I'LATl'ISHICS (HinKROSOMATA) 



Depth ul hotly about Iwict- in the length, length of he.ul about 3!, I'ppcr profile 

 of head with a slight notch in front of eyes. Snout shorter than eye, diameter of 

 whicli is 3 to 3^ in length of head : eyes separated by a narrow ridge, the lower a 

 little in advance of upper. Maxillary extending to below anterior edge of eye or a 

 little beyond, length 35 to 3I in that of head ; lower jaw 25 to 2| in head. 7 or K 

 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. 47 to 52 scales in lateral line. Dorsal 

 (76) 78-82. Anal 60-66. Pectoral of ocular side with 11 rays, length f to 5 that of 

 head. Longest rays of left pelvic about 2| in length of head. Caudal rounded. 

 Brownish, a series of rather indistinct dark blotches along upper and lower edges of 

 body, continued on bases of dorsal and anal fins ; two or three blotches on lateral 

 line ; a dark patch on distal part of pectoral ; hinder part of caudal lin with a broad 

 blackish band. 



Type. — Indian Museum. No. 13922. 



Distribution. — South-eastern India ; Celebes : in r.ither deep water. 



Specimens Examined : 



.;(/- 



Madr 



^ Coast, 2u iu 



hid. .\lii^. 



Also from Ganjani, Madras and Travancore 

 species (Ind. Mus.). 



sts, uuluding the tyi>fs of tin 



PSETTINA IIJIM.E (Jordan and Starks). 



Fiigy/tr^tsiiftfin njtmu-. Jordan and Starks, 1904, Hull. U..S. Com. Fish 

 lig. I ; Jordan and Starks, 1906, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., x.txi, p. 

 and Svmler, 1913, J. Coll. Sci. Tokyo, xxxiii (i), p. 31 i, fig. 263. 



I'setltna ujimtr, Hubbs, 1915, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xlviii, p. 456. 



Piillnui uinna (part), Xonii.m, igji, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (in) viu 



fig. .1 ; 



Depth of body 23 m the length, length of head nearly 4. Upper pmlile of head 

 distinctly notched in front of eyes. Snout shorter than eye, diameter of which is 

 3 in length of head ; eyes separated by a narrow bony ridge ( J ), the lower very little 

 in advance of upper. Maxillary extending to below anterior part of eye, length 

 about 3 m that of head ; lower jaw a little more than twice in head, f) or 7 gill-rakers 



