1. FISHJLARIA. 53-5 



lea\'ing a free lanceolate space between them, and arc again a little 

 widened anteriorl}-, where they join the humerus and nrohyal. 



The anterior portion of the vertebral column shows the same pecu- 

 liarity as in Dactijloptertis : it is a long compressed tube, evidently 

 composed of four elongate vertebrae, which are not joined, but 

 perfectly anchylosed ; each of them has a pair of small foramina 

 for blood-vessels. The nciiral spines and parapophySv.s of this tubi- 

 form portion are confluent into thin lamina?, the lateral of which 

 are wing-Uke, expanded in their anterior half. There are, besides, 

 forty-nine abdominal and thirty-three caudal vertebrae ; each ver- 

 tebra has five deep imjiressions, and those of the abdominal portion 

 and a part of the caudal have long parapophyses. The neural spines 

 are short, the interneurals long, .horizontally situated, so that they 

 form together one continuous bony strip ; the baemals are much di- 

 vergent at the base, leaving space for a "vvide channel. Ribs none. 



Indies, lines. 

 Length of the tubiform portion of the vertebral column 4 4 



of the abdominal portion 9 8 



of the caudal portion 5 6 



Total length 11) 6 



2. Fistularia serrata. 



Pike Fish Oonger, Daynpier, Voij. Neiv Holl. in Coll. Toy. iii. pi. facing 



p. 184. 

 Fistularia tabaccaria, Wliite, Voy. Bot Bay, p. 296. fig. 2. 



tabaccaria, var., Bl. viii. p. 130. taf. 387. figs. 2,3; Bl. Schn. p. 114. 



Russell, ii. p. 58. pi. 173. 



Fistularia immaculata, Cuv. Reyne Anim. ; Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 247; 



Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 320; Bleek. Amb. i^- Cer. p. 281, and Verhand. 



Acad. Wetensch. Amstcrd. i., Japan, p. 11. 



serrata, Cuv. Rvgne Anim. (after BlocJi). 



commersonii, Riipp. N. IV. Fische, p. 142 ; Peters in Wieam. Arch. 



1855, p. 258. 

 Cannorh}Tichus immaculatus, Cant. Catal. p. 211. 

 Skeleton ; Rosenth. Ichthyot. Taf. ix. figs. 8-12 (Fistularia tabacaria). 



B. 7. D. 13-15. A. 14-15. V. 6. C. 2-|-6 | 2 | O-f-2. 

 Vert. 47/34 {Rilpp.), 47/29 (Bosenth.). 



The outer edge of the tube is very distinctly serrated. Brownish- 

 grey, silvery beneath ; sometimes some bluish spots on the back or 

 on the sides. 



From the coast of Mozambique to the Seas of Cliina and New 

 Holland. — The head of this species is very distinctly figured by Bloch, 

 and on this figure Cuvier has founded the species F. serrata. 



a. Half-grown : bad state. Madras. Presented by T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



b. Half-grown. Bengal. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



c. Half-grown. Singapore. 



d. Half-grown: stuffed. SeaofPinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection, 

 e-/. Half-grown and young. Araboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



