88 TELEOSTEI. ACANTIIOPTEEYGH. 



Blue bands on head, orange spots on body. 5. T. concatenate, p. 00. 

 Small subdistant blue spots ; no bands. 



Height of body 3| in total C. T. maryaritifera, p. 90. 



Height 2f in total 7. T. snior, p. 90. 



Indistinct white spots on body, caudal 



barred 8. T. oramin, p. 91. 



Greyish with purplish angular spots 9. T. stdlata, p. 92. 



832. (1.) Teuthis Java. 



Teuthis Java, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 507; Day, Fish. India, p. 105, 



pi. xxxix, fig. 5 (see synon.). 



Ottah, Tain.; Thar-oar-dah, Andam. ; Worahwah, Tel.; Nya-ryn-sha, 

 Arracan. 



D. 13/10. P. 18. V. 1/3/1. A. 7/9. C. 19. 



Length of head 5|, height of body 2f to 2| in the total length. 

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

 snout and also apart. Interorbital space rather elevated, with a 

 central shallow groove \vhich narrows anteriorly ; anterior upper 

 edge of orbit serrated. Fins dorsal spines strong, increasing in 

 length to the 4th, which is slightly higher than the rays, from it 

 they decrease to the last ; soft portion of fin (and of anal) obliquely 

 rounded ; anal spines strong, increasing in length to 3rd, which 

 equals longest in dorsal fin, then decreasing to 6th, butthe 7th is 

 longer arid equal to 3rd ; caudal emarginate. Colour head, back, 

 and sides dark brownish neutral tint, abdomen lighter. On the 

 head and back many pnle grey rounded spots, becoming more 

 elongate on sides and abdomen. Diameter of upper spots less 

 lhan their distance apart. No streaks on the head as a rule, but 

 in some instances the cheeks are reticulated ; fins immaculate. 



Hob. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



833. (2.) Teuthis vermiculata. 



Amphacanthus vermiculatus (Kuhl fy v. Hass.\ Cuv. fy Val. II. N. 



Poiss. x. p. 126. 

 Teuthis vermiculata, Giinfher, Catal. in, p. 3] 7: Day, Fish. India, 



p. 100, pi. xl, fig. 1 (&ee synon.). 

 Kut-e-rah, Mai. ; Chow-lud-dah, Andam. 



D. 13/9-10. P. 16. V. 1/3/1. A. 7/8-9. C. 17. 

 Length of head about 5, height of body 2^ to 2| in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 85 in length of head, upwards of 1| diam. 

 from end of snout, and 1 5 apart. Fins dorsal spines strong, from 

 the fourth they are about equal, but not so high as first few rays ; 

 rayed portion of fin angular ; anal of same form as dorsal, but 

 spines stronger and of about the same height from the third; 

 caudal slightly emarginate. Scales distinct over the body and 

 cheeks. Colour light brown, running into bluish green on back, 

 and nearly white on abdomen. The whole of the body, head, and 



