Hemiramphus xanthopterus DAY, Fishes of 
Malabar, p. 168, 1865; Proc. Zool. Soc. 
London, 1865, p. 309 (Cochin, Malabar). 
--STEINDACHNSR, Denks. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 
Math.-nat. Kl., vol. 71, pt. 1, p. 155, 
1907 (Scheich Othman), 
Hemiratgphus erythrorhynohus (not LE SUEUR) 
I 
KNER, Reise Novara, Fische, p. 3E4, 1865 
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(Ceylon). 
Depth 9 2/3; head 2 7/8. Snout 2 4/5 in head 
from snout tip, longer than wide at base; eye 4, 1-| in 
snout, 1 to 1 1/3 in interorbital; teeth in many rows, 
tricuspidate; mandible before snout tip 1 1/3 in rest 
of head; interorbital very lov<r. 
Scales 56 to 58 in median lateral series; 
7 above. Dorsal and anal scaleless except few small 
scales on anterior portion. 
D. II, 13, first branched ray 2 1/5 in head 
from snout tip; A. II, 14, first branched ray 2 1/5; 
caudal 1 1/8, forked, upper lobe li in lower; pectoral 
I, 12, fin 1 3/5 in head from snout tip; ventral I, 5, 
fin 2 4/5, origin midway between hind eye edge and 
caudal base. 
