182 SYNGNATHID^. 



I^assing into the lower edge of the tail. Operculum with a distinct 

 longitudinal ridge. Snout somewhat turned upwards. Dorsal fin 

 standing on ten rings, three of which belong to the trunk. Tail 

 rather longer than the body. Back with dark cross bands down to 

 the lateral line ; tail with dark rings. 

 Mouth of the Ganges ; Malabar. 



ff-6. Females. Bengal. From the Collection of the East-India 

 Companj\ 



Kaup (I. c.) has already shown that the fish described by Bleeker 

 (Verh. Bat. Gen. xxv. Beng. p. 162, tab. 3. fig. 3) is not the species 

 named by Buchanan. He appears to have had a fish more nearly 

 allied to D. hrachyurus. 



7. Doryichthys caudatus. 



Microphis caudatus, Peters, Mmiatsber. Ak. Wiss. Berlin, 1868, 

 p. 270. 



D. 34-38. Osseous rings 17 + 29-30. 



No spines. Lateral line passing into the lower edge of the tail. 

 Operculum rough, with one, sometimes double, longitudinal keel ; 

 another keel near its upper edge. Snout as long or nearly as long 

 as the postorbital part of the head. Dorsal fin commencing some- 

 what in advance of the vent on eight or nine rings. Tail conspicu- 

 ously longer than body, ( Firs.) 



Island of Samar, in fresh water ; Java. 



/3. Body longer than tail. 



8. Doryichthys bleekeri. 

 Microphis bleekeri, Day, Fish. Malabar, p. 2(35. 



D. 41-45. Osseous rings 21-1-22, 

 No spines. Lateral line passing into the lower edge of the tail. 

 Operculum with a distinct longitudinal ridge, and five radiating lines 

 below. Snout about as long as the distance between the fore border 

 of the orbit and the extremity of the first breast-ring. Dorsal fin 

 standing on nine rings, the first of which is the anal ring. Body 

 longer than the tail. (Day.) 

 Malabar. 



9. Doryichthys auronitens. 



Doryichthys auronitens, Katip, Lophohr. p. 59. 



D. 41-42. Osseous rings 20-1-23. 



Edges of the body finely toothed. Lateral line uninterrupted, 

 passing into the lower edge of the tail. Operculum with a distinct 

 longitiidinal ridge, and two radiating lines below. Snout longer 

 than the distance between the fore border of the orbit and the ex- 

 tremity of the first breast-ring. Dorsal fin standing on nine rings, 

 two of which belong to the trunk. Length of the tail equal to the 

 distance between the vent and the front of the orbit, (Kaup.) 



Macassar, The typical specimen is in the Lcyden Museum, 



