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TELEOSTEI. ACANT1IOFTEEYGII. 



edentulous. A short dorsal and anal fin; fin-rays unbranched. 

 Body and head covered with small spines. Air-bladder and pyloric 

 appendages absent. 



1007. (1.) Halieutsea stellata. (Fig. 85.) 



Lophiua stellatus, Wahl. Skr. Nat. Kjob. iv, p. 214, t iii, figs. 3, 4 ; 



SI. Schn. Syst. Ich. p. 142. 

 Halieuttea stellata, Day, Fish. India, p. 273, pi. liv, fig. 1 (see 



synon.J. 



B. vi. D. 4. P. 13. V. 1/5. A. 4. C. 9. Vert. 7/10. 



Eyes lateral, with the interorbital space rather concave. The 

 retractile tentacle above the mouth has a trefoil extremity. Gill- 

 openings above the axilla in about the middle of the total length. 



Fig. 85.Halicut(sa stellata. 



Fins dorsal fin situated in the third fifth of the total length, and 

 slightly behind the pectorals. Body covered with rather distantly 

 placed spines, each of which as a rule has four or more roots ; the 

 lateral spines are the largest, and in the anterior half of the body 

 have three or even four points at their outer edges. Colour 

 pinkish. 



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

 attaining at least 8 inches in length. 



