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the head are comparatively darker but the most characteristic feature is the presence of a 

 couple of black bands, one near the margin of the second dorsal and the other near the 

 margin of the anal. The caudal fin is somewhat dusky. 



The following statement gives the localities whence the specimens were obtained, their 

 number and sex. 



9 specimens ... 



... Nalbano Island 



6 January 1915.^ 



2 ,, 



... Rambha Bay 



September, 1914.^ 



1 specimen ... 



... Off Balugaon 



6 March 1914.<? 



27 specimens ... 



... Between Cherria I. and main- 







land. 



20 July 1914.C? 



1 specimen ... 



... OfiKalidai 



5 March 1914.$ 



i ,, ... 



... N.E. of Nalbano ... 



9 March 1914.Ç? 



2 specimens ... 



... Near Manikpatna ... 



7 September 1914.^ 



1 specimen ... 



... Serua Nadi 



8 September 1914.^ 



10 specimens ... 



... Domknda and Samal Islands ... 



18 June 1914.$ 



fj ,, ... 



. . . Near Nalbano 



11 September 1914.$ 



7 



• ,, ... 



... Off: Balugaon 



6 March 1914.$ 



1 specimen ... 



... W. of Satpara 



20 March 1914.$ 



1 



... Mahosa, Barhampur Island ... 



20 March 1914.$ 



3 specimens ... 



... Serua Nadi 



8 September 1914.$ 



1 specimen ... 



... Barkul point 



2 March 1914.$ 



Genus OXYURICHTHYS Bleeker. 



Oxyurichthys tentacularis (Cuv. and Val.) 

 1876. Gobius tentacularis, Day, Fish. India I, p. 291, pi. lxiv, fig. 4. 



This species is represented by a large number of specimens in the Chilka Survey collec- 

 tion. The following statement gives the different localities whence the specimens were 

 collected, and their number. 



8 specimens ... 



... Channel off Barhampur I. 



2 September 1914 



4 



... Manikpatna Island 



21 March 1914. 



6 „ 



... Main channel between Sat- 

 para and Barnikuda 



17 March 1914. 



10 



... Main Channel W. of Satpara 

 Island 



16 March 1914. 



1 specimen ... 



Between Cherria I. and main- 

 land 



20 July 1914. 



27 specimens ... 



... Channel between Satpara and 

 Barhampur Islands 



2 September 1914. 



3 



. . . Channel S. of Satpara Island . . . 



5 September 1914. 



6 



... Serua Nadi 



8 September 1914. 



The largest specimen is 65 mm. in length without the caudal. 



Distribution. — This species is found in the seas of India and its range extends to the 

 Malay Archipelago. 



