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CILETODON BROWNRIGGIL 



Order, Thoracic. 



<5l?s 



Native Name, 7SI ^>> SO ob' tBkCdn Kaha Bartikyah — Yellow. 



C. brownriggii. Tail entire. Dorsal spines 13. Body and fins yellow ; 

 above the lateral line, bright smalt. 



Branchiostegous rays 4. Dorsal 23, thirteen spinous. Pectoral 14. Ventral 4, 

 one spinous. Anal 13, two spinous. Caudal 16. Body, beneath the lateral 

 line, and fins, yellow ; a deep black spot at the extremity of the dorsal fin. 

 Lateral line marked by the termination of the yellow and bright blue of the 

 body. 



The Kaha Bartikyah of the Cingalese is too insignificant in point 

 of size — never having been known, by the local fishermen, to exceed 

 two inches in length — to be much sought after as an article of food. 



Figure — The natural size of the Specimen. 



