in a bucket of sea water. 



NARCINE BRUNNEA Annandale 



Narcine hrunnea Annandale, Mem. Indian Mus., vol. 2, p. 45, pi. 3a, figs. 2 



(mouth), 2a (teeth), 1909 (type locality: Hughli River mouth). — Gasman, 



Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 300, 1913 (compiled). 

 Narcine timlei (not Schneider) Day, Fishes of India, pt. 4, pi. 192, fig. 3, 1878; 



Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, vol. 1, p. 45, fig. 18, 1889. 

 Narcine firma Gabman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 301, 1913 (type locality : 



Colombo, Ceylon). 



Head to hind spiracle edge 5l^ to end of tail; disk length 214. 

 Snout 1% in head to hind spiracle edge; eye very small, about half of 

 spiracle; posterior projection of teeth much shorter than transverse 

 diameter of base, rather broad and blunt; mouth roof behind teeth 

 with cutaneous ridge bearing irregular serrations, on mouth floor 



