875 
O phl chjthus ornatlsslmu£. (Kaup) 
Herpetolchthys o rnatlsslmus KAUP. Archlv Naturg,, 
1856, pt. 1, p. 44. Malabar, through DUSSUMIER, 
Paris Museum; Gat. Apodal Fish Brit. Mus., 1856, 
p. 7. pi. 1, fig. 4 (not 5) (type). 
Ophichthys o rnatissimus DAY. Fishes of Malabar, 1865, 
p. 67. •— GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., vol. 8, 
1870, p. 67 (copied). — DAY, Fishes of India, pt. 
4, 1878, p, 665; Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, vol. 1, 
1889, p. 97. 
