28 TELEOSTEI. ACAXTIIOi'TEBYUII. 



length. Eyes diameter 3| to 3| in length of head, 1| diam. from 

 end of snout, and 1 apart. Teeth in an uninterrupted senrihmar 

 band on the vomer. Fins first dorsal spine very small, the third 

 a little longer than second or fourth ; six rows of scales between 

 dorsals ; second dorsal two thirds as high as spinous ; origin of anal 

 below second or third dorsal ray. Lateral line tubes in an arbo- 

 rescent form on each scale. Air-bladder absent. Colour 

 reddish-chestnut on back, becoming silvery on abdomen, which in 

 adults is shaded with yellow. A purplish blotch on the opercle 

 and subopercle. A brilliant golden stripe, two thirds of a scale 

 wide, from orbit to upper third of tail ; generally two or three 

 more below and parallel with it, in large specimens a light band 

 along row of scales above lateral line. First dorsal milk-white 

 edged with black, having two horizontal yellow lines finely dotted 

 with black; second dorsal with only one band; caudal reddish, 

 with a black white-edged margin. 



flab. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago ; attaining at least 

 5 inches in length. 



758. (3.) Upeneoides caeruleus. 

 Upeneoides cjeruleus, Day, P. Z. S. 1808, p. 194; Fish. India, p. 121. 



D. 7-8/9. P. 15. A. 7. C. 15. L. 1. 32-34. L. tr. 2|/7. 



Length of head 4| to 5, height of body 4 to 4| in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 4| in length of head, 1 diam. from end of 

 snout, and also apart. Opercle with two spines. Teetli in a 

 single row on the vomer and palate. Fins first spine of dorsal 

 minute or wanting; 7 or 8 rows of scales between the two dorsals. 

 Lateral line the tubes are rather long and bifurcate in the first 

 portion of the lateral line, the branches subsequently are short, and 

 mostly spring from the upper side. Air-bladder present. Colour 

 leaden above, dirty white below. First dorsal with a black tip, a 

 whitish band along its middle, and a badly marked one at its base ; 

 second dorsal dark, with a light band along the middle ; extremities 

 of caudal stained with black, and a band across the upper lobe ; 

 pectoral, ventral, and anal yellowish. 



Considering the time of year at which the specimens have been 

 captured and their small size, it is not improbable that they are the 

 young of a larger species, as U. vittatus. 



flab. Madras ; growing to 4 inches in length ; most common 

 during the months of June and July. 



759. (4.) Upeneoides tragula. 



LTpeneus tragula, Ricfi artisan, Ich. China, p. 220. 

 Upeneoides tragula, Day, Fish. India, p. 121, pi. xxx, fig. 4 (see 

 synon.). 



Chiii, Mnrathi. 

 D. 7-8 | 1/8. P. 13. A. 1/7. L. 1. 30-32. L. tr. 2/7. Csec.pyl.6. 



