FAMILY, VIII— TEUTHIDID^. 167 



' B. V, D. H > P- 17, V. 2/3, A. |, C. 17, Csbc. pyl. 4 



Length of head 2/9, of caudal 2/9, height of body 2/5 to 3/7 of the total length. Si/es— diameter 1/3 

 of length of head, 1| diameters from end of snout, and 1|^ apart. A slight protuberance over the eyes : no 

 serrations to orbit. _ The maxilla reaches to below the posterior nostril. Angle of preopercle slightly produced. 

 Teeth — generic. Fins — dorsal spines rather strong, increasing in length to the fifth, from whence they remain 

 of about the same height to the seventh, after which they decrease ; the longest spines equal that of the head 

 excluding the snout, and are of the same height as the longest of the rays, the soft portion rather angular : 

 pectoral as long as the head excluding its post-orbital portion : ventral does not reach the anal : anal spines 

 increase in length to the fourth, from which they continue of about the same length, or equal to the longest in 

 the dorsal fin : caudal emargiuate. Scales — miaute. Colours — some oblique blue lines and spots on the snout. 

 Upper two-thirds of body cop^pery yellow, covered with round blue spots, and having blue lines on the head. 

 A brown band, as wide as orbit, extends from before the dorsal fin through the eye to below the jaws ; a second 

 from the sixth and seventh dorsal spines to the base of the pectoral, both these bands are edged with blue. 

 Fins yellowish. 



Habitat. — Andamans (where the specimen figured was taken) to the Malay Archipelago, and beyond. 



5. Tenthis concatenata, Plate XL, fig. 4. 

 Am/pJiaaanthus concatenatus, Cuv. and Val. x, p. 127 ; Bleeker, Amboina, p. 46. 

 Teuthis concatenata, Cantor, Catal. p. 208 ; Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 316. 

 Thar-oa/r-daJi, Andam. \ 



B. V, D. ii, P. 18, V. 2/3, A. f, 0. 18, Csec. pyl. b-Q, Vert. 10/13. 



Length of head 4/19, of caudal 4/21, height of body 3/8 to 2/5 of the total length. Eifes—AiaxaB^j&T! 1/3 

 of length of head, 1^ diameters from end of snout, and IJ apart. Dorsal profile more convex than that of the 

 abdomen. Interorbital space with a broad shallow groove along its whole extent, bounded on either side by a 

 low ridge : anterior-superior angle of the orbit feebly serrated : preopercular angle slightly produced. Soft 

 portion of the cheek as deep as wide, and equal to 1 diameter of the orbit. Teeth — generic. Fims — dorsal 

 spines increase in length to the fifth, which equals the length of the head excluding the snout; they subsequently 

 slightly decrease to the twelfth, but the last is a little longer : soft portion of dorsal and anal fins angular and 

 rather higher than the longest spine : pectoral almost as long as the head : ventral reaches the anal spines : 

 anal spines increase in length to the third, which equals the highest in the dorsal fin, the last spine is a little 

 longer : caudal emarginate. Scales — ^larger than in most of the known species. Colours — dark, greyish-brown, 

 covered all over with light orange spots, which along the back are larger than the interspaces, but decrease in 

 size towards the abdomen. A broad blue band extends from below the orbit to the angle of the mouth, and 

 another passes along the preopercle : brown spots on the caudal fin. 



Habitat. — ^Andaman islands and Malay Archipelago. 



6. Teuthis margaritifera, Plate XL, fig. 5. 



AmphacantMs ma/rgwritiferus, Cuv. and Val. x, p. 145 ; Bleeker, Java, iv, p. 334 ; Kner, Novara Pische, 

 p. 206. 



Teuthis mwrgatiUfera, Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 317. 



B. V, D. i4, P. 17, V. 2/3, A. f, C. 17, Vert. 10/13. 



Length of head 4/21, of caudal 2/11, height of body 4/13 to 2/7 of the total Ifength. i?2/es— diameter 

 1/3 of length of head, Ij diameters from end of snout, and also apart. Dorsal and abdominal profiles equally 

 convex. The maxilla reaches to below the posterior nostril. Interorbital space nearly flat : no serrations along 

 the edge of orbit. Soft portions of the cheek two-thirds as high as the orbit is long, and half longer than high. 

 Angle of preopercle slightly produced. Teeth — generic. Fins — dorsal spines rather weak, increasing in length 

 to the fifth wluch is a little above half the length of the head and one-third longer than the rays, subsequently 

 they decrease to the last which equals the diameter of the orbit in length : pectoral rather pointed and as long 

 as the head excluding its post-orbital portion : ventral does not reach the anal spines : third and fourth anal 

 spines slightly longer than the second and equal to the third of the dorsal fin, from thence they decrease to the 

 last which equals 1^ diameter of the orbit in length : caudal lobed, the upper the longer, central caudal rays 

 two-thirds as long as the longest of the outer ones. Scales — ^minute. OoZoMrs— brownish-olive, with small 

 scattered blue spots on the back and sides, much smaller than the interspaces : a dark oval shoulder-mark : 

 some dark lines on the spinous dorsal : soft dorsal and anal with brown spots. 



Habitat. — ^Andamans to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



7. Teuthis sutor. 



? Bwo brwmeus, Comm. V. 



Amphacanthus sutor, Cuv. and Val. x, p. 148. 



Teuthis sutor, Gunther, Catal. iii, p. 317 ; Day, Pish. Malabar, p. 126. 



Teuthis margaritifera, Playfair, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 855 (not Cuv. and Val.).- 



