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rior undulating dorsal ray is the longest, slightly exceeding the length 

 of the head. This, as well as the three succeeding, gradually decreas- 

 ing ones, are undivided ; the fifth and sixth are branched like the fol- 

 lowing, but their anterior branch is undivided and slightly elongated. 

 The anterior anal ray equals in length the corresponding dorsal, and 

 is as well as the second undivided. In front of the anal fin lie two 

 small distant spines entirely concealed under the integuments. The 

 length of the falcated pectorals is ^ of the body, not including the cau- 

 dal ; that of the ventrals a little less than ^ of the pectorals. Single 

 individuals are of very rare occurrence at Pinang. 



Gen. Gallichthys, Cuv. and Val. 1833. 



Body high and compressed ; profile much elevated ; ventrals elongat- 

 ed ; caudal furcated ; first dorsal fin very low or reduced to a series 

 of short spines ; anterior rays of second dorsal and anal excessively 

 elongated. 



Gallichthys major, Cuv. and Val. 



Russell, LVII. Gurrah Parah. 



Gallichthys major, Cuv. and Val. IX. 168, PL 254. 



Blepharis gallichthys, Swainson, II. 250. 



Gallichthys major, Richardson, Report, 1845, 271. 



Head above and back blackish silvery ; cheeks and opercles shining 

 silvery ; at the upper part of the latter an indistinct bluish spot ; rest 

 of the body silvery satin ; fin-rays and membranes yellowish white ; 

 elongated portion of the dorsal and anal, upper margin of the dorsal 

 and posterior of the caudal minutely dotted with black ; dorsal and 

 anal filaments, and ventral fins black. Iris silvery, upper orbital half 

 bluish black. 



D 6—1/18 or 19, C 17|, A 2—1/16, V 1/5, P 19, Br. VII. 



Habit. — Sea of Pinang, Singapore. 



Coromandel, Moluccas, China Sea. 



Total length : 6 inch. 



The length of the head is | of the total, measured to the centre of 

 the posterior margin of the caudal ; the depth at occiput is nearly 

 double the length of the head. A narrow band of velvety teeth ap- 

 pears in both jaws and on the vomer. The diameter of the eye is | of 

 the length of the head. The greatest vertical diameter of the body is 

 1£ in the total length. The lateral line in its component scales, and 



