TEUTIITDID^. 89 



lips are verraiculated with very sinuous bluish lines of about one 

 fourth the width of the iutarspaces, being broadest near the abdo- 

 men ; caudal fin with brown lines. 



Hab. Seas of India, Malay Archipelago and beyond, attaining at 

 least 11 inches in length. 



834. (3.) Teuthis marmorata. 



Amphacanthns marmoratus, Quoy $ Gaini. Voy. Uranic et Phys. 



Zool. p. 367, pi. 02, figs. 1, 2. 

 Teuthis marmorata, Gitnther, Catal. iii, p. 322 ; Day, Fish. India, 



p. 166, pi. xl, fig. 2 (see synon.). 



B. v. D. 13/10. P. 18. V. 1/3/1. A. 7/9. C. 17. 



Length of head 5 to 5^, height of body 3| to 3| in the total 

 length. Ei/es diameter 3 in length of head, 1 to 1| diam. from 

 end of snout, and 1 apart. Interorbital space nearly flat, edge of 

 orbit entire. Fins dorsal spines increasing to the fourth and 

 subsequently decreasing from the seventh, the highest spines half 

 as long again as the soft portion of the fin, which is rounded ; anal 

 spines increase in length to the third, from which they decrease 

 to the last ; caudal lobed, upper lobe the longer. Colour brown- 

 ish, covered all over the back with blue vermiculated lines, which 

 become sinuously-longitudinal along the sides ; head covered with 

 similar lines. Dorsal, anal, and caudal with sinuous brown lines ; 

 pectorals yellow. 



Hal. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



835. (4.) Teuthis virgata. 



Amphacantlms virgatus, Cuv. 8,- Val. H. N. Poiss. x, p. 133. 

 Teutbis virgata, Day, Fish. India, p. 166. pi. xl, fig. 3 (see synon.). 



Tah-meer-dah, Andam. 



D. 13/10. P. 17. V. 1/3/1. A. 7/9. C. 17. Crcc. pyl. 4. 



Length of head 4|, height of body 2| to 3| in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 3 in length of head, lj diam. from end of 

 snout, and 1^ apart. A slight protuberance over the eyes ; no 

 serrations to orbit. Fins dorsal spines increasing in length to 

 5th and remaining about same height to 7th, after which they 

 decrease ; the longest spines equal head excluding snout, and are 

 of same height as longest rays, soft portion rather angular ; anal 

 spines increase in length to 4th, from which they continue of about 

 the same length, or equal to the longest in the dorsal fin ; caudal 

 emarginate. Colour some oblique blue lines and spots on the 

 snout. Upper two thirds of body coppery yellow, covered with 

 round blue spots ; blue lines on the head. A brown band, as wide 

 as orbit, from before the dorsal fin through the eye to below the 

 jaws ; a second from the sixth and seventh dorsal spines to the 

 base of the pectoral ; both these bands with undulating blue edges. 

 Fins yellowish. 



Hab. Andamaus to the Malay Archipelago, and beyond. 



