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considerably greater than the width, it is in A. elongatus 

 nearly the same. 



When in A. scandens the greatest height of the body 

 is situated in a vertical level drawn through the anal-ope- 

 ning, it is in A. elongatus situated just behind the head. 



The diameter of the eye is much greater than that in 

 ex. of A. scandens of the same and even of greater size. 



A third known East Indian species of Anahas , A. 

 oligohpis Blkr., is characterized by a smaller number of scales 

 on the lat. 1., namely 27. Of this species the Leyd. Mus. 

 possesses : 



NO. 5160. 9 Ex. Bandjermasin. Coll. Bleeker. Types. 



NO. 1582. 1 Ex. Borneo. Coll. Schwaner. 



NO. 1588. 1 Ex. Bengal. Coll. Frank, 1840. 



3. Hippocampus guttulatus Cuv. 



Giinther, Cat. of Fishes, T. VIII, p. 202. 

 Day, Fishes of India, p. 682, pi. 174, fig. 6. 



NO. 5163, 2 Ex. 



Coloration : light brown , marbled with darker on the 

 back ; all parts with numerous small black and white dots. 



The following ex. are to be found in the Leyd. Mus. 

 NO. 3916. 4 Ex. Cap. Coll. v. Horstock. 

 NO. 3917. 3 Ex. Adriatic sea. Coll. Feldegg. Very distinct 



white spots (»as in the Scopeliuae" see Kner, No- 



vara-Reise, Pisces, p. 391) and filaments on the head. 

 NO. 3918. 3 Ex. Anc. Cabinet. 

 N<>. 3919. 4 Ex. Adriatic sea. Coll. Michahelles. 

 NO. 3920. 4 Ex. Sumatra. Coll. S. Muller. 

 NO. 3922. 1 Ex. Timor. Coll. S. Muller. 

 NO. 5165. 5 Ex. Sea of Amboina. Coll. Bleeker. Types of 



H. melanospilos Blkr. 

 NO. 5166. 3 Ex. East coast of Flores. Coll. Bleeker. Types 



of H. poly taenia Blkr. 

 NO. 5167. 33 Ex. East Indian Archipelago. Coll. Bleeker. 



Incl. the types of II. kuda Blkr. 



JSotes from the Leyden JMuseum, A^ol. XVI. 



