THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



[SIXTH SERIES.] 

 No. 36. DECEMBER 1890. 



LI I. — Natural History Notes from H.M.Indian Marine Survey 

 Steamer ^ Investigator , Commander R, F. Jloskyn, B.N., 

 commanding. — No. 20. On some undescribed Shore-Fishes 

 from the Bay of Bengal, By A. AlcOCK, M.B., Surgeon 

 I. M. S., Surgeon-Naturalist to the Survey. 



Contents. 



§ 1. Introduction and Sketch of the Habitat. 

 § 2. Descriptions of New Species. 



§ 1. Introduction and Sketch of the Habitat. 



Between the 11th November, 1889, and the 25th March, 

 1890, the ' Investigator ' trawled, on occasion, in shallow 

 water off the south-east coast of Ceylon (/32 fathoms), off the 

 east coast of the Andaman chain and in the Gulf of Martaban 

 (20 to 41 fathoms), and systematically along the east coast of 

 the Indian peninsula between lats. 17° 50' and 19° 50' N. 

 in depths ranging from 7 to 102 fathoms. 



In the class of Fishes numerous forms previously unnoticed 

 in the Indian fauna and also forms apparently hitherto 

 undescribed were taken ; and the present paper is devoted to 

 those among the latter which were collected inside the 50- 

 fathom line. Of these there are thirteen species to notice, 



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