1402 Catalogue of Malayan Fishes. [Dec. 



C. Without dorsal fins. 

 Gen. Temera,* Gray, 1831. 

 Body orbicular ; ventral fins large, produced, nearly square ; tail 

 very short, and compressed, finned; dorsal fin none; most nearly 

 allied to Torpedo, but differs in having no dorsal fin, in which character 

 it is most nearly allied to Narke of Caup, a genus not noticed by Cuvier, 

 which has only one dorsal fin, while Torpedo has two. 



Temera hardwickii, Gray. 



Plate XII, Fig. 1-2. 



Temera hardwickii, Gray: Zool. Misc. 7. (Young.) 

 (Icon.) Temera hardwickii, Gray : 111. Ind. Zool. II. PI. 102. (Young.) 

 Temera hardwickii, Miiller und Henle, 131, Taf. Fig. 1, 



(Mouth and Teeth.) 

 Pari kubbas linchin of the Malays. 

 Above light yellowish brown ; margins of spiracles flesh-coloured ; 

 whitish beneath. Iris golden ; pupil transversely oval, black. 



In some the disk and tail above have large irregular white patches. 

 (Far. 2. M. und H.) 



Habit. — Sea of Pinang, Malayan Peninsula, Singapore. 

 Total length : 1 ft. 6 inch. 



The disk is nearly round, but the snout between the eyes appears 

 truncated. The relative proportions of the length and breadth appears 

 to be liable to slight individual variations. In some the disk is a little 

 longer than it is broad, in others vice versa. The eyes are as large as 

 the spiracles. The ventrals are not covered by the pectorals. The 

 following dimensions were taken from a female 4^ inch in length. 



From the snout to the mouth, Of inch. 



From the mouth to the anus, 2 J 



From the anus to the point of the caudal, If 



Length of the disk, . 2f 



Breadth of the disk, 2f 



* " Snout, mouth and membranous valve of the jaws as in Astrape. Tail with- 

 out dorsal fin, short in proportion to the disk. Spiracles immediately behind the 

 eyes, smooth. Teeth flattened." {Miiller und Henle, page 131.) 



