a f . Length of base of anal about twice 

 in that of dorsal. Body with 4 9 



black blotches H. far p. 156. 



b' . Length of base of anal 1.5 1.7 in 

 that of anal. Body of adults without 



blotches H. marginatus p. 157. 



II. Pectorals as long as head from tip of upper jaw 



to branchial opening , H. convexus p. 159. 



H. russelli p. 161. 



Doubtful species 



H. erythrorhynchus p. 162. 

 H. lucens p. 162. 



i. Hemirhamphus georgii C. V. [Fig. 56, p. 148]. 



Hemirhamphus longirostris Bleeker, Nat. & Geneesk. Arch. Ned. Ind. II 1845, 



p. 512 (nee C.V.). 



Hemiramphus georgii Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons XIX. 1846, p. 37. 

 Hemiramphus georgii Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal XVIII. 1850, p. 1230. 

 Hemiramphus Georgii Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen. XXIV. i852,Snoekacht. Vissch.p. 19. 

 Hemirhamphus Cantori Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. III. 1866, p. 145. 

 Hemiramphus georgii Kner, Novara Exp. Fische, 1865 1867, p. 323. 

 Hemirhamphus georgii Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VI. 1866, p. 264. 

 Hemirhamphus cantoris Giinther, 1. c. 



Hemirhamphus Cantori Bleeker, All. ichth. VI. 1866 1872. p. 53. 

 Hemirhamphus cantori Day, Fishes of India 4. 1878 1880, p. 514. 

 Hemiramphus cantoris Jordan & Scale, Bull. Bur. Fish. Washington XXVI. 



(1906) 1907, p. 8. 

 Hemirhamphtis georgii Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, Heft VIII. 1909. p. 355. 



D. 2. 1 1 2.15 ; A. 2.12 2.13; P. I.Q 1. 10; V. 1. 5; L.I. 57 60. 



Compressed, the breadth of the body going 1.2 1.6 in its 

 height. Height 12 14.5, 14.416.3 in length with caudal. 

 Head from tip of upper jaw to branchial opening 3 3.4 (3.7 

 in small specimens) in trunk. Entire head 2.15 2.2 (less than 

 twice in small specimens, which have a comparatively much 

 longer lower jaw), 2.3 2.6 in length with caudal. Length of 

 the lower jaw beyond the extremity of the upper jaw 3.2 3.5 

 in length, 3.5 3.8 in length with caudal, in small specimens 

 the lower jaw is comparatively much longer, f. i. in one of 

 141 mm. total length 2.5, 2.8 in length with caudal. Eye 

 1.5 1.7 in postorbital part of head, somewhat less than inter- 

 orbital space. The triangular part of the upper jaw, formed 

 by the intermaxillaries, is convex and longer than broad at 

 its base. Teeth in upper jaw in a band, tapering posteriorly, 

 those of the lower jaw in a narrow band, tapering anteriorly. 

 Origin of anal below 2d O r 3^1 divided ray of dorsal. Origin 



