from the Bay of Bengal. 



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behind tlie gill-opening, and occupies the entire extent of the 

 tail ; all its rays arc articulated and branched at the til), their 

 averatre heifrht bciiijr about halt" 

 the averajxe heiy:ht of the dorsal. 



Caudal hastate, with thirteen 

 branched rays, of which the 

 longest one, situated raedially, 

 is 4^ in the total length. Pec- 

 torals pointed, nearly as long as 

 the postrostral portion of the head. 

 Ventrals subjugular, with one 

 flexible spine and five vays, the 

 longest of which is more than 

 three fourths the length of the 

 caudal. 



Stomach si])honal ; no ])yloric 

 ca^ca ; no air- bladder. 



Colours in life: — Body, like 

 the head, burnished metallicgold, 

 vertical tins hyaline, both serried 

 with brilliant torquoise - blue 

 ocelli arranged in parallel longi- 

 tudinal rows ; ten such rows, of 

 about fifty eaeh, along the dorsal 

 fin, three such, of sixty each, 

 along the head and body, and 

 three, of about forty each, along 

 the anal fin ; along the dorsal 

 half of the body are twelve in- 

 conspicuous, equidistant, broad^ 

 dusky bauds. In spirit the gok 

 fades, the dusky bands become 

 very dark and distinct, and the 

 ocelli change to dark grey rings. 



Length 6'1 inches. 



Ganjam coast, 10 to 13 

 fathoms ; bottom sand. 



Dr. Steindachner [loc. cit.), 

 who unfortunately had but one 

 small specimen, which could not 

 be spared for dissection, to exa- 

 mine, doubtfully referred Tcenio- 

 lahrus to the Labridee. 



I have examined seven specimens and dissected one, and I 

 find that the lower pharyngeal bones, which Dr. Steindachner 

 was unable to investigate, are not coalesced. From the above 



