1849.] Catalogue of Malayan Fishes. 1399 



Distance from the ventrals to the anterior dorsal, ...... If 



„ between the dorsals, » 1£ 



j, between the posterior dorsal and the caudal, . . Of 



Length of the caudal, 2f 



Solitary individuals occur during all seasons in the Straits of Ma- 

 lacca. 



Platyrhina* sinensis, Midler und Henle, occurs, but rarely, at 

 Singapore and Pinang. 



Fam. TORPEDINID.E. 



A. With two dorsal fins. 

 Gen. Narcine, Henle s 1834. 



Disk orbicular, elliptical or angulated, rounded in front and provided 

 with a broad keel. Mouth small, protractile, surrounded by a circular 

 skinny fold, which terminates above in the frsenulumf of the nasal 

 valve. Nasal valve straight, with a central projection, and sometimes 

 with the lateral projections slightly elongated, making the valve 

 trifid. A labial cartilage above and beneath. Teeth in quincunx, 

 with a point in the middle. They project beyond the margin of 

 the jaw like an elliptical plate. The lips not fixed to the jaws, but 

 moveable. A membranous valve behind the upper jaw. Tail longer 

 than the disk. The anterior dorsal behind the ventrals, smaller than 

 the posterior. Spiracles immediately behind the eyes. Margins of 

 the spiracles smooth. 



Narcine indica, Henle. 



Narcine indica, Henle : Narcine, 35, Taf. II. Fig. 2. 

 Narcine indica, Miiller und Henle, 130. 

 Pari kubbas of the Malays. 



Body and fins above light reddish brown or copper-coloured, with 

 numerous larger and smaller chocolate-coloured spots, in young indivi- 



* Pre-occupied by Platyrhinus, Clairville, 1798. (Coleopt.J 

 f "Bandcheu." 



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