BATEACHID^E. 229 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



Eyos 1 diam. from end of snout; a foramen in axilla. 1. B. ffrunniens,-p.229. 

 Eyes 3 diam. from end of snout; no foramen in axila. 2. B. gangene, p. 229. 



1002. (1.) Batrachus grunniens. (Fig. 83.) 



Cottus grunniens, Block, Ich. t. 179. 



Batraclms grunniens, Bl. Schn. Syst. Jch. p. 43 ; Day, Fish. India 

 p. 269, pi. lix, fig. 1 (see synon.). 



Nya owk, Arracan ; Beng muchee, Cbittagong. 



D. 3 | 20-22. P. 21. V. 1/2. A. 15-18. C. 15. 



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

 length. Eyes diameter 5 in length of head, nearly 1 diam. from 

 end of snout, and 1| apart. Head depressed, its greatest width 

 equals its length behind the middle of the eyes. Gill-covers with 

 four backwardly directed spines, two on the opercle and two on the 

 subopercle, the lower of these last being often indistinct (B. tri- 

 spiuosus), sometimes only two spines are visible on each gill-cover. 



Fig. 83. Batrachus grunniens. 



Snout broad and depressed, surrounded by a wreath of tentacles, 

 those above the orbit very distinct. A round foramen in the upper 

 part of the axilla. Teeth several sharp, pointed rows in both 

 jaws, becoming a single row laterally, one or two rows on vomer 

 and a single row on palatines. Fins first dorsal triangular, spines 

 moderately strong, the second longest; caudal wedge-shaped. 

 Air-bladder in two rounded lateral portions, connected across 

 the body of the vertebra. Colour yellowish, marbled darker. 



Hab. Seas of India (most numerous along the Malabar coast) 

 to the Malay Archipelago. 



1003. (2.) Batraclms gangene. 



Batrachoides gangene, Ham. Buck. Fish. Ganges, pp. 34, 3G5, 

 pi. 14, fig. 8 ; Day, Fish. India, p. 270, pi. lx, fig. 1 (see synon.). 

 D. 3 | 20-22. P. 21. Y. 1/2. A. 16-18. C. 15. 

 Length of head 3^, of caudal 7 to 8, Iieight of body 4 to 4| in 

 the total length. Eyes diameter 7 to 8 in length of head, 3 diam. 

 from end of snout,~and 3| apart. Head broad, depressed, its 

 greatest width nearly equal to its length. Tour backwardly 

 directed spines on the gill-covers, two on the opercle, the other 



