244 trachtnibjE. 



Sillago erythrsea, Ciw. ^- Vol iii. p. 409. 



malabarica, Cant. Catal. p. 21 ; Bleck. Bali, iii. p. 157. 



D. 11 1 J5.'. A. 55^5-3. L. lat. 70. L. transv. 4/11. Caec. pylor. 2*. 



Vert. 14/20. 



The height of the body is one-sixth of the total length, the le-ngth 

 of the head one-fourth. The space between the eyes is one-half the 

 length of the snout. The ventral spine feeble. Coloration uniform 

 brownish-yeUow, with a silvery lateral streak ; fins transparent, 

 reddish-violet. 



From the Red Sea through all the Indian Seas. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Red Sea. 



6. Half-grown : not good state. Ceylon, From the Collection of 

 the Zoological Society. 



0. Half-grown : skin. Malayan Peninsula. Fi'om Dr. Cantor'.s 



Collection. 



d. Adult. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



e. Adult. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 

 /. Adult. Philippines. 



g. Half-grown. Canton. Presented by the Zoological Society. 

 h, i. Adult and half-grown. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 

 k'. Adult : stuffed. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



1. Adult: skeleton. China. 

 m. Half- grown. China. 



11, Young : bad state. China. Presented by Captain Sir E. Belcher. 

 0. ? Adult: skin : bad state. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, 



Esq. 

 JO. Thirteen inches long. From theCoUection of the Zoological Society. 



The peculiarities of the slceleton have been noticed by Cuvicr. The 

 structure of the skuU is that of a Scifenoid fish, but the mimber of 

 the vertebrae and the long anal fin are characters by which it ap- 

 proaches more to the fishes of the present family. The length of 

 the abdominal portion of the vertebral column is to that of the caudal 

 as 1 : 1-4. 



Bleeker, -with his usual precision, has given distinct characters for 

 the following species, to which, however, I cannot refer the Chinese 

 specimens mentioned above, as they show all the characters attri- 

 buted by Bleeker to Sillago sihama. 



2. Sillago japonica. 



Tefnm. ^- Schley. Faun. Japan. Paiss. p. 2-3. pi. 10. f. 1 ; Blcek. Act. 

 Soc. Sc. Indo-NeclirL iii. Japan, p. 11, and Bali, iii. p. 1G3. 



Only three longitudinal series of scales between the spinous dorsal 



* HiippcU found two pyloric appendnges. Cuvicr four. In flie specimens in 

 l}ic Hritisli Museum the intestines do not ndmit of an examination. 



