318 



TFFTHIDTr)*. 



length. Caudal fin cniarginate. 8nout rather broad, convex. Brown, 

 dotted all over with whitish, the dots being verj' small and extend- 

 ing on the dorsal and anal fins. ( Val.) 

 Sharks Bay ("W. Australia). 



10. Teuthis dorsalis. 



Aniphacanthus dorsalis, Cuv. ^- Val. x. p. 143 ; Miell. <^- Schleq. Verh. 



Nat. Gesch. Vissch. pp. ]0, 13. pi. 2. fig. 1. 

 Teuthis dorsalis, Cant. Catal. p. 1.09. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length. Caudal fin 

 slightly emarginate. Ground-colour brownish-olive, with scattered 

 small roundish whitish spots on the back and the sides, which are 

 much smaller than the interspaces between ; no brown spot on the 

 shoulder. 



Coasts of Pinang and Java. 



a, b. Adult and half-grown : skins. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's 



Collectipn. 

 c. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



11. Teuthis oramin. 

 Amphacanthus guttatus, var. oramin, Bl. Schn. p. 207. tab. 48. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length. Caudal 

 fin deeply emarginate. Back with roundish whitish spots, which 

 become oblong on the sides, and are much smaller than the inter- 

 spaces between them ; caudal with black cross-bands. (Schn.) 



Tranquebar. 



This is a veij ^oubtful species, which appears to be similar to 

 T. dorsalis. The black cross-bands on the caudal fin, porhaj^s, have 

 been added by Bloch. 



Professor Peters has iuformed, us that the dried typical specimen 

 mentioned by Schneider appears to have been lost. 



12. Teuthis albopunctata. 



Amphacanthus albopunctatus, ScltU'i/. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 128. 



margaritiferus, Richarch. Ichth. Chin. p. 243 (not Cuv. Sf Val. ). 



fuscescens, Riclianls. Ichth. Cliin. p. 243 (not 'Auct.). 



dorsalis, Bleek. Vcrhand. Batnv.Genootsch. xxiii., Teuth. p. 9, and 



Java, iv. p. 332; (not Cuv. ^ Val). 

 Teuthis brevirostris, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 142. 



The height of the body is contained three times and a half in the 

 total length. Caudal fin emarginate. Ground-colour brownish- 

 olive, with scattered small roundish whitish spots on the back and 

 the sides, which are much smaller than the interspaces between. A 

 dark-brown blotch on the shoulder, less distinct in large specimens. 



East Indian Archipelago. Japanese and Chinese Seas. 



a-<j. Half-grown and young. Amoy. 



