348 , TEICHIUEID^. 



of the head 84 ; the diameter of the eye is 2^ in the length of the 

 snout. Silveiy. 

 Sea of Japan. 



4. Trichiurus muticus. 



Trichiui'us muticus, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 10; Griff. Anim. Kingd. 



Fishes, p. 349. pi. 6. f. 2. 

 intemiedius, Gray, Zool. 3Iisc. p. 10 ; Richards. Ichth. China, 



p. 268. 



D. 150*. 



The diameter of the eye is one-third the length of the snout, and 

 equals the interorbital .space, which is convex. The lateral liae 

 scarcely descends towards the beUy, and runs anteriorly along the 

 middle of the body. Ventral fins indicated by a pair of very small 

 scales. 



Sea of China. 



a, h. Half-grown. China. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



c. Fine specimen. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



d. Half-grown. China. 



e. Adult. India. Presented by General Hardwicke. — Type of the 



species. 



/, Adult. India. Presented by General Hardwicke. — Named Ti-i- 

 chiurus acutirostris. 



(/. Half-grown. Chusan. Presented by the Hon. East India Com- 

 pany. 



7t. Adult. (Atlantic?) 



i. Adult. From the Haslar Hospital. 



k. Adult : bad state. From the Haslar Hospital. 



l-n. Half-grown : very bad state. From the Haslar Hospital. 



0. Adult : not good state. 



5. Trichiurus haumela. 



Wilhighhij, Ap2^. pi. 3. f. 3. 



Clupea haumela, Forsk. p. 72 ; L. Gm. p. 1408. 



Ti'ichim-us lepturus, Lacep. ii. pi. 7. f. 1 (not Cuv.). 



Rmsell, pi. 41. 



TrichiiU'us haiunela, Bl. Schn. p. 518 ; Cuv. ^ Val. viii. p. 249 ; Riipp. 



N. W. Fische, p. 41 ; Cant. Catal. p. 113 ; Bleek. Makr. Verh. Bat. 



Gen. xxiv. p. 41. 



D. 127-133. 



The height of the body is 15 to 17 times in the total length, the 

 length of the head 6 to 7 times ; the diameter of the eye is 2^ ia the 

 length of the snout. Silvery : back blackish. 



Indian Ocean and Archipelago. 



a. Adult : skin. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



b. Half- grown : not good state. AmbojTia. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



* The rays on the extremity of the tail are scarcely perceptible, hut they are 

 included in the above number. 



