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TEFTHIDID.B. 



length. (!aiu]al fin omarginate. Snout rather broad, convex. Brown, 

 dotted all over with whitish, the dots being very small and extend- 

 ing on the dorsal and anal fins. ( Val.) 

 Sharks Bay (W. Australia). 



10. Teuthis dorsaUs. 



Aniphacantlnis dorsalis, Cuv. ^ Val. x. p. 143 ; 3Iull. Sf Schlefj. Verh. 



Nat. Gesch. Vissch. pp. 10, 13. pi. 2. fig. 1. 

 Teuthis dorsalis, Cant. Catal. p. iiiOO. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length. Caudal fin 

 slightly emarginate. Ground-colour brownish-olive, with scattered 

 small roundish whitish spots on the back and the sides, which are 

 much smaller than the interspaces between ; no brown spot on the 

 shoulder. 



Coasts of Pinang and Java. 



a, b. Adult and half-grown : skins. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's 



Collection. 

 e. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



11. Teuthis oramin. 



Amphacantbus guttatus, var. oramin, Bl. ScJm. p. 207. tab. 48. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length. Caudal 

 fin deeply emarginate. Back with roundish whitish spots, which 

 become oblong on the sides, and are much smaller than the inter- 

 spaces between them ; caudal with black cross-bands. {Schn.) 



Tranquebar. 



This is a very doubtful species, which appears to be similar to 

 T. dorsalis. The black cross-bands on the caudal fin, perhaps, have 

 been added by Bloch. 



Professor Peters has informed us that the dried tyjjical specimen 

 mentioned by Schneider appears to have been lost. 



12. Teuthis albopunctata. 



Amphacantbus albopunctatus, Schh'n. Faun. Jap:m. Poiss. p. 128. 



• margaritiferus, Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 24;3 (not Cuv. Sf Val.). 



fuscescens, Richards. Ichth. Cliin. p. 243 (not Auct.). 



dorsalis, Bleeh. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxiii., Teuth. p. 9, niul 



Java, iv. p. 332 ; (not Cue. Sf Val.). 

 Teuthis brevirostris, Gronov. Si/st. ed. Gray, p. 142. 



The height of the body is contained three times and a half in the 

 total length. Caudal fin emarginate. Ground-colour brownish- 

 olive, with scattered small roundish whitish spots on the back and 

 the sides, which are much smaller than the interspaces between. A 

 dark-brown blotch on the shoulder, less distinct in large .specimens. 



East Indian Archipelago. Japanese and Chinese Seas. 



«-r/. IlaK-grown and young. Amoy. 



