TELEOSTBI. ACANTHOPTEBTGII. 



or dark with an orange margin ; anal and caudal blackish ; ventral 

 purplish. 



Hah. Coasts and estuaries of India and Burma to the Malay 

 Archipelago. I have not taken this fish west of Bombay, it being 

 replaced in Sind by B. tennis, dussumieri, and dentatus. Burmese 

 specimens have usually a black edge to the pectoral fin. 



1081. (7.) Boleophthalmus sculptus. 



Boleophthalmus sculptus, G anther, Catal. iii, p. 104; Day, Fish. 

 India, p. 308. 



D. 5 | 25. P. 15. V. 1/5. A. 24. C. 15. L. tr. 12. 



Length of head 4|, of caudal fin 5|, height of body 6 in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 4| in length of head, 1 diam. from end of 

 snout, and close together. Teeth six large, vertical, pointed 

 teeth in front of premaxiliaries, those in the lower jaw truncated 

 at their summits, some having a slight lobe on either side. ' Fins 

 third dorsal spine with a filamentous prolongation. Pectoral rather 

 short. Caudal truncated. Scales cycloid, those on the head and 

 anterior portion of the body rudimentary, with flat, rounded tu- 

 bercles, each having a depression in its centre. In the last portion 

 of the body they become more distinct. Colour " greenish olive, 

 yellowish on the belly ; six rather distinct darker bands descend 

 obliquely from the back towards the belly ; the anterior dorsal 

 greyish, the other fins reddish." Gunther, I. c. 



flab. India, whence one specimen was brought by General Hard- 

 wicke : I have received one from Bombay. 



1082. (8.) Boleophthalmus pectinirostris. 



Gobius pectinirostris, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 1200. 



Boleophthalmus pectinirostris, Day, Fish. India, p. 308 (see synon.). 



B. 5 j 23-24. P. 18. V. 1/5. A. 23-24. C. 14. Vert. 11/14. 



Length of head 4|, of caudal fin 5, height of body 6 in the total 

 length. Eyes approximating, diameter 4 to 5 in length of head, 

 3 diain.from end of snout. Teeth three large, pointed teeth on 

 either side of the middle of the upper jaw, in lower jaw 36 to 40 

 truncated and notched teeth along either ramus. Fins spines of 

 first dorsal filamentary, and extending some distance beyond the 

 membrane, their height being nearly twice that of the bod-/ ; last 

 dorsal rays height of body ; ventrals reach halfway to the anal. 

 Caudal pointed. Scales cycloid, anteriorly rudimentary, those in 

 the posterior portion of the body are more developed, but in irregu- 

 lar rows, there being about 17 between posterior extremities of the 

 second dorsal and anal fins. Colour the body with small, dark 

 tubercles, and verdigris spots. Vertically placed blue spots on first 

 dorsal, and six or seven transverse ones on the second, where they 



