SCOMBKESOCID.E. 423 



b. Tail square or rounded, not forked. 

 a'. Dorsal arising nearer head than anal, 

 a". Some rays in middle of anal elon- 

 gate 10. H. dispui; p. 420. 



b". No anal rays produced. 



'". Beak beyond upper jaw f of 



total length ! 11. H. buffbnis, p. 427. 



A'". Beak about ^ of total 12. H. ectimtio, p. 427. 



b'. Anal arising nearer head than dorsal. 13. H. brachynotopterus, 



[p. 428. 



538. (1.) Hemirliamplms longirostris. 



Ilemirhamphus longirostris, Cuv. Reg. Anim. 6d. nouv. 1829, ii, 

 p. 286 ; CUD. 8f Val. H. N. Poiss. xix, p. 52 ; Day, Fish. India, 

 p. 513 (see synon.).. 



D. 21-22. P. 8. V. 6. A. 18-20. C. 26. 



Length of head 3, of beak 4|, of caudal fin 10, height of body 

 18 in the total length. Eyes diameter 1^ in postorbital length of 

 head, and nearly 1 apart. Body narrow and compressed. Upper 

 ja\v convex in both directions and one fourth wider at its base 

 than it is long. Fins dorsal much elevated in front, it com- 

 mences somewhat in advance of the origin of the anal. Pectoral 

 3 If in the length of the body, its upper ray broad and compressed. 

 Ventrals very small, one sixth the length of the pectoral. Caudal 

 deeply forked, lower lobe the longer. Colour a silvery lateral 

 band, the fins with dark outer margins. 



Hob. Coromandel coast of India ; attaining at least 1O5 inches 

 in length : Leschenault refers to this species individuals up to 

 3 feet. 



539. (2.) Hemirhamphus leucopterus. 



Hemirhamphus leucopterus, Cuv. fy Val. H. N. Poiss. xix, p. 48 ; 

 Day, Fish. India, p. 514. 



D. 18 (16). P. 11. V. 6. A. 15 (14). C. 14. 



Length of head 2|, of beak 4|, height of body 12 in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter lj in postorbital length of head, 1| apart. 

 Upper jaw slightly wider at its base than it is long, keeled, not 

 scaled ; no barbels. Fins anal commences under the third dorsal 

 ray. Ventral inserted in commencement of last third of distance 

 between eye and base of caudal fin. Lower lobe of caudal the 

 longer. Scales none on dorsal or anal fins. Colour a silvery 

 lateral band ; fins colourless ; beak black. 



Hob. Bombay ; growing to 6 inches or more in length. 



540. (3.) Hemirhamphus cantori. (Fig. 137.) 



Hemirhamphus cantori, Blcekei; Ncdtrland. Tijds. Dierk. iil, p. 14o; 



Day, Fish. India, p. 514, pi. cxix, tig. 1 (f^ee synon.). 

 B. xiv. D. 15-16. P. 10-12. V. 6. A. 15. C. 16. L. 1. 62. 



