from the Bay of Bengal. 



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

 tail ; all its rays are articulated and branched at the tip, their 

 average height being about half 

 the averao;e lieio-ht of the dorsal. 



Caudal hastate, with tnu'teen 

 branched rays, of which the 

 longest one, situated medially, 

 is 4^ in the total length. Pec- 

 torals pointed, nearly as long as 

 thepostrostral portion of the head. 

 Ventrals subjugular, with one 

 flexible spine and five rays, the 

 longest of which is more than 

 three fourths the length of the 

 caudal. 



Stomach siphonal ; no ])yloric 

 caeca ; no air-bladder. 



Colours in life : — Body, like 

 the head, burnished metallicgold, 

 vertical fins hyaline, both serried 

 with brilliant torquoise - blue 

 ocelli arranged in parallel longi- 

 tudinal rows ; ten such rows, of 

 about fifty each, 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 bands. In spirit the gold 

 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 (foe. c<V.), 

 who unfortunately had but one 

 small specimen, which could not 

 be spared for dissection, to exa- 

 mine, doubtfully referred Tcenio- 

 lahrus to the L abridge. 



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 



