1865.) MR. F. DAY ON THE FISHES OF COCHIN. 19 
no. 115, as the female of this fish, appears to me as requiring still 
further inquiry. The S. diacanthus is one of the most common fish 
in Cochin; but I only procured three specimens of the latter, which 
were as follows :— 
B.vii, D.10;-45,. P.15. V.t. A.Z. 0,15. L145, Ltr. i 
23—24° 
Length of specimens from 274; to 634; inches. 
ScraNna MACULATA, BI., Sch. 
 B.vii. D.102. P.16. V.4. A.2. ©,17. 1.1.45. L, tr i. 
Length of specimens from 453, to 438; inches. 
Air-bladder with fourteen or fifteen lateral processes on either side. 
Not common; not considered good eating. 
Scr2zna pussumiERI, Cuv. & Val. 
B. vii. D.103. P.18. V.t. A.Z. ©.15. 1.1.52. L. tr. 3, 
Length of specimens from 5,8; to 64%; inches. 
Scrana uypostoma, Bleeker. 
B.vii. D.g2. P15. V.z. A.Z. C.15. L145. L. tr. 7. 
Length of specimen 4-8, inches. 
OroLiTHUS RUBER, Bl., Schn. 
B. vii. D.103. P.17, V.2. A.Z. ©.17, L150. L. tr. F. 
Length of specimen 83%; inches. 
Rare; not found of a large size. 
PoLyNEMUS HEPTADACTYLUS, Cur. & Val. 
B. vi. D.84. P.l5vii. V.4. A.3. L150. L. tr. 5. 
Length of specimens from 4,?; to 438, inches. 
Very common in the monsoon time; but they do not appear ever 
to exceed 4 or 5 inches in length. 
PoLyNEMUS SEXTARIUS, Bloch. 
+s 1 . 1 3 
B. vii. D.8-.. P.livi. V.5. A.a: 
Length of specimens 2+ inches. 
For several days during the monsoon they swarmed into the 
Cochin River; but all captured were young. 
PoLyNEMUS INDICUus, Shaw. 
oe 1 1 2 
B.vii. D835. P.20v. Viz. A-gop ©.17. L.1. 62, 
L. tr. Z. 
Length of specimens from 4-7; to 735 inches. 
