FAMILY, III— SCOMBRESOCID^. 515 



Hemvrham/pJms tricuspidatus, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. PM. 1859, p. 131. 



Eemwhamplms negledus, Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Dierk. iii, p. 157, and Atl. Ich. Scomb. t. viii, fig. 5. 



B. X, D. 15-16, P. 12, V. 6, A. 15-17, C. 16, L. 1. 52-58. 



Length of head 3|-, of beak 6|, of caudal 7^, height of body Hi in the total length. Eyes — diameter 

 li in the postorbital length of the head, and li apart. The height of the head equals its length behind the 

 middle of the eyes. Teeth —many fine ones in both jaws. Ji'ws— pectoral when laid forwards reaches the 

 front edge of the eye. Dorsal commences in the last fourth of the distance between the angle of the mouth 

 and base of the caudal fin. Ventral inserted midway between the base of the caudal fin and the front edge of 

 the eye. Caudal forked, lower lobe the longer, the length of the central rays Ij diameters of the eye. Scales — 

 present on dorsal and anal fins : 5i to 6 rows between the base of the dorsal fin and the lateral-hue. Colours^ 

 bluish, with a rather narrow silvery band. 



Habitat. — Malabar, Andamans, to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



6. Hemirhamphus Reynaldi. 



Cuv. and Val. xix, p. 39 ; Day, Pish. Malabar, p. 167. 



Remirhamphus Bussumieri, (not Cuv. and Val. xix, p. 33) Bleeker, Snoek, p. 18, Revis. Hemirh. p. 150, 

 and Atl. Ich. vi, p. 56, Scomb. t. vii, f. 3; Giinther, Catal. vi, p. 266 ; Kner, Novara Pische, p. 322. 



B. xiii-xiv, D. 14-15 (16), P. 11, V. 6, A. 14-15 (17), C. 15, L. r. 52-54. 



Length of head 3^, of beak 65, of caudal 6g-, height of body 11 to 13 in the total length. Eyes — 

 diameter equals the postorbital length of the head, and also the width of the interorbital space. Preorbital 

 rather longer than high. Upper jaw keeled, scaled, rather broader at its base than it is long. No barbels. 

 Body nearly as wide as high. Teeth — numerous fine rows of tricuspid ones in the jaws. Fins — anal commences 

 below the third or fourth dorsal ray. Pectoral reaches as far forwards as the middle or front margin of the eye. 

 Ventral commences rather nearer the base of the caudal than that of the pectoral, or else midway. Caudal 

 deeply forked, lower lobe the longer, its central rays as long as the eye. Scales — none on dorsal or anal fins. 

 Oolowrs — a silvery lateral band : upper edge of dorsal blackish. 



The type of S. Beynaldd, C. V. brought by Reynald from Trincomalee is still in Paris, and it seems to 

 be this species. M. Dussimderi, Bleeker and Giinther, appears to have the eye too large, whilst the beak 

 scarcely agrees with 0. V. description. 



Klunzinger, Pische d. R. M. Verh. z. b. Ges. Wien, 1871, p. 584, describes another species as 

 H. Bussumieri, G. V., D. 14-15, A. 14-15, L. 1. 52-54. Length of head 3, height of body (10-^) 14, of beak 5, 

 of caudal fin 8 in the total length. Eyes — 7^ in length of head, and If in postorbital length. Body 

 quadrilateral or rather higher than broad. Teeth — tricuspid. Pectoral twice as long as ventral, but does not 

 quite equal height of body. Ventral inserted between base or last third or fourth of pectoral and base of 

 caudal. Lower caudal lobe somewhat the longer, its middle rays shorter than the eye. Scales — sometimes 

 numerous on dorsal and anal fins. 



Habitat. — East coast of Africa, Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



7. Hemirhamphus Georgil, Plate CXX, fig. 2. 



Cuv. and Val. xix, p. 37, pi. 555 (not Cantor, Catal. p. 248 ; Jerdon, M. J. L. and Sc. 1851, p. 147 ; 

 Giinther, Catal. vi, p. 264 ; Bleeker, Atl. Ich. vi, p. 54 ; Kner, No vara Pische, p. 323). 



Hemirhamphus margvnatus, Bleeker, Ned. Tyds. Dierk. iii, p. 148, and Atl. Ich. vi, p. 54, Scorn, t. viii, 

 f 4; Giinther, Catal. vi, p. 470 (? Esox marginatus, Porsk. &c.) 



Hemi/rhamvphus pVumatus, Blyth. Proc. As. Soc. of Bengal, 1858, p. 288. 



B. xii, D. 14-15 (16-17), P. 11, V. 6, A. 13-14, C. 16, L. 1. 54-58. 



Length of head 2f , of beak 4| to 5, of caudal 7| to 8, height of body 10 to 13 in the total length. 

 %es— diameter li to If in the postorbital length of the head, li diameters apart. The height of the head 

 equals its length behind the middle of the eyes. Upper jaw about equalling one diameter of the eye in length, 

 rather pointed and a little longer than wide at its base, convex, scarcely keeled and not scaled. Preorbital 

 shghtly longer than high. TeeiA— in few rows in both jaws, most are pointed, but there are a few tricuspidate 

 ones intermixed. Fims — dorsal commences in the last fourth of the distance between the front edge of the eye 

 and the base of the caudal fin and a little anterior .to the anal. Pectoral reaches the middle of the eye. 

 Ventral inserted in the commencement of the last third of the distance between the angle of the mouth 

 and the base of the caudal fin. Length of base of anal 2/3 that of the dorsal. Caudal deeply forked, its 

 central rays as long' as about one diameter of the eye. Scales— none on dorsal or anal fins:_ 5 rows 

 between lateral-Une and base of dorsal fin. Colours— & broad silvery stripe which below the dorsal fin is rather 

 wider than a scale. Fringe on lower jaw black. 



The artist has shown the depth of the body as too great in Plate cxx, f 2. t, • •• t, 



Dussumier's specimen of H. Georgii, from Mahe, 11^ inches long, is still preserved at Pans : it has 

 D. 15, A. 14, L. r. 68. M. Leschenault's specimen of H. brevirostris, C. V. at Pans, is m a bad state. Length 

 of head 3, of beak 4i, of caudal 10+, height of body 18 in the total length. ^?/es— diameter I3 m the 

 postorbital length of the head, and nearly 1 apart. Preorbital rather longer than high. Upper jaw convex m 

 both directions, 1/4 wider at its base than it is long. Fins— ami commences slightly behind the dorsal. 

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