Chap. X.] GROUJSD-FISH OF BHOOTAN, 



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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 : — 



CAETILAGINEA. 









China and 







China and 



Ceylon. 



Japan. 



Squali 

 Raiae . 



Ceylon. 

 . 12 . 

 . 19 . 



Japan. 

 . 15 

 . 20 



Pe. cirrhitidse . 

 maenidiae 

 sparidae 

 acanthuridae . 

 chaetodontidae 

 fistularidae . 



0 . 



37 . 

 16 . 

 14 . 

 25 . 

 2 . 



2 



. 25 

 . 17 

 . 6 

 . 21 

 . 3 



OSTINOPTERYGII. 





Periodopharyngi. 







Plectognathi. 







inugilidae 



5 . 



. 7 



tetraodontidae 



. in . 



. 21 



anabantidae . 



6 . 



. 15 



balistidae 



. 9 . 



. 19 



pomacentridae 



10 . 



. 11 



Lophobranchii. 





2 



Pharyngognathi. 







syngnathidae 



. 2 . 



labridae 



16 . 



. 35 



pegasidas 



. o . 



3 



scomberesocidae 



13 . 



6 



Ctenobranchii. 







blenniidae 



3 . 



. 8 



lophidas 



. 1 . 



3 



Scomberina. 







Cyclopodi. 







zeidae . 



0 . 



. 2 



echeneida? . 



. o . 



. 1 



sphyraenidae . 



5 . 



. 4 



cyclopteridae 



. 0 . 





scomberidae . 



118 . 



62 



gobidae 



. 7 . 



1 35 



xiphiidae 



0 . 



! i 



Percini. 







cepolidae 



0 . 



. 5 



callionymidse 



. 0 . 



. 7 



Heterosomata. 







uranoscopidae 



. 0 . 



. 7 



platessoideas. 



5 . 



. 22 



cottidae 



. 0 . 



. 13 



siluridae 



31 . 



. 24 



triglidae 



. 11 . 



. 37 



cyprinidae . 



19 . 



. 52 



polynemidae . 



. 12 . 



. 3 



scopelinidae . 



2 . 



. 7 



mullidae 



. 1 . 



. 7 



salmonidae . 



0 . 





percidae 



. 26 . 



. 12 



clupeida? 



43 . 



! 22 



berycidae 



. 0 . 



. 5 



gadidae . 





. |-2 



sillaginidae . 



. 3 . 



. 1 



macruridae . 



1 ' 



. 0 



sciaenidae 



. 19 . 



. 13 



Apodes. 







haamulinidaa 



. 6 . 



. 12 



anguillidas 



8 



. 12 



serranidae 



. 31 . 



. 38 



muraenidee 



8 



. 6 



theraponidas 



. 8 . 



. 20 



sphagebranchida? 



8 



. 10 



NOTE (C). 



ON THE BORA-CHUNG, OE (S 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 



