1 84 9.] Catalogue of Malayan Fishes, 1415 



Myliobatis milvus, Valenciennes. 



Myliobatis milvus, Miiller und Henle, 1 78 . 

 Pari klawar of the Malays. 



{Young.) Above, pale fawn-coloured ; on the head and back a num- 

 ber of distant anastomosing black lines, which on the anterior half of 

 the root of the pectorals are arranged transversely, so as to make the 

 ground-colour between them resemble very broad transverse bands ; 

 on the rest of the body, on the pectoral and ventral fins the black lines 

 form an open net-work ; the anterior margin of the pectorals, to 

 near the apex, and the dorsal, pale fawn-coloured without black 

 meshes. Anterior sixth of tail fawn-coloured, indistinctly ringed with 

 blackish brown ; rest of the tail black ; abdomen white. Iris narrow 

 golden round the pupil, the rest fawn-coloured ; pupil heart-shaped, 

 with the apex downwards. Teeth pale amber-coloured. 

 Habit. — Sea of Pinang. 



Red Sea. 

 The form of the body, teeth and fins is similar to that of M. nieuhofti, 

 but the position of the dorsal fin differs. It commences farther 

 behind the termination of the base of the ventrals, close to their apex, 

 beyond which it does not extend. The male appendages are shorter 

 than the corresponding margin of the ventrals ; they are white, with a 

 black longitudinal streak above. At its root the tail is greatly compress- 

 ed, two edged, like the blade of an oar ; the rest is slender like a whip- 

 cord ; its length is 4^ times that of the body. The tail has neither 

 spine nor fin. The body is naked. A single young male was ob- 

 served at Pinang in August 1846. It was of the following dimensions : 



From the snout to the mouth, 1 1 inch. 



„ mouth to the anus, 6f 



Length of the tail, , . 46f 



„ from the root of the tail to the dorsal, \± 



Base of the dorsal, ; Of 



Anterior margin of do., Of 



Posterior margin of do., Of 



Distance between the eyes, If 



Distance between the nostrils, Of 



Breadth of the mouth, Of 



Anterior margin of the pectorals, 9f 



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