1923.] 



Fauna of the CJiilka Lake : Fish. 



747 



The following statement 



gives the localities whence the specimens were obtained, and 



ir number : — 





• 



9 



26 



3 



6 



2 

 4 



specimens ... 

 ,, ... 



33 " " 

 j, ... 



33 ■■" 



33 



... Cherria Island 

 ... Rambha Bay 



Off Rambha Bay ... 

 . . . East side of Rambha Bay 



Off Domkuda towards Samal I. 

 ... Off North, side of Samal I. 



12 February 1911. 

 14 February 1914. 



14 February 1914. 



15 February 1914. 

 17 February 1914. 

 24 February 1914. 



1 



specimen . . . 



... East of Barkul 



2 March 1914. 



1 



33 ••• 



... Off Barkul Bungalow 



4 March 1914. 



20 



specimens ... 



... Main Channel, W. of Satpara 

 Island 



16 March 1914. 



7 



,., 



... Main Channel between Satpara 

 and Barnikuda. 



17 March 1914. 



2 



33 ••• 



... Between Mahosa and Satpara 



18 March 1914. 



12 



33 •" 



... Channel between Satpara and 

 Barhampur Islands. 



22 March 1914. 



10 



33 



... Between Cherria and Mainland 



20 July 1914. 



15 

 18 



33 "•• 

 33 •"• 



... Serua Nadi 



. . . Channel off Barhampur Island 



4 September 1914. 

 9 September 1914. 



3 



33 



... Kalidai W. part of Samalkuda 



22 November 1914. 



3 



33 



... Near Nalbano Island 



25 November 1914. 



1 



specimen . . . 



... East of Barkul 



29 November 1914. 



21 



specimens ... 



... About half mile from Pari- 

 kudh Island 



29 November 1914. 



Ctenogobius dentifer, sp. no v. 



D. VIjl/10. A. 9—10. 

 There are eight specimens of this species in the collection. Of these six were obtained 

 in Rambha Bay in February 1914, while the remaining two were collected near Satpara 

 and Barnikuda. The fish does not grow to more than two and a half inches in length. 



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Text-mg. 29. — Ctenogobius dentifer, sp. nov. 



The dorsal profile is slightly arched and the ventral is almost straight and horizontal 

 throughout. The head is fiat and somewhat depressed ; the body is compressed from side 

 to side. The length of the head is contained 3-6 times in the total length without the caudal 

 fin. The width of the head is contained 1-2 times and its height 1-5 times in its length. 

 The neatest depth of the body is one-fifth of the total length without the caudal. The 



