430 TELEOSTKI. PIIVSOSTOMT. 



the abdomen; opercles and pectorals marblod with black; lower 

 caudal lobe with three dark cross bands (.Qwnthtr). 



llnl>. Indian and Atlantic Oceans. A small specimen, 2| inches 

 in length, is in the British Museum, and reputed to have been 

 brought from India. 



554. (4.) Exoccetus pcecilopt'rus. (Fig. 138.) 



Exoccetus pcecilopterus, Cuv. Sf Vol. II. N. Pom. xix, p. 112, pi. 501 : 



Day, Fish. India, p. 518, pi. cxx, fig. 4 (see synon.). 

 Parrawy-kolah, Tamil. 



D. 12-14. P. 14. V. 6. A. 9-10. C. 15. L. 1. 54. 

 Length of head 5 to 5g, height of body 6| in the total length. 

 Eyes 2| to 3 diameters in length of head, | from end of snout, 

 and 1 apart. Upper surface of the head roughened. Lower jaw 

 the longer. Barbels absent. Fins dorsal commences some way 

 in front of the anal. Ventral arises somewhat nearer to base of 



Fig. 138. Exoccetus pcecilopte 



caudal than to hind edge of head, and reaches to end of base of 

 nnal ; pectoral reaches as far as end of dorsal. Scales 7 rows 

 between base of dorsal fin and lateral line. Colour bluish along 

 the back, becoming silvery on the sides and beneath. Pectoral 

 with many rounded and oval spots, black spots sometimes upon 

 the dorsal fin ; ventral white or with spots. 

 flab. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



555. (5.) Exoccetus altipinnis. 



Exocoetus altipinnis, Cuv. $ Val. H. N. Poiss. xix, p. 109, pi. 5(JO ; 



Bleeker, An. Ich. vi, Sccml. pi. i, fig. 8 (ventral fin too short). 

 Exocoetus katoptron, Bleeker, Ail. Ich. vi, p. 72. 



B.xi. D. 13. P. 14-15. V. 6. A. 10. C. 14. L.I. 52. I. tr. 7-8/2. 

 Length of head 5| to 5|, height of body 7 to 7 in the total 

 length. Eyes 2| diameters in length of head, from end of 

 snout, and rather more than 1 apart. Fins dorsal commences 

 halfway between hind edge of eye and end of lower caudal lobe, 

 anteriorly it is two thirds as high as the body. Ventrals com- 

 mence midway between hind edge of eye and base of caudal, and 



