478 opniocEpnALTD,^. 



18. Ophiocephalus grandinosus. 



Ophiceplialus gTandinosus, Cuv. Sf Vol. vii. p. 434. pi. 203. 

 puticola, Hichards. Ichth. Chin. p. 252. 



D. 53. A. 35. 



Large teeth on each side of the lower jaw. The height of the body- 

 is one -eighth of the total length. Cleft of the month wide. Ven- 

 trals well developed. Brown, with indistinct darker cross-bands ; 

 vertical fins blackish, with white dots ; similar dots on the sides of 

 the body. ( Val.) 



Fresh waters of China. River Maissonr. 



19. Ophioceplialus marulius. 



Buch. Ham. Fishes of the Ganges, p. 65. pi. 17. fig. 19 ; Cuv. 8f Val. 

 vii. p. 432 ; Taylor in Brewster's Edinb. Journ. Sc. 1831, v. p. 36. 



D. 49-55. A. 31-36. L. lat. 60. L. transv. ^. 



Several large teeth on the side of the lower jaw. The height of 

 the body is one-seventh of the total length, the length of the head 

 one-fourth, that of the caudal fin one-sixth. The width of the inter- 

 orbital space is more than the extent of the snout, and one-fourth of 

 the length of the head. Cleft of the mouth large, the maxillary 

 extending behind the orbit. There are ten series of scales between 

 the orbit and the angle of the praeoperculum. The pectoral does not 

 quite extend to the origin of the anal fin, its length being rather more 

 than one-half of that of the head ; the length of the ventral is two- 

 thii'ds of that of the pectoral. Brownish-olive (in spirits), with four 

 or five dark blotches below the lateral line ; a black ocellus edged 

 with white superiorly on the base of the caudal fin ; vertical fins 

 irregularly spotted with white. Young individuals wdth a white 

 band, running from the orbit to the upper part of the caudal fin, 

 terminating in the ocellus mentioned. In very young specimens, the 

 white band terminates in a white spot without black in the centre. 



Fresh waters of Bengal, Hindostan, and Ceylon. 



a. Adult: stuffed. Loodianah. From the Collection of the East 



India Company. 

 b-c, d-h, i-h, I. Young. Bengal. 



m-n. Fine specimen. Ceylon. Purchased of Mr. Cuming. 

 o-p. Adult : stuffed. From the Collection of the East India Company. 



I observe that all the young, banded specimens have the largest 

 number of dorsal rays (54-55), whilst the old ones without light 

 baud have only 49 or 50. This may be an accidental circumstance, 

 which, however, deserves fui'ther investigation. 



20. Ophiocephalus pseudomarulius. 

 D. 48. A. 33. L. lat. 64. L. transv. 6/14. 

 Several large teeth on the side of the lower jaw. The height of 



