400 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



6. Genus EPIBULUS, Cuvier. 



Branch iostegal 3 five. Body oblong, compressed. Preopercle 

 entire. Mouth very protractile, the ascending processes of the 

 premaxillaries, also the mandibles and tympanics, elongate. Teeth 

 in one row, two canines in either jaw, but no posterior canine. 

 Dorsal fin with fewer spines than rays ; anal rays less numerous 

 than dorsal. Scales large, two rows on cheeks, three enlarged 

 scales at base of caudal fin. Lateral line interrupted. 



Geographical Distribution. Seas of India to Malay Archipelago. 

 1258. (1.) Epibnlus striatus. (Fig. 135.) 



Epibulus striatus. Day, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 697 ; Fish. India, p. 395, 

 pi. Ixxxvii, fig. 2 (see synon.). 



D. 9/10. P. 11. V. 1/5. A. 3/8. C. 13. L. 1. 19. L. tr. 2/7. 

 Length of head above 2|, height of bodv 2| in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 3| in length of head, 1 diam. from end of snout and 

 apart. Fins iaterspinous membrane prolonged beyond both dorsal 

 and anal spines. Colour a white line between orbits ; a second 

 from eye to snout; a third descending from each orbit meets one from 



Fig. 133. Epibulus striatus. 



opposite side. Body greenish brown, with five narrow milk-white 

 vertical bands, the first from opercles to before ventrals, the next 

 from second dorsal spine to end of ventral, the third from dorsal to 

 anal, the fourth from end of dorsal to end of anal, the fifth round 

 free portion of tail. Soft dorsal and termination of anal white, 

 remainder of fins dark-coloured. 



Hob. Andamans, where a single specimen U inches in length 

 was captured. 



7. Genus ANAMPSES, Cuvier. 



Branchiostegals six; body oblong, compressed. Preopercle 

 entire. Teeth in jaws in one row, the two front teeth in each 

 prominent, directed forwards, and compressed, with cutting-edges ; 

 no posterior canine. Dorsal spines fewer than the rays ; anal 

 the same number of rays as the dorsal. No scales on the 

 head, no enlarged row at base of caudal fin. Lateral line con- 

 tinuous. 



Geographical Distribution. Indo-Pacific. 



