278 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTEltYGII. 



the abdomen ; dorsals with several rows of fine spots ; caudal barred 

 in a few or many rows. 



Hal. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago ; attaining at least 

 8 inches in length. x 



1070. (6.) Apocryptes dentatns. 



Apocryptes dentatus, Cm. $ Vol. H. N. Poiss. xii, p. 148 ; Day, 

 Fish. India, p. 301 (see synon.). 



B. iv. D. 5/32. A. 31. Vert. 12/15. 



Length of head 8, of caudal fin 4|, height of body 14 in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 6 in length of head, rather more than 1 

 diam. from end of snout, and apart. Cleft of mouth horizontal 

 and extending to behind the posterior margin of the orbit. Teeth 

 20 in each jaw, the central ten the largest, a pair of canines near 

 the symphysis. fins dorsal low, the first connected by its mem- 

 brane to 'the second. Caudal lanceolate. Scales \ery small. 

 Colour o\i\e or brownish, palest above; caudal reddish dotted 

 with brown. 



Hob. Coromandel coast of India. 



1071. (7.) Apocryptes bato. 



Gobius bato, Ham. Buck. Fish. Ganges, pp. 40, 365, pi. 37, fig. 10. 

 Apocryptes bato, Day, Fish. India, p. 302, pi. Ixiv, fig. 6 (see synon.). 

 Rutta, Ooriah. 



B. iv. D. 5 | 21-22. P. 23. V. 1/5. A. 23. C. 13. 



Length of head 6 to 6|, of caudal fin 4|, height of body 7 in the 

 total length. Eyes rather high up, diameter 5| to 6 in length of 

 head, 1 to 1| diam. from end of snout, and 1 apart. Interorbital 

 space slightly concave. Greatest width of head equals its height 

 or | of its length ; cleft of mouth nearly horizontal ; the maxilla 

 reaches to below the first third or centre of the eye. Teeth about 

 24 on either side of both jaws, all of which are notched at their 

 extremities, those in the mandible horizontal; two moderately 

 sized posterior canines in lower jaw. Fins dorsal and anal fins 

 of about the same height, and f of that of the body. Pectoral 

 half as long as head, ventral reaches halfway to anal. Caudal 

 lanceolate, most expanded iu examples from Orissa. Scales 

 cycloid, large and small ones intermixed, becoming larger pos- 

 teriorly, and extended on to the head. Colour greenish white, with 

 about twelve ill-defined narrow bands, descending from the back 

 towards the abdomen ; scales with brown points ; fins white, but 

 also with minute dots ; a dark band at base of pectoral. 



Hob. Orissa and Lower Bengal within tidal reach ; attaining G 

 inches in length. 



