134 TELEOSTEI. ACANTIIOPTEHYGII. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



D. 140-150. Highest dorsal rays \ height of 



body r 1. T. muticus, p. 134. 



D. 127-133. Highest dorsal rays as high as 



body. Eyes from If to 2^ diameters from. 



end of snout 2. T. Jiaumcla, p. 134. 



D. 112-120. Eyes 2f to 3 diameters from 



end of snout 3. T. savala, p. 135. 



889. (1.) Trichiurus muticus. 



Trichiurus muticus, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 10; Day, Fish. India, 

 p. 200, pi. xlvii, fig. 5, 'Suppl. p. 788 (see synon.). 



D. 140-150. P. 11. 



Length of head 10| to 11|, height 'of body 16 to 16 in the 

 total length. Eyes diameter 6| in length of head, 2 Siam. from 

 end of snout, and nearly 1 apart. The height of the head equals 

 ^ its length. The lower jaw slightly produced beyond the upper; 

 interorbital space with a keeled ridge along its centre. Teeth 

 about 20, sharp and compressed, on the side of the upper jaw, in 

 front are two pairs of large, curved, and usually (but not in- 

 variably) slightly barbed fangs ; there are two similar but much 

 smaller ones above the symphysis of the lower jaw, and these are 

 anterior to the snout when the mouth is closed ; laterally there 

 are about 15 or 16 teeth in the mandibles similar to those in the 

 upper jaw, but smaller. Fins dorsal commences above hind edge 

 of preopercle, the first rays are short, their length being about equal 

 to 1 diameter of the orbit, the longest rays are only about equal to 

 | the height of the body ; the rudimentary ones have been enu- 

 merated in the numbers given above. Pectoral 3 as long as the 

 head. Ventrals indicated by two small rounded scale-like pro- 

 ductions on the lower surface of the abdomen. Anal spine almost or 

 entirely concealed in the skin. Lateral line almost straight and 

 a little below the middle of the body, especially in the last part of 

 its course. Colour burnished silver, fins yellowish. 



Hob. Seas of India to China, very common in Orissa up to 

 about 25 inches in length. 



890. (2.) Trichiurus haumela. 



Clupea haumela, Forsk. Descr. Anim. p. 72, no. 106. 

 Trichiurus haumela, Day, Fish. India, p. 201 (see synon.). 



Puttiah, Ooriah; Sawala, Tel.; Sona-ka-icahlah, Tarn.: Pa-pa-dah, 

 Andam. 



D, 127-133. P. 11. 



Length of head 6^ 1o 8, height of body from 12 to 15 in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 4| to GJ in length of head, If to 2| diam. 

 from end of snout, and f apart ; the height of the eye is at least 



