264 MR. F. DAY ON THE FlSHES OF INDIA. [May 1, 



and somewhat behind the orbit. Two semicircular brown bands 

 across the lower surface of the mandibles. Fins darker than the 

 body. 



I have named this fish after A. Brisbane Neill, Esq., to whom I 

 am under great obligations for the valuable assistance he has given 

 me in my ichthyological publications. 



Hab. Ten examples from Kurrachee in Sind. 



Salarias brevis, Kner, 1868. 



Salarias leopardus. Day, P. Z. S. 1869, p. .ol8. 



ACANTHOCLINUS INDICUS, Sp. HOV. 



B. vi. D. 21/4. P. 16. V. 1/3. A. 10/14. C. 17. 

 L. 1. 40. L. tr. 14. 

 Length of head 4, of caudal fin .5, height of body 3 in the total 

 length. Eyes : diameter ^ of the length of the head, 1 diameter 

 from the end of the snout, and f of a diameter apart. Cleft of 

 mouth somewhat oblique, the maxilla reaching posteriorly to beneath 

 the hind third of the orbit. Two strong opercular spines. Teeth 

 in jaws, vomer, and palate. Fins : dorsal spines strong, the fin 

 not united to the caudal ; pectorals rounded ; ventrals long and 

 inserted slightly in front of the base of the pectoral ; caudal rounded. 

 Scales cycloid. Lateral line absent. Colours : brownish black, 

 with a milk-white band commencing on the front end of the dorsal 

 fin, and extending to the snout ; a white band over the free portion 

 of the tail ; a white spot on the base of the pectoral fin, one on 

 either side of the base of the mandibles, one on the isthmus. The 

 posterior half of the ventral fin, and also a ring round the vent, 

 white, as well as the tip of the caudal fin. 

 Hab. Madras. A small species. 



MUGIL KLUNZINGERI, Sp. nOV. 



Muffil carinatus. Day, Fishes of India, p. 349, not C. & V., as 

 was pointed out by Klunzinger. 



Platyglossus roseus, sp. nov. 

 B. vi. D. 9/12. P. 14. V. 1/5. A. 2/12. C. 14. L. I. 28. 



L. tr. % 



Length of head 4^, of caudal fin 65, height of body 3f in the 

 total length. Eyes : diameter \ of the length of the head, \\ dia- 

 meter from the end of the snout, and one apart. The greatest 

 width of the head equals half its length. Teeth : a posterior canine. 

 Eins : caudal slightly roun.ded ; the length of the pectoral equals 

 that of the head behind the middle of the eye ; outer ventral ray 

 somewhat elongated. Scales: none on the head, those on the chest 

 smaller than those on the body. Colours : in a spirit-specimen 

 rosy, with a large black spot behind the middle of the eye, and a 

 small one between the first two dorsal spines ; two narrow light 

 bands pass from the eye to the snout ; a broad orange baud along the 



