308 MR. F. DAY ON THE FISHES OF COCHIN. [Mar. 14, 
Murzna macutara (Buch. Ham.). 
ie xi? D.- 2568 A221.) 6.082: 
Length of specimens from 10-4; to 18 inches. 
Common in fresh water ; excellent eating. 
Mur2NeEsox TELABON (Cuvier). 
B. xv. D. 250-265. P.17. A. 135-146. C. 11. 
Length of specimens from 21 to 27 inches. 
Common. Its bite is very severe. Is good eating. 
SyMBRANCHUS BENGALIENSIS (M‘Clelland). 
Length of specimen 25,1; inches. 
Captured in the fort-ditch, Cochin. 
PIsOODONOPHIS BORO (Kp.). 
Be sais S45. Pas A. Bou. 
Length of specimen 113 inches. 
Common. 
LrErprocEPHALUS MALABARICUS, Day, sp. nov. 
Length of specimen 3,5; inches. Number of neural spines about 
212. 
Length of head 1; of total length. Height of head =., of 
body 54, of dorsal fin nearly =;, of anal nearly =/- of the total length. 
Diameter of eye + of the length of head, eyes 1 diameter from end 
of snout. 
Profile from snout nearly straight to the upper margin of the 
back, then slightly raised. Body very compressed. 
Mouth-cleft beyond the posterior margin of the orbit. Snout 
produced, overlapping lower lip. Eyes central. 
Whether due to accident or natural causes, a circular hole, exceed- 
ing the diameter of the eye, exists at the posterior extremity of the 
anterior two-fifths of the body, midway below vertebral column and 
ventral surface ; also a notch near the caudal, at its under surface. 
Dorsal fin commences a short distance behind the head, and is 
continuous with the caudal and anal. Anal occupies the posterior 
half of the body. Caudal very short. 
Colours. Body whitish. Eye golden; lower surface orange. One 
line of yellow, spotted with green, proceeds backwards from the eye; 
a second from the mouth; this last also traverses the lower lip. 
This little fish was brought alive, and remained about two hours 
swimming about in a globe of water. The aperture referred to and 
the notch were very distinct whilst it was alive. 
In describing the succeeding genera, Ishall follow M. Valenciennes’s 
arrangement in the ‘ Histoire Naturelle des Poissons,’ because Blee- 
ker’s excellent ‘ Atlas Ichthyologique’ has not extended so far. 
Natives esteem the Hemiramphus genus when fresh ; and even the 
