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In this drawing only four barbels are shown, and the ventrals are a little farther forward 
than in anguillicaudatus. The general colour of the body is umber-brown, pretty dark on the 
back, but paler and with silvery lustre on the sides. The fins arealso brown. A considerable 
number of oblong or roundish black spots are pretty equally scattered over the whole body, 
and there are more crowded round ones on all the fins except the ventrals. 
‘Hab. Canton. 
CoBITIS HEMATOPTERUS, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. Rad. D.7; A. 5; 
C.1612; P.11; V.7. (Spec. Br. Mus. 52 inches long.) 
Hab. Japan. ‘ 
Fam. ScopeLintp#& (Miiller). 
SAuRUS NEHEREvS, Buchanan Hamilton ( Osmerus), Fish of Ganges, p. 209 ; 
Wana motta, Russell, 171. Salmo microps et Harpodon, Lesueur, Journ. 
Ac. Se. of Phil. v. pl. 3. f.1, 1a. Saurus ophiodon, Cuv. Régn. Anim. ii. 
p- 314; Descript. of Anim. p. 192. fig. 160 ; Icon. Reeves, a. 18 ; Hardw. 
Malac. 207 (et 208, 209, dr. of Osmerus nehereus of India). Chinese 
name, Kow too, “A dog vomiting” (Birch); Kou tza, “ Dogs’ guts” 
(Reeves) ; Kau to. u_(Bridgem. Chrest. 164). Rad. D.12; A. 15 (vel 
13-14); C.172; P.9; V.9. (Spec. Coll. Surg.) 
The British Museum possesses a Canton specimen of this fish, presented by Mr. Reeves, 
and there are many in the museum of the College of Surgeons, which were sent from Woosung 
by Capt. Sir Everard Home, Bart., R.N. Mr. Reeves mentions that this is the species which 
is exported from Bombay in a dried state, and sold in London under the name of “ Bombay 
ducks.” In Mr. Reeves’s drawing, a long spinous-looking prolongation of the suboperculum 
is shown, which seems to have originated in some mistake of the artist, as there is no trace 
of it in the specimen. The skin is naked, except the lateral line, which is protected by mo- 
derately-sized tiled scales, which are more crowded posteriorly and run out on the caudal, 
forming a middle point or lobe which is shorter than the side. The largest specimen we have 
examined is eleven inches long. 
Hab. Sea of China. Indian ocean. Chusan. Woosung. Canton. 
SAuRus LEMNiscatus, Lacépéde (L’ Osmere galonné), v. p. 230. 238. pl. 6. 
f.1. Saurus elegans, Gray, Cat. Brit. Mus. Icon. Reeves, 188 ; Hardw. 
-Malac. 206. Length of drawing 9 inches. 
This drawing resembles Salmo fotens, Bl. 384. f. 2, more than any other Saurus of which 
we have seen afigure. It has the same very short obtuse snout, short pectorals, forward ven- 
trals and long anal, but S. feetens has an unspotted body and is an inhabitant of the Atlantic. 
Lacépéde’s figure of Jemniscatus is rude, but his description of the patterns of the markings 
answers exactly to Mr. Reeves’s drawing, though the cglours are not the same. His plate and 
his description are both founded upon a drawing on vellum by Plumier, and it is very pro- 
bable that in the lapse of time the colours may have undergone considerable change, assu- 
ming that they were perfectly correct in the first instance. 
In Mr. Reeves’s drawing, the ground-colour on the top of the back is lemon-yellow, which 
is thickly speckled with irregular spots of brownish-red and umber-brown; on the sides the 
yellow forms about four longitudinal stripes, alternating with purplish-red ones, the latter 
becoming broader and changing to crimson on the belly. The head is mostly of the purplish- 
red tint, and there is a black spot on the supra-scapular. The dorsal, ventrals and anal are 
transparent and faintly crimson, with one yellow bar on the ventrals and two or three on the 
dorsal. The dorsal is yellowish at the base and blackish-gray on its posterior border. The 
cheeks and body are scaly, but no scales are shown on the gill-cover. 
Hab. Sea of China. 
Saurus vartecatus, Commerson in Lacépéde (Salmone varié), v. p. 157- 
+224. pl. 3. f. 1. Icon. Reeves, 187 ; Hardw. Malac. 205. Chinese name, 
Hwa how kwiin, “ Flowery dog stick” (Birch); Fa kow kwan, “ Painted 
dog stick” (Reeves). ad. B.12; D.13; A.7, last one divided to the 
base; P.15; V.8. (Spec. Brit. Mus.) 
_A Chinese specimen was presented to the British Museum by Mr. Reeves. The teeth of 
the upper jaw are small, unequal in height, and disposed in two rows; the lower jaw ones 
are longer, hastate, and in three or four rows. The teeth which arm the palatine bones are 
