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*' Sea horses " are fairly well represented and are familiar to every 

 one. 



The curious " Globe" fishes Diodon and Tetrodon are also well shown. 



The majority of specimens are preserved in spirit, which has the 

 disadvantage of removing the natural colours and imparting a brownish 

 tinge. The last collected ones have been put up in a 5 per cent, 

 solution of Formolj which certainly gives the fish a much more real 

 appearance ; but even in this the specimens do not maintain the brilliant 

 ante-mortem colouring-. 



I have to thank Mr. Mason for the care he has taken in mounting 

 and labelling the collection. 



The total number of genera represented is 115, giving a sum total 

 of 212 species. 



Class— PISCES. 



Sub-class — Chondropteeygii. 



Order I— PLAGIOSTOMATA. 



Sub-order — Selachoidbi. 



Fam i ly — Carchariidce . 



Genus ... Mustelus manazo ... Bleeker ... ... Bombay. 



Family — Scylliidce . 

 Genus ... Stegostoma tigrinum ... Gmel (Monkey- 

 mouthed Shark). Bombay. 

 Sub-order — Batoid^. 

 Family — Torpedinidce. 

 Genus ... Astrape dipterygia ... Bl. Sclm (Torpedo 



ray) ... ... Bombay. 



Family — Myliohatidoi. 

 Genus ... Myliobatis maculata ... Gray (Devil fish). Bombay. 



Sub-class— TELEOSTEI. 

 Order — Physostomi. 

 Family — Murce n idee . 



Genus ... 1 Mursena tesselata ... Richardson (Sea 



eel) ... ... Bombay. 



M. midulata ... Lacep ... ... „ 



Genus ... 2 Murfenesox talabonoi- 



deg ... ... ... Bleeker (eel pike), Bombay. 



