364 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



base of pectoral, is f as high as body and higher than anal. 

 Ventral about g as long as pectoral. Scales 13 rows between 

 snout and base of dorsal, five between eye and angle of preopercle. 

 Colour purplish black superiorly, lighter on sides and beneath ; 

 many scales on body with a round black mark. Fins dark, the 

 pectoral in the young yellow in its lower half, with a blue basal 

 spot, external to which it has several vertical black bands ; dorsal 

 edged with yellow. 



Hub. Cachar and Assam, in both running and standing water, 

 growing to about 10 inches in length. 



1205. (8.) Ophiocephalus gach.ua. 



Ophiocephalus gachua, Ham. Such. Fish. Ganges, pp. 68, 36?, pi. 21, 



fig. 21 ; Day, Fish. India, p. 367 (see synon'.). 



Kara motta, Tel. ; Dheri dhok, Hind. ; Karavu, Mai. ; Para korava, 

 Tani. ; Kanayd, Singhalese ; Mah korava, Can. ; Chenya or Chayuny, 

 Ooriah ; Doarrah, Punj. ; Chen-gah, Assam. 



D. 32-37. P. 15. A. 21-23. C. 12. L. 1. 40-45. L. tr. 3-4/7-6. 



Length of head 3| to 4|, of caudal fin 5| to 6, height of body 6 

 in the total length. Eye s diameter 6 in length of head, 1 diarn. 

 from end of snout, and from 1| to 1| apart. Teeth an inner row, 

 widely separated and conical, in lower jaw, some also on vomer and 

 palatines. Fins pectoral as long as head behind eyes, ventral f 

 length of pectoral. Scales broad and irregular on summit of 

 head; 4 or 5 rows between orbit and angle of preopercle; 12 

 between snout and base of dorsal fin. Lateral line bends down- 

 wards after about 12 scales. Colour varies materially, according 

 to the water in which the fish resides : usually greenish, lighter 

 beneath ; dorsal, caudal, and anal slate-coloured, with orange 

 margins ; pectoral with a black base, transversely barred (except 

 in some Andaman specimens), and having a slight reddish or 

 orange edge. In the young there is often a large ocellus with a 

 light edge on the last five dorsal rays ; caudal barred. Occasionally 

 the body is spotted with white, or even orange. 



Hah. Fresh waters throughout India, Ceylon, Burma, and the 

 Andamans, also near Gwadar on the Mekran coast ; attaining at 

 least 13 inches in length. 



1206. (9.) Ophioceplialus punctatus. 



Ophiocephalus punctatus, Block, IcTi. t. 358 ; Day, Fish. India, 



p. 367, pi. Ixxviii, fig. 1 (variety) (see synon.) 



Phool dhok, Hind. ; Korava and Para korava, Tarn. ; Beli-korava, 

 Canarese ; Muttah, Tel. ; Gorissa, Gurrie, and Cartua gorai, Ooriah and 

 Assamese ; Du/loonaa, Punj. ; Nga-am, Mugh ; Nga rynowk and Chankee, 

 Arracan ; Nfa panau, Burm. ; Dhoalee, Sind. ; Slack caboose of Euro- 

 pGans. 



