348 TEicHitjRiD-a;. 



of the head 8|^ ; the diameter of the eye is 2^ in the length of the 

 snout. Silvery. 

 Sea of Japan. 



4. TricMums mnticas. 



Trichiurus muticus, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 10 j Grif. Anim. Kingd. 



Fishes, p. 349. pi. 6. f. 2. 

 intermedius, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 10 ; Richards. Ichth. CHina, 



p. 268. 



D. 150*. 



The diameter of the eye is one-third the length of the snout, and 

 equals the interorbital space, which is convex. The lateral line 

 scarcely descends towards the belly, and runs anteriorly along the 

 middle of the body. Ventral fins indicated hy a pair of very small 

 scales. 



Sea of China. 



a, h. Half-grown. China. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



c. Fine specimen. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



d. Half-grown. China. 



e. Adult. India. Presented by General Hardwicke. — Type of the 



species. 



/. Adult. India. Presented by General Hardwicke. — Named Tri- 

 chiurus acutirostris. 



^.Half-grown. Chusan. Presented by the Hon. East India Com- 

 pany. 



h. Adult. (Atlantic?) 



i. Adult. From the Haslar Hospital. 



k. Adult : bad state. From the Haslar Hospital. 



l-n. Half-grown : very bad state. From the Haslar Hospital. 



0. Adult : not good state. 



5. Trichiiirus haumela. 



Willughhy, App. pi. 3. f. 3. 



Clupea haumela, Forsk. p. 72 ; L. Gm. p. 1408. 



Trichiurus lepturus, Lacep. ii. pi. 7. f. 1 (not Cuv.). 



Russell, pi. 41. 



Trichiurus haumela, lil. Schn. p. 518 ; Cuv. ^ Val. viii. p. 249 ; Ruj)p. 



N. W. Fische, p. 41 ; Cant. Catal. p. 113 ; Bleek. Makr. Vcrh. Bat. 



Gen. xxiv. p. 41. 



D. 127-133. 



The height of the body is 15 to 17 times in the total length, the 

 length of tlie head 6 to 7 times ; the diameter of the eye is 2^ in the 

 length of the snout. Silvery : back blackish. 



Indian Ocean and Archipelago. 



a. Adult : skin. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



b. Half- grown : not good state. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



* The rays on the extremity of the tail are scart'cly perceptible, but they are 

 included in the above number. 



