PISCES THORACICI. OPHICEPHALUS. 
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No. CLXIV. 
Ophicephalus corpore lanceolato, purpurascente ; pinnis pectorcilibus radiis duodecem, striatis. 
The Ophicephalus with a lanceolate, purplish body; a pectoral fin of twelve rays, 
striated transversely. 
Called by the Natives Kora Motta. 
B. v. D. 36. P. 12. V. 5 . A. 23 . G. 14. 
This fish has only twelve rays in the pectoral fin, and five in the ventral. In most of the other characters it 
agrees better with the Muttah, No. CLXII. than with the one last described. 
In colour it differed from both. The back a cast of dusky purple, the breast bluish, the abdomen dark gray. 
The dorsal and part of the anal fin of the same colour as the body; the hinder portion of the dorsal a dark 
orange; the pectoral streaked transversely black and yellow; the points of the caudal rays distinctly separate, 
and tipped yellow. 
The length of the subject, six inches. 
REMARKS. 
None of this genus were ever caught in the sea or in the river. I found them in the lakes of Ankapilly and 
Casern Cottah, as also in a tank close to Vizagapatam. 
It has been already remarked that, like eels, they may be long preserved alive in fresh water. 
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