HI 



a'. Length of base of ahal about t\\ ice 

 in that of dorsal. Body with 4 — 9 



black blotches //. far p. 156. 



//. Length of base of anal 1.5 — 1.7 in 

 that of anal. Body of adults without 



blotches //. margiuatus p. 157. 



II. Pectorals as long as head from tip of upper jaw 



to branchial opening //. convexus p. 159. 



ijl. russelli p. 161. 



Doubtful species \ll. erythrorhyfichtis '^. 162. 



\H. liicens p. 162. 



I. Hemirhamphus georgii C. V. [Fig. 56, p. 148]. 



HcDiirhamphus longirosliis Bleeker, Nat. & Geneesk. Arch. Ned. Ind. II 1845, 



p. 512 (nee C.V.). 

 Hcmiramphtis georgii Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons XIX. 1846, p. 37. 

 Hemiraniplius georgii Cantor, Journ. Asiat, Soc. Bengal XVIII. 1850, p. 1230, 

 Hemiramphus GeorgHY^Xtokev^ Verb. Bat. Gen. XXIV. i852,Snoekacht. Vissch.p. 19. 

 Heinirhamphtis Cantori Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr, Dierk. III. 1866, p. 145. 

 Hemiramphus georgii Kner, Novara Exp. Fische, 1865 — 1867, p. 323. 

 Hemirhamphus georgii Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VI. 1866, p. 264. 

 Hemirhamphus cantoris Giinther, 1. c. 



Hemirhamphus Cantori Bleeker, Atl. ichth. VI. 1866 — 1872. p. 53. 

 Hemirhamphus cantori Day, Fishes of India 4°. 1878 — 1880, p. 514. 

 Hemiramphus cantoris Jordan & Scale, Bull. Bur. Fish. Washington XXVI. 



(1906) 1907, p. 8. 

 Hemirhamphus georgii Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, Heft VIII. 1909. p. 355. 



D. 2. II — 2.15 ; A. 2.12 — 2.13; P. 1.9 — 1. 10; V. 1. 5; L.l. 5/ — 60. 



Compressed, the breadth of the body going 1.2 — 1.6 in its 

 height. Height 12 — 14.5, 14.4 — 16.3 in length with caudal. 

 Head from tip of upper jaw to branchial opening 3 — 3.4 {^.J 

 in small specimens) in trunk. Entire head 2.15 — 2.2 (less than 

 twice in small specimens, which have a comparatively much 

 longer lower jaw), 2.3 — 2.6 in length with caudal. Length of 

 the lower jaw beyond the extremity of the upper jaw 3.2 — 3.5 

 in length, 3.5 — 2>''^ '^^ length with caudal, in small specimens 

 the lower jaw is comparatively much longer, f. i. in one of 

 141 mm. total length 2.5, 2.8 in length with caudal. Eye 

 1.5 — 1.7 in postorbital part of head, somewhat less than inter- 

 orbital space. The triangular part of the upper jaw, formed 

 by the intcrmaxillaries, is convex and longer than broad at 

 its base. Teeth in upper jaw in a band, tapering posteriorly, 

 those of the lower jaw in a narrow band, tapering anteriorly. 

 Origin of anal below 2°^ or y^ divided ray of dorsal. Origin 



