424 TELEOSTEI. PnYSOSTOlil. 



Length of head 2 ; f, of beak 3f, height of body 12 to 13 in the 

 total length. Eyes diameter 1| in postorbital length of head 

 and 1] apart. Body compressed. Upper jaw pointed, one third 

 longer than wide and rather convex. Fins dorsal fin commences 

 before the anal. Ventral inserted in commencement of last third 



Fig. 137. Hemirhamphus canton. 



of distance between front end or middle of premaxillaries and base 

 of caudal fin, which is forked, its lower lobe the longer. Scales 

 none on dorsal fin but some on anal ; 6 rows between lateral line 

 and base of dorsal fin. Colour greenish blue above, having a 

 burnished silvery stripe along each side. 



Hob. Bombay, Malabar, Madras, and seas of India to the Malay 

 Archipelago and China. 



541. (4.) Hemirhamphus georgii. 



Hemirhamphus georgii, Cuv. $ Vol. H. N. Poiss. xix, p. 37, pi. 555 ; 

 Day, Fish. India, p. 515, pi. cxx, fig. 2 (see synon.). 



B. xii. D. 14-15 (16-17). A. 13-14. C. 16. L. 1. 54-58. 



Length of head 2f , of beak 4| to 5, height of body 10 to 13 in 

 the total length. Eyes diameter 1| to 1| in -postorbital length 

 of head, lj apart. Upper jaw about one diameter of eye in length, 

 rather pointed and a little longer than wide at its base, convex, 

 scarcely keeled and not scaled. Fins dorsal commences in last 

 fourth of distance between front edge of eye and base of caudal 

 and a little in front of the anal. Ventral inserted in commence- 

 ment of last third of distance between angle of mouth and base of 

 caudal fin. Length of base of anal two thirds that of dorsal. 

 Caudal deeply forked. Scales none on dorsal or anal fins ; 5 rows 

 between lateral line and base of dorsal. Colour a broad silvery 

 stripe rather wider than a scale. Fringe on lower jaw black. 



Hob. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



542. (5.) Hemirhamplms far. 



Esox far, Fork. Descr. Antni. p. 67, no. 98 b. 



Hemirhamphus far, Day, Fish, India, p. 516, pi. cxx, fig. 3 (see 

 synon.). 



B.xii-xiv. D. 13-1 L A. 10-12. C. 15. L. 1. 50-54. Vert. 38/16. 



Length of head 2| to 3, of beak 5 to 5, height of body 8 to 



12 in the total length. Eyes diameter 1| in postorbital length 



