504 CAHANGID^. 



^ inches, lines. 



Diameter of the eye 4g 



Length of the caudal 1 



of the pectoral 8 



of the ventral 6 



13. Equula rivulata. 



Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 126. pi. 67. f. 2 ; ? Richards. Ichthyol. 

 Cliina, p. 276. 



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The height of the body is contained three times in the total length, 

 the length of the head four times and one-fifth. The dorsal fin is 

 low, and the length of the second spine is 3g in the height of the 

 body. Back with numerous blackish streaks, descending obliquely 

 backwards ; dorsal fin without black. (Schleg.) 



Sea of Japan. 



14. Equula insidiatrix. 



Zeus insidiator, £1. tab. 192. f. 2, 3 ; L. Gm. p. 1221 ; Bl Schii. p. 95; 



Shaw, Zool. iv. p. 284. jpl. 41 ; Lacep. iv. pp. 572, 574. 

 Equida insidiatrix, Cuv. if- Val. x. p. 98 ; Cant. Catal. p. 151 ; Bleek. 



Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Makr. p. 84. 



The height of the body is 2\ m the total length, the length of the 

 head 4|. No spines above the orbit. The cavity on the head is 

 triangiilar, and 2| as long as broad. The lower prajopercular mar- 

 gin is minutely serrated ; the mandibula ascends in a vertical line. 

 The lateral line extends nearly to the tail. Scales exceedingly small. 

 Back with rather irregular vertical blackish streaks, generally ia- 

 ten'upted and forming spots. 



East Indian Seas, entering fi-esh waters. 



a-d. Adult. Sumatra. Piu'chased of Mr. Frank. 



e, /. Adult : skins : bad state. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. 



Cantor's Collection. 

 </. Young. China. 

 h. Adult. 

 i. Half-grown : bad state. From the Haslar Collection. 



15. Equula interrupta. 



Chanda ruconiiis, Buch. Ham. Gam/. Fishes, pp. 106, 371. pi. 12. 



f. 35 (mouth faidty). 

 Equida inteiTupta, Cuv. ^ Val. x. p. 102 ; Bleek. Verh, Bat. Gen. xxiv. 



Makr. p. 85. 

 ruconius, Cuv. Sf Val. x. p. 79. 



D.ffi. A. A. 



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The height of the body is one-half the total length, the length of 



