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second dorsal. It is occasionally, though rarely, brought to the Cal- 

 cutta fish-bazars. 



6. O. submaculatus, nobis, n. s. : 0. maculatus apud Cantor ? 

 Spots few in number and comparatively large, ranged chiefly in two 

 subregular lines, one bordering the second dorsal and the other 

 bordering the lateral line above, with a few spots also bordering the 

 lateral line below, — about 24 in all on each side : no decided spots on 

 the fins ; but numerous dusky specks on the dorsals, caudal, and a 

 few on the anal : a purple spot or patch and below it a yellow one on 

 each gill-cover. Mouth opening more decidedly upwards than in the 

 other, so that the large canine-like teeth of the lower jaw point 

 directly backward when the mouth is closed. 



D. 9—1-31.—^. 2-11. 

 Length 7 in. by 1^ in. in greatest depth of body. Two individuals 

 only obtained in the bazar, within a few days of each other. 



7. O. bispinosus, Cuvier and Volenciennes. The fry common 

 at the Sandheads, together with Scij3noides Habdwickii and 



Sc. (?) ASPEB. 



8. JoHisriTis anei, Bloch : JBola coibor, B. H. Common. Attains 

 an enormous size, but the very large are seldom brought to the bazars. 



9. J. maculatus, C. V. : Scicena rnaculata (?), Cray, Hardw. III. 

 Ind. Zool. (represented as without spots below the lateral line !) 

 Accords minutely with the description in the Histoire des Poissons ; 

 and Russell's figure (No. 123) assigned to the same must therefore 

 be faulty, especially in the form of the head above the eye, if intended 

 to represent the same species. Once only obtained ; two specimens. 



10. J. cataleus (?), C. V. This also must be very faultily 

 figured if Russell's pi. 116 is correctly assigned to it. It is not 

 uncommon ; and we have specimens from 4§ to 21 in. long. It is 

 thoroughly distinct from No. 9 (at least the species are so to which 

 I have assigned the names). Kdla Bola of the natives here. 



11. J. chaptis ; Bola chaptis, B. H. Common. 



12. J. sina, C. V. (Russell, No. 111). Rare. 



13. J. coitoe ; Bola coitor, B. H. Common. 



14. Coevina cuja ; Bola cuja, B. H. Common. 



15. Lobotes eeate, C. V. Not rare. A particularly delicate 

 fish for the table. 



