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commences al some distance from the head : peclurals present. Scales small 

 and imbedded in the skin. 



386. Auguilla labiata, Peters. Fa-lug-dah, Andam. Fresh-waters 

 of Andaman Islands. 



387. A/iffiiilla Benyalensis, Gray. Generally distributed tliroiigh- 

 out India, attaining a large size. 



388. AnqulUa bicolor, MeClelland. Lower Provinces of Bengal, 

 Orissa, and Madras. 



389. Auguilla virescens, Peters. Jee-tah-dah, Andam. Fresh- 

 waters of Andaman Islands. 



Order— LOPHOBRANCIIII, Cuv. 



Fishes possessed of a dermal, segmental skeleton, with the opercular pieces 

 reduced to a single plate. Gill-opening small. Muscular system 

 very slightly developed. Gills composed of small rounded tufts 

 attached to the branchial arches. Snout produced. Mouth ter- 

 minal and small. Teeth absent. Air-vessel stated to be destitute 

 of a pneumatic duct. 



" In most of the species the males perform the function of hatching 

 the eggs, which for that pm-pose are deposited, up to the time of the 

 evolution of the young, either bctweeu the ventrals (Solenoslomtis), or 

 in tail pouclies (Hippocampus), or in pouches on the breast and belly 

 (Bi^ryrhamphas), or in rows on the breast and belly (Nerophts), and are 

 thus carried about by the fish. The egg-pouches may be compared to 

 birds' nests, or to the skin-fuld in which the wandering Penguin f.-lple- 

 nodi/tes Palagonicus) transports its eggs : and remind one of the Mar- 

 supials amongst the mammals." — Kaup. 



Family — Syngnatiiid.s;. 



Gill-oponings rouud, small, and sitiiatuJ at the postcrior-suiierior angle of tlie gill-cover. 

 A single dorsal fin : vontials and occasionally one or more of the other tins 

 absent. 



Genus — IcnruYOCAMPUs, Kaup. 



The edges of the concave back and tail are continuous, and are con- 

 tinned, although sometimes very indistinctly, to the caudal fin. Dorsal fin 

 opposite or nearly so to the vent : pectorals and caudal present. Egg-pouch 

 in the males on the tail, having a cutaneous covering. 



390. Ichthyocampus carce, liam. Buch. D. 23-26. Rings 15-16 

 -J- 38-40. This pipe-fish ascends rivers of Malabar and Bengal; it 

 attains 5 inches in length. 



Genics — DORYIGUTIIYS, Kaup. 



J)oryrhamphis,Ch(eroichthys, et Microphis, Kaup. : Belonichtkys, Peters. 



Ridges well developed on the body. Humeral bones firmly united. 

 Dorsal fin of moderate extent or long, situated opposite the vent. Lateral 

 line interrupted or continued to the lower edge of the tail. 



391. Doryichthys cuHculus, Ham. Buch. Kunnur-dant, "Crocodile's 

 tooth," Ooriah. D. 50. Rings 17-18 + 25-27. Found ascending the 

 rivers of Malabar and Bengal. 



