138 Dr. A. Gunther on Indian Fishes. 



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those situated near the angle of the mouth. The anterior are 

 equilateral, rather longer than broad; but those on the sides 

 are distinctly oblique, with the posterior edge concave and 

 both edges very finely serrated. Teeth of the lower jaw in 

 29 sets, lanceolate, but without a swelling near the point, 

 which is characteristic of Carcharias gtyphis ; their edges are 

 smooth, and the base broad, two-rooted, sometimes with an 

 additional minute lobe. Pectoral fin large, longer than the 

 distance of the first gill-opening from the extremity of the 

 snout ; and the length of the hind margin is only one fourtl 

 of that of the anterior. The first dorsal commences opposite 

 to, or immediately behind, the axil of the pectoral. The 

 second dorsal is only one third the size of the first, but con- 

 spicuously larger than the anal, which is small ; origin of the 

 anal behind that of the second dorsal. Caudal fin of moderate 

 length, its length being rather more than the distance between 

 the two dorsal fins. Coloration uniform, the top of the first 

 dorsal appears to have been black. 



One specimen has been obtained from the Kurrachee Mu- 

 seum, alter whose accomplished curator, Mr. J. A. Murray, the 

 species is named ; it was obtained at Kurrachee. 



Its measurements are : 



ft. in. lin. 



Total length 6 8 6 



Distance of the snout from the root of the pectoral 16 



» yy first dorsal 2 6 



yy „ end of first dorsal . . 2 9 



» „ second dorsal 4 2 



» yy end of second dorsal . . 4 6 

 yy ,y anal fin 4 4 



7 j y, commencement of cau- 

 dal fin 4 11 



Length of upper caudal lobe 1 8 



,, lower caudal lobe 9 6 



A Icy sis pictus. 



D. 1/6. A. 9. P. 1/7. 



Similar in general habit to a Coitus. Head much broader 

 than deep. The eyes are twice as distant from the gill- 

 opening as from the end of the snout, and widely distant from 

 each other. Nasal barbels half as long as the head; the 

 maxillary barbels extending to the origin of the dorsal fin, 

 outer mandibulary barbels to the inner axil of the pectoral, 

 the imer ones being shorter. Origin of the dorsal fin midway 

 between the end of the snout and the adipose fin ; its spine is 

 comparatively strong. Origin of the anal fin nearer to the 

 root of the caudal than to that of the pectoral. Caudal emar- 













