16. AMBLTOPUS. 135 



4. Amblyopus hermannianus. 



?? Taenioides hermannianus, Lac^. ii. p. 533. pi. 14. fig. 1. 

 PPCepola hermanniana, Shaw, Zool. iv. p. 191. 

 Gobioides rubicundus, Buck. Ha7n,m. 37, 365. pi. 5. fig. 9. 

 Amblyopus hermannianus, Cui\ t^ Kal, xii. p. 159. pi. 350; Blcvker, 

 Verhand. Batav. Gcnootsch. xxv., Betigal en Hindost. p. 103. 



maj'enna, Ciiv. Hf Val. xii. p. 163. 



anguillaris, Richards. Ichthyol. China, p. 207. 



Taenioides ccecula, Ckiv. Reane Anini III. Poiss. pi. 80. fig. 4. 



D.3-^„. A. 36-38. Vert. 11/17. 



The length of tho head is contained five times and a half to seven 

 times and a half in the total length (without caudal fin), or threo- 

 or four-fiftks of the distance between the root of tho ventral and 

 the vent. Pectoral of moderate length; caudal pointed ; dorsal and 

 anal fins continuous with the caudal, and not enveloped in thick 

 skin. Barbels none. Body with rudimentary scales, imbedded in 

 minute cryptae of the skin. 



Brackish waters of Bengal, Hindostan, and China, 



a. Adult. Ganges. From Mr. M'CleUand's Collection. 



h. Half-grown. China. From the Collection of the East India 



Company. 

 c, d, e. East Indies. 



5. Ambiyopns taenia. 

 D.A A. 33. 



Body elongate, compressed, naked, with rudiments of scales pos- 

 teriorly ; it is anteriorly higher than broad, its greatest depth being 

 one-fifteenth of the total length (without caudal). Head elongate, 

 subquadrangular ; it is contained eight and a htdf times in the total 

 length, without caudal, and twice in the distance between vent and 

 base of the ventral fin. Cleft of the mouth of moderate width, with 

 eight long, widely -set teeth in each of the jaws ; eyes inconspicuous ; 

 barbels none. The vertical fins arc slightly contiguous with one 

 another, and not enveloped in a thick membrane. Caudal fin elon- 

 gate, pointed, its length being four times and two-fifths in the total. 

 Pectoral of moderate length, two-thirds of the length of tho head, 

 shorter than the ventral. Greenish-olive (in spirits) ; caudal 

 blackish. 



East Indies. 



a. East Indies. From the Collection of the East India Comijany. 



inches, lines. 



Total length 11 



Length of the head 1 



Height of the body 7 



Length of the caudal fin 2 6 



Distance between the base of the ventral 



and the vent 2 



