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FISHES OF INDIA. 
I Fave named this fisF after A. Brisbane Neill, Esq., to wbom I am nnder great 
obligations for tbe valuable assistance be bas always afforded me in my publications. 
Habitat. — Kurracbee in Sind, out of ten specimens tbe longest is 2i inches. 
Page 332. Salaeias lineatus. Add synonym. 
Salarias caudoUneaUis, Giintber, Fiscbe Siidsee, ii, p. 209, t. cxvi, f. F, 
Page 333. Add Salaeias ooetii. 
Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. i, p. 257, f. 15, and Act. Soc. &c. Indo-Ned. iii, Sumatra, 
p. 39 ; Giintber, Catal, iii, p. 257. 
B. vi, D. 12/19-21, P. 14, Y. 2, A. 23-24, C. 13. 
Length of bead 7, of caudal fin 7, height of body 7 to 7|- in tbe total length. Eyes — 
high up, diameter i of tbe length of the bead, 1|- diameters from end of snout, which is 
very slightly oblique. The maxilla extends to somewhat beyond the hind edge of the 
orbit. A crest on the summit of the head, a fringed tentacle above the orbit and another 
at the nostrils. Teeth — small canines in the lower jaw. Fins — dorsal fin deeply notched 
almost to its base, while posteriorly it is continuous with the caudal : its anterior portion 
two-thirds as high as the body, and its posterior at least one-third higher : caudal 
rounded, its central rays being the longest. Colours — stone-colour along the back, 
becoming’ violet On the side and beneath : darker bands from the back, sometimes 
arranged in pairs. Anterior dorsal reddish- violet, with several undulating narrow white 
lines and sometimes a small black blotch between the first and second spine. Second 
dorsal with the white bands taking an oblique direction upwards and backwards : bluish 
marks or s]3ots in its outer fourth. Caudal and anal with their outer thirds brownish. 
Habitat. — Aden, the east coast of India to the Malay Archipelago. 
Page 334. Salaeias alboguttatus. Add 
Kner, SB. Wien Ak. Ivi, 1867, f. 6 ; Gunther, F. Siidsee, ii, p. 205, t. cxviii, f. B. 
Page 335. Salaeias maemoeatus. Add synonym. 
Salarias arenatus, Bleeker, Cocos, iii, p. 173; Gunther, Catal. iii, p. 249. 
Page 335. Add Salaeias bicoloe. 
Salarias bicolor, Tickell, MSS. with a figure. 
D. 11/17, Y. 2, A. 18. 
Length of head 5, of caudal fin 5, height of body 6 in the total length as shown by the 
figure, snout not overhanging the mouth, no crest on head, tentacles were not observed. 
Fins — first dorsal as high as the body beloAv it and separated by a deep notch from the 
second dorsal, which last is not confluent with the caudal. Colours — anterior half of the 
body so far as to the origin of second dorsal fin of a deep blue (smalt), posterior half 
carmine-orange. Dorsal fins sepia tinged with smalt, base of second dorsal orange : caudal 
and anal orange tipped and margined with sepia : pectoral smalt : ventrals whitish. 
Habitat. — A specimen If inches long from Saddle Island, Kyoukphyoo, Arracan. 
Page 336. Add — Genus Acaethoclinus, Jenyns. 
Six branchiostegals : pseudobranchim. Body elongate. Cleft of moidh of moderate width. 
Oills imited beneath the throat. Teeth in jaws, vomer and palate. Dorsal fin single, 
occupying most of the length of the bach, it is chiefly composed of spines : anal long, and 
having more spines than rays. Ventral jugular consisting of one spine and three rays : 
caudal distinct. Scales cycloid : lateral-line present or absent. No air-bladder. 
Geographical distribution. — Coasts of India and New Zealand. 
1. Acanthoclinus indicus. 
Day, Proc. Zool, Soc. 1888, p. 264. , 
