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545. (8.) Hemirhamphus unifasciatus. 



Ilemirliamphus unifasciatus, Ranzani, Nov. Comm. Acad. Sc. List. 

 Bonon. v, 1842, p. 320, t. 25 ; Day, Fish. India, p. 514 (see synon.). 



B. x. D. 15-16. P. 12. V. 6. A. 15-17. C. 16. L. 1. 52-58. 



Length of head 3, of beak 6|, height of body 11 - in the total 

 lengbh. Eyes diameter 1| in postorbital length of head, and 1| 

 apart. Fins dorsal commences in last fourth of distance between 

 angle of mouth and base of caudal. Ventral inserted midway 

 between base of caudal and front edge of eye. Caudal forked, 

 lower lobe the longer. Scales present on dorsal and anal fins ; 

 5.| to 6 rows between base of dorsal and lateral line. Colour 

 bluish, with a rather narrow silvery band. 



Hab. Malabar, Andamans, to the Malay Archipelago and beyond ; 

 attaining to 8 inches or more in length. 



546. (9.) Hemirhamphus limbatus. 



Hemirhamphus limbatus, Cuv. $ Vol. H. N. Poiss. xix, p. 44 ; Day. 

 Fish. India, p. 516, pi. cxix, fig. 3 (see synon.). 



Gomjaturi, Ooriah. 

 B. x. D. 13-14. P. 10. V. 6. A. 13-15. C. 14. L. 1. 50-52. 



Length of head 3| to 3, of beak 6^ to 6|, height of body 9 to 

 10 in the total length. Eyes diameter lj to If in postorbital 

 portion of head, nearly 1 apart. Width of body jf of its height. 

 Upper jaw short, one half wider at its base than it is long, and 

 keeled along mesial line. Fins dorsal commences very slightly 

 in advance of anal, both fins having their outer edges concave. 

 Ventral inserted about midway between eye and base of caudal. 

 Anal slightly shorter than dorsal. Caudal lobed, the lower the 

 longer. Scales 5 rows between base of dorsal and lateral line. 

 None on dorsal or anal, or a few on their front portions. Colour 

 a brilliant silvery lateral band, which behind becomes as broad as 

 one scale. Dorsal, anal, and extremity of caudal sometimes 

 stained blackish. 



Hab. This is by far the most common species off the Coromandel 

 coast of India, and extends to Burma ; it is also found, but more 

 rarely, on the Malabar coast. It ascends tidal rivers, and may be 

 captured in fresh waters ; it attains at least 7 inches in length. 



547. (10.) Hemirhamphus dispar. 



Hemirhamphus dispar, Cuv. $' Vol. H. N. Poiss. xix, p. 58, pi. 558 ; 

 Day, Fish. India, p. 517, pi. cxix, tig. 5 (see synon.). 



B. x-xi. D. 11-12. P. 10. V. 6. A. 11-12. C. 15. L.I. 40. 

 Length of entire head 2-L to 2|, of beak 4^, height of body 11 

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

 head, and 1| apart. Upper jaw as broad at its base as it is lo.ng. 

 A nasal barbel two thirds as long as the eye. Fins dorsal com- 

 mences about 3 rays in front of the anal, one of its rays may be 



