JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 



Vol. LXV. Part II.— NATURAL SCIENCE. 

 No. III.— 1896. 



Natural History Notes from H, M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer ' Investi- 

 gator,' Commander G. F, Oldham, B. N, commanding. Series II. 

 No. 23. A Supplementary List of the Marine Fishes of India, with 

 Descriptions of 2 New Genera and 8 New Species. — By A. Alcock, 

 M.B., G.M.Z.S., Superintendent of the Indian Museum, 



[Reed. 5th June : — Read Ist July.] 



In Day's Fishes, in the Fauna of British India, which was published 

 in 1889, 1,418 Indian fishes are described. 



Of these about 1,010 are true marine species, most of them being 

 inhabitants of shallow water. During the last eleven years, however, 

 the deeper waters of India have been to a certain extent explored, with 

 the result that 201 (? 202) species of marine fishes have been added 

 to the Fauna known to Dr. Day. 



These 201 (? 202) species belong to 118 (119) genera, of which 

 86 (? 87) .are not recorded in the Fauna of British India, and to 32 

 families, of which 8 are not recorded in the Fauna of British India. 



In describing the latest collection of fishes made by the officers of 

 the "Investigator" I have thought it advisable to bring together in 

 one list all these additions to the Indian Fauna, preliminary to the 

 preparation of a complete and succinct account of the whole. 



In this list the Families and Genera new to the Indian Fauna are 

 marked with an asterisk and are numbered serially. 

 J. II. 39 



