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THE FISHES OF MALABAR. 
torals transparent -; the other fins minutely spotted with black, and tinged with sulphur. Iris pale 
yellowish, the upper half brownish. 
Said to be considered poisonous in Malaysia, but is not found to be so in Malabar. It grows 
to eleven inches in length. 
Habitat—Seas of India, Malaysia, and Australia. 
* Teuthis SUTOR. 
? Buro beunneus, Comm. v. 
Amphacanthus sutor, Cuv. & Veil. x. p. 148. 
Teuthis sutor, Gunther , Catal. iii. p. 317. 
T> v T) 13-14 A T_ 
13. V. U. ] 0 • -A. g.x'Q. 
Height of body not quite J in the total length. 
Colours—Greenish grey, with dull blue spots ; towards the abdomen it becomes more grey. 
Fins greenish : pectorals with a tinge of yellow. 
Grows to one foot in length. Flesh blackish, but esteemed for food : it also salts well. 
Habitat—Coast of Malabar, and the Seychelles. 
Fam. ACRONURIDJE, Gunther. 
Teuthyes, pt., Cuvier. 
Acanthueoidei, Bleeker. 
Genus ACANTHURUS, Bl. Selin. 
Branchiostegals, five: pseudobranchiae. Body oblong, or elevated and compressed. Eyes 
lateral. Mouth slightly cleft. One dorsal, the spinous less developed than the soft portion. Anal with 
three spines. Ventrals thoracic. Tail on either side, armed with a strong moveable spine directed ante¬ 
riorly. Teeth in a single row in each jaw, trenchant, with crenulated margins, and sometimes moveable : 
none on vomer or palatine bones. Scales minute, ctenoid. Lateral line continuous. Air bladder large, 
and forked posteriorly. Pyloric appendages few. 
Acanthurus MATOIDES. 
? Acanthurus rasi, Cuv. & Veil. x. p. 203. 
Acanthurus matoides, Cuv. & Veil. x. p. 204; Gunther , Catal. iii. p. 330. 
Acanthurus annularis, Cuv. & Val. x. p. 209 ( immature , with whitish caudal ring). 
Acanthurus Blochii, Guv. & Val. x. p. 209 ( immature , without whitish caudal ring). 
B.v. D.^_%_ P.17. V.i A.^3_ C . 1.6. Vert.^. 
Length of head of pectoral T, of caudal T 3 g, of base of dorsal ^J, of base of anal f of total 
length. Height of head g, of body of hard dorsal T 3,-, of soft dorsal g, of ventral V > °f spines 
of anal | , of rays of anal y 3 of total length. 
Eyes—Diameter t 3 t °f length of head, 2_t diameters from end of snout, 1 diameter apart. 
Body oblong, compressed: profile from snout to dorsal fin much elevated, Avith a depression 
