96 



The rays of the fins are weak and are damaged beyond description by cap- 

 ture : those of the dorsal fin are much more strongly developed than those of the 

 anal. The pectorals appear to be short. 



Six small pyloric ca3ca. 



Colour : jet black. 



The largest specimen is 16^ inches long. 



Bay of Bengal, near the Andamans, 561 fathoms : Andaman Sea, 40-S 

 fathoms. 



Regd. Nos. 13048, 13049. 



75. Lariipi'ogr animus fragUis, Alcock. 



Lamprogrammus fragilis, Aloock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Nov. 1S92, p. 348. 



D. cirr. 90. A. eirc. 75. P. 17. V. 0. 

 Differs from L. nigcr only in the following particulars : — 

 The greatest height of the body is equal to the length of the head. 



The major diameter of the eye is between a sixth and a seventh the length 

 of the head. 



The upper jaw is not quite half as long as the head. 



There are three weak teeth at the angle of the preoperculum. 



The scales of the lateral line lie beneath a continuous tube of black skin 

 which is traversed along the middle by a continuous bright stripe. 

 The pyloric cgeca are a little longer. 

 Colour : jet black. 

 The largest specimen is 2 feet long. 



Bay of Bengal, off Godavari coast, 678 fathoms : Arabian Sea, off Travancore 

 coast, 406 fathoms. 



Regd. Nos. 13171 : \'\. 



Tauredophidium, Alcock. 



Tauredophidium, Alcock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Sept. 1890, p. 212. 



Body elongate, compressed: head large and broad, not compressed; its 

 bones firm : both head and body covered with small cycloid scales. 

 Eyes atrophied and completely hidden beneath the skin. 

 Operculum and preoperculum armed with enormous spines. 

 Lateral line indistinguishable. 



