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Genus 1. BREGMACEROS, Thompson. 

 Syn. CalloptUum, Richardson ; Asthenurus, Tickell. 



Branchiostegals seven ; pseudobranchiae absent. Body fusiform, 

 posteriorly compressed. Mouth anterior and oblique. Teeth in 

 jaws minute and movable, also on vomer, none on palate. Two 

 dorsal fins, the anterior consisting of an elongate ray arising from 

 the occiput ; the second and the anal having each a median dwarfed 

 portion almost forming a distinct fin. Ventrals consisting of five 

 or six rays, the outer elongate. Air-bladder present. Pyloric 

 appendages few. 



Geographical Distribution. Coasts and estuaries of India, China, 

 the Philippines, and New Zealand. 



1309. (1.) Bregmaceros macclellandi. (Fig. 151.) 



Bregmaceros macclellandi, Thompson, CharleswortWs Mag. Nat. Hist. 



1840, iv, p. 184 ; Day, Fish. India, p. 418 (see synon.). 

 Bregmaceros atripinnis, Tickell, J. A. S. B. xxxiv, pt. 2, p. 32, pi. i; 



Day, Fish. India, p. 418, pi. xci, fig. 1 (see synon.). 

 Misalu magu, Tel. 



D.I | (16)20 + (x)xv+(15)22. V.6. A.22 + x + (15) 26. L.tr.18. 

 Length of head 6| to 6|, height of body 6 in the total length. 

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

 and also apart. Fins the first dorsal ray reaches backwards to 

 opposite posterior extremity of pectoral. First portion of the 

 second dorsal higher than body, intermediate rays very low. 

 Anterior portion of anal not quite so high as that of dorsal. 



Fig. 151. Bregmaceros mcclellandi. 



Lateral line absent. Cacal appendages two, large. Colour rich 

 brown, lighter on abdomen. Dorsal, pectoral, anal, and caudal fins 

 black ; ventrals dirty white. The younger the specimen the less 

 dark it is, in the very young there is no black on the fins. 



Hab. Bombay and other coasts of India, Burma, the Andamans, 

 and China to New Zealand; attaining at least 5 inches in length. 



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