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tant conical teeth, some of which in size exceed the lower canines. 

 The lateral line describes an arch, terminating opposite the middle 

 of the soft dorsal fin, from whence it proceeds horizontally to the point 

 of the caudal. The latter fin is rhomboidal ; its length about 5^ of 

 the total. The stomach is elongated, cylindrical, containing fishes and 

 Crustacea. There are six ccecopyloric appendages. The body of the 

 air-vessel is very narrow, lanceolate, about \ of the length of the fish, 

 terminating in a fine point. From each side of the body of the air- 

 vessel proceed 25 branched processes, of which the anterior are the 

 longest and have the greatest number of branchlets. 



At Pinang this species is taken in numbers from June till August. 

 It is valued by the natives as an article of food. Owing to the small 

 size of the air-vessel, it yields but a small quantity of isinglass, the 

 quality of which however is considered very good. M. M. Cuvier and 

 Valenciennes have observed this species figured in Colonel Farquhar's 

 collection of drawings at the India House, and its name is said to be 

 at Malacca : Ikanhampay, which most likely is a mistake for Salampai, 

 the Malayan denomination of 0. biauritus. 



Otolithus maculatus, Kuhl and Van Hasselt. 



Otolithus maculatus, Cuv. and Val. V. 64. 



Jarang gigi of the Malays. 



Head above and back iridescent yellowish brown, lighter, silvery on 

 the sides ; cheeks, preopercle and abdomen silvery buff ; upper par £ 

 of opercle steel blue ; lateral line shining silvery ; on the back and 

 sides to within a little beneath the lateral line, a number of brownish 

 spots, the scales of each spot edged with black ; dorsal, anal, ventral 

 and pectoral fins yellowish light grey, their membranes minutely dotted 

 with brown ; caudal rays silvery at the base ; posterior half and mem- 

 brane brownish yellow ; single large irregular black spots scattered 

 over the fin. Iris pale golden, blackish towards the orbit. 



D 10—1/34, C 17 f, A 2/11, V 1/3, P 18, Br. VII. 



Habit. — Sea and estuaries of Pinang, Malayan Peninsula, Singa- 

 Batavia. [pore. 



Total length : 2 feet 9 inch. 



The length of the head is 3|- of the total ; its greatest vertical dia- 

 meter exceeds by \ half the length of the head. The oblique diameter 

 of the eve is a little more than \ of the length of the head. The ver- 



