113 



Eight series of scales between the last ray of the first dorsal fin and the 

 lateral line. 



[2nd dorsal spine and pectoral fins broken at tip]. 



Outer ray of the ventral fin as long as the head behind the middle of the eye. 



[Pyloric cgeca present, of moderate size]. 



Largest specimen (immature) just over 6 inches long. 



Bay of Bengal, 193 and 272 fathoms. 



Regd. Nos. 11678, 11724. 



90. Blacrurus {3Iaci'urns) pnmillceps, Alcock. 



Macrurus pumiliceps, Alcock, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, Vol. LXIII. pt. 2, 1891, pp. 125, 127: Illi-stratioxs of 

 THF Zoology of the Investigator, pl. XVI. fig. 3. 



B. 7. D. r + 12. P. 18. V. 12. 



Differs from M. investigatoris only in the following particulars : — 



The head is just over an eighth the total length. 



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



The major diameter of the eye is almost a third the length of the head. 



The upper jaw is a little longer than the snout. 



The barbel is about three-quarters as long as the eye. 



Scales with from 3 to 8 (usually 6) short rows of spinelets, which seldom 

 project beyond the edge of the scale. 



Lateral line indistinguishable. 



2nd dorsal spine as long as the head. 



The pectorals and the outer ray of the ventral fin are as long as the head 

 without the snout. 



Nine or ten very small pyloric caeca. 



Largest specimen 11 inches long. 



Arabian Sea, between Maldives and Travancore coast, 719 fathoms. 



Regd. Nos. 13561, 13562. 



[The number of rays in the anal fin is far over 100]. 



91. 3Iacru7'us {Macriirus) Hextii, Alcock. 



Kacrums ffeztii, Alcock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Oct. 1890, p. 299 ; Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, Vol. LXIII. pt. 2, 

 1894, p. 126. Illustrations of the Zoology of the Investig.\tob, Fishes, pl. XII. fig. 3. 



B. 6. D. r + 11. A. CMC 110. P. 21. V. 7. 



Differs from M. in^'cstigatoris only in the following particulars : — 



The snout is as long as the eye, and its tubercles are inconspicuous. 

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