30 MR, F, DAY ON THE FISHES OF COCHIN. [Jan. 10, 
NANDvUS MARMORATUS, Buch. Ham. 
Mootahree (Mal.). Soe eat Bani , fe 
B.vi. D. 13/12. P.16. V.d/5. A, 3/7. ©. 15. L. 1.46. 
..tr. 7/13. 
Length of specimens from 3 to 5,5; inches. 
Common in the rivers and paddy-fields. 
CATOPRA MALABARICA, Giinther*. 
Boviie Dei4/12..P. 1s NG Aes, A. 3/8. AC. Tes aS, 
L. tr. 4/8. 
inches. 
Length of specimen .. - 3y5- 
ofa... sic: jo» or about one-fourth of total length. 
of pectoral..... 3 ou» or about one-fifth of total length. 
— of caudal ...... 7 or about one-fifth of total length. 
of base of dorsal . 1;%;, or about one-half of total length. ° 
of base of anal... +5, or about one-seventh of total length. 
Height OF DCAD carcasses ;5,, or about one-fourth of total length. 
Of: body. iewremesa 1,2,, or about one-third of total length. 
of hard dorsal .. 55, or about one-ninth of total length: 
of soft dorsal.... . =%;, or about one-seventh of total length. 
——— of base of caudal. 545, or about one-eighth of total length. 
of ventral ...... 32;, or about one-seventh of total length. 
of anal ........ 33;, or about one-seventh of total pes 
Diameter of eye os inch, or # of the length of head; 5% inch 
from end of snout, 5%, apart. 
Body compressed. The mouth being situated below the median line 
of the body, there is a considerable rise to the dorsal. Jaw equal ; 
intermaxillaries protractile; upper lip rather fleshy; the superior 
maxillary extends to slightly behind the anterior margin of the orbit. 
Upper surface of eye nearly close to profile. Praeoperculum, poste- 
rior limb nearly vertical, entire; angle rounded; inferior limb hori- 
zontal, and little more than half the length of the posterior limb. 
Sub- and inter-opercula with a few very fine serrations at their ap- 
proximating extremities. Operculum with two rather strong flat 
spines, and ending in a membranous point. Preeorbital entire. 
Nostrils rather wide apart, posterior the largest. Pseudobranchize 
present. Branchiostegous rays hidden. Gills 33. Opercula and head 
scaled; but no scales between or before the eyes, nor on the pre- 
orbital. 
Teeth. Several rows of small teeth in the jaws, with an external 
larger band. Numerous villiform teeth on vomer and palate. 
Fins. Origin of pectoral and dorsal in a line. Ventral slightly: 
behind. Anal arises opposite commencement of soft dorsal. Dorsal, 
* Dr. Giinther has described this species from one of the two specimens out of 
my collection which I had placed in the British Museum. Having a smooth 
preorbital, and no serrations at the preeoperculum, smooth tongue, &c., I should 
have placed it in the genus Badis, as defined in his ‘ Catalogue of the Acantho- 
pterygian Fishes.’ 
