Chap. X.] GEOUKD-FISII OF BHOOTAN, 367 
the fishes they represent, numerically contrasting them with 
those of China and Japan, so far as we are acquainted with 
the ichthyology of those seas : — 
CABTIXAGBSTEA. 
China and 
Ceylon. Japan. 
Squali . . . 12 . .15 
Raiae . . . . 19 . .20 
Sturiones . . 0 . .1 
OSTINOPTEBYGn. 
Plectognathi. 
tetraodontidae . 10 . .21 
balistidse . . 9 . .19 
Lophobranchii. 
syngnathidae 2 . .2 
pegasida? . 0 . .3 
Ctenobranchii. 
lophidse . 1 . .3 
Cyclopodi. 
echeneidffl . 0 . .1 
cyclopteridaa 0 . .1 
gobidse . 7 . .35 
Percini. 
callionymida? 0 . .7 
uranoscopidae 0 . .7 
cottidae . 0 . .13 
triglidae . . 11 . .37 
polynemidse . . 12 . .3 
mullidse . 1 . .7 
percidse . . 26 . .12 
berycidae . 0 . .5 
sillaginidae . 3 . .1 
sciaenida? . . 19 . .13 
hffimulinidas . 6 . .12 
serranidae . . 31 . .38 
theraponidffi 8 . .20 
China and 
Cevlon. Japan. 
Pe. cirrhitidas . . " 0 . .2 
maenidiae . . 37 . .25 
sparida? . . 16 . .17 
acanthuridae. . 14 . . 6 
chaetodontidae . 25 . .21 
fistularidas . . 2 . .3 
Periodopharyngi, 
mugilidae . 5 . .7 
anabantidae . 6 . .15 
pomacentridaa . 10 . .11 
Pharyngognathi. 
labridae . . 16 . .35 
scomberesocidae 13 . .6 
blenniidae . 3 . .8 
Scomberina. 
zeidea . . 0 . .2 
sphyraanidaa . 5 . .4 
scomberidaj . . 118 . .62 
xiphiidae . 0 . .1 
cepolidee . 0 . .5 
Heterosomata. 
platessoideae. 5 . .22 
siluridse . . 31 . .24 
cvprinida; . . 19 . .52 
scopelinidae . 2 . .7 
salmonidaa . 0 . .1 
clupeidas . . 43 . .22 
gadidae . . 0 . . f 2 
macrurida? . 1 . .0 
Apodes. 
anguillidas .8 . .12 
muraenidae 8 . . 6 
sphagebranchida? 8 . .10 
NOTE (C). 
ON THE BOKA-CHTJNG-j OR " GROUND-FISH " OF BHOOTAN. 
See P. 353. 
In Bhootan, at the south-eastern extremity of the Himalayas, 
a fish is found, the scientific name of which is unknown to me, 
but it is called by the natives the Bora-chung, and by European 
residents the " ground-fish of Bhootan." It is described in the 
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal for 1839, by a writer 
(who had seen it alive), as being about two feet in length, and 
