OPUIDIIDJE. 435 



Barbels two on snout and two on either side of upper jaw, three 

 pairs on lower jaw, making in all six pairs. Teeth in. tine sharp 

 rows, becoming single posteriorly ; a small patch on the vomer, 



Fig. \52.-Erotula maculata. 



and a single row on the palate. Fins not enveloped in skin ; 

 ventral reaches beyond base of pectoral. Scales minute, covering 

 body and head. Air-bladder large, rounded posteriorly. Colour 

 light dirty greenish brown, with a few reddish-brown spots 

 about the body, and a round blackish mark behind the eye. Muzzle 

 and barbels of upper jaw blackish. Fins greyish, external portion 

 deep black. 

 Hab. Madras. 



1311. (2.) Brotula jerdoni. 

 Brotula jerdoui, Day, Fish. India, Suppl. 1888, p. 804. 

 D. 126. V. 1. A. 95. 



Length of head 6, height of body 5| in the total length. Eyes 

 (from the figure) diameter 3| in length of head, and J diam. 

 from end of snout. Colour lilac along back, white beneath ; a 

 black band from eye to angle of subopercle, a second from above 

 eye to base of pectoral, which fin it crosses obliquely, a third black 

 band commences on the occiput, but soon divides into two, the 

 upper branch going along base of dorsal fin, and the lower passing 

 a short distance downwards and then running parallel to the first. 

 Fins yellowish, three large round black spots edged with white 

 along upper margin of dorsal, which has a dark border, and exter- 

 nally edged with black. 



Hob. An example 5'4 inches long, captured at Madras in August ; 

 a coloured figure of this is among Jerdon's and Elliot's illustrations. 



1312. (3.) Brotula multibarbata. 



? Brotula multibarbata, Schlegel, Faun. Japan., Poi'ss. p. 251, pi. cxi, 

 tig. 2 ; Day, Fish. India, Suppl. 1888, p. 804 (see synon.). 



D.C.& A. 165 (186). V. 2. 



Length of head 5|, height of body 5 (4 to 4|) in the total length. 

 Upper jaw the longer. Maxilla to below hind edge of eye. 

 Opercle ending in a spine. Barbels both jaws with three on 

 either side. Colo ur reddish or vinous burnt-umber, becoming 



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