410 



TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



of body, and similar to the anal. Caudal rounded. Colour body 

 and fins a deep olive bistre, body longitudinally striated with about 

 thirteen lines of sepia. An elongated black patch having a greyish- 

 white margin filling up middle half of dorsal fin from eleventh to 

 fifteenth ray. Caudal tawny, with a wide central and vertical 

 brown band. Young caudal tawny white, with a band of pale 

 Indian red. 



Hub. Saddle Island off Kyoukhpvoo, Arakan ; the largest spe- 

 cimen taken was about 4 inches Ions. 



11. Genus NOVACULA, Cuv. & Val. 



Syn. Xyrichthys, sp., Cuv. & Val. 



Branchiostegals six ; body oblong, compressed ; head also pom- 

 pressed, its upper edge sharp or obtuse. Anterior teeth conical ; 

 no posterior canine. Dorsal fin single, with fewer spines than rays, 

 the first two spines sometimes more or less separated from the 

 others. Scales rather large ; the head may be entirely scaleless, 

 or the cheeks with two or more rows of small scales. Lateral line 

 interrupted. 



Geographical Distribution. Tropical and warm temperate seas. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 

 A. Two rows of minute scales below and 



^ behind eye . 1. jy. rtifa, p. 410. 



B. Eight or nine rows of scales on cheeks 

 below eye. 



A row of spots behind the eye 2. N. pentadactyla, p. 411. 



No spots behind eye 3. N. punctulata, p. 411. 



1276. (1.) Novacula rufa. (Fig. 140.) 



Novacula rufa, Day, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 238 ; Fish. India, p. 402, 

 pi. Ixxxv, fig. 6 (see synon.). 



Fig. 140. Xovacula rufa. 

 V. 2 | 7/12. P. 14. A. 3/12. C. 14. L. 1. 26. L. tr. 5/13. 



