1. OrniOCEPHALUS. 



469 



St/nopsis of the S^iecies. 



I. Shields on the upper siu'face of the head of moderate or large size. 

 No ocellated spot in the adult state. 



A. 29-37 dorsal rays. 



1. 0. punctatus. 2. O. affinis. 4. 0. kelaartii. 



3. O. gachua. 



B. 38-45 dorsal rays, 

 rt. L. lat. 50-58. 



* Larger teeth none. 



5. 0. rhodotajnia. 



* Lai'ger teeth in the lower jaw only. 

 0. O. nijstax. 8. 0. melanopterus. 



7. O. melanosoma. 



9. 0. cyanospilos. 

 10. 0. striatus. 



* Larger teetli in the lower jaw, on the \omer and the palatine 

 bones. 



11. 0. polylepis. 



b. L. lat. 60-70. 

 12. 0. bankanensis. 13. O. lucius. 



14. 0. siamensis. 



C. 50-53 dorsal rays. 

 IG. 0. barca. 17. 0. nigricans. 



II. A black ocellus on the caudal fin. 



19. O. marulius. 20. O. pseudoinarulius. 22. 0. pleurophthalmus. 



21. 0. marulioides. 



III. Shields on the upper surface of the head small. 



23. 0. argus. 24. 0. maculatus. 25. 0. niicropeltes 



(steveusii). 



15. 0. obscurus. 



18. O. grandinosus. 



1. CpMoceplialus punctatus. 



Ophicephalus punctatus, Bl. taf. 358; Bl. Sc/»i. p. 237; Cue. ^ Val, vii. 



p. 404 ; Bltek. Verhaiid. Batav. Genootsch. xxv., Bengal, en Hin- 



dost. p. 95. 



kari'ouvei, Lacep. iii. p. 552. 



latus, Buck. Ilam. Fish. Gang. pp. 63, 637. tab. 34. fig. 18. 



indicus, 3Ic Clell. Culc. Journ. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 583. 



D. 29-31. A. 20-22. L. lat. 40. L. transv. 4/9. 



Three or four large teeth on each side of the lower jaw. The 



3. Opliicephalus miliaris, Cuv. ^- Val. vii. p. 439. — China. 



4. iris, Cuv. # Val. vii. p. 439.— China. 



6. jovis, Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 252. — Cliina. 



6. theoplirasti, Val. in Jacq. Voy. Ind. Poiss. pi. 13. &g. 1. 



7. leucopunctatus, St/kes in Travis. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 352. tab. 60. fig. 3. 



— Dekkan. 



Pliilypnoides surakartensis, BlceJc. Blenn. en Gob. p. 10, is, according to 

 a communication from Dr. v. Bleeker, the young of some species of 

 Ophiocephalus. 



