1381 
Depth 13 3/4, 6 1/2 to vent; head 7 2/5 in total, 3 1/2 
to vent. Snout 2 3/4 lb head; eye 10, 3 2/3 in snout, less 
than twice in interorbital; maxillary not quite reaches eye, 
length 2 2/3 in head; pterygoid band of teeth narrow, scarce¬ 
ly separated from palatine band; interorbital low. Gill 
rakers f 7 or 8, also some smaller ones. 
Scales 60 in lateral line to vent; 14 above, 2 below, 
to anal origin. Head and snout scaly. Some scales medianly 
behind dorsal enlarged and slightly elongated, in posterior 
part of tail set in low median fold of skin. 
D. 11, first ray 2 in head, fin origin near first 
seventh between ventral and anal origins; first anal ray 6 3/4 
in head; tail tapers to long slender filament; pectoral 1 3/5, 
rays 14 or 15; ventral 2 1/4 in head, rays 10. 
Sepia brown, greater part of head blackish. Length 395 
mm. (Alcock) 
Andaman Sea. AlcocMs figure shows an adipose fin, not 
mentioned in hes description, about first 2/11 of tall, its 
length 2 3/5 in snout. He says the species differs from 
Halosaurus parvipennls chiefly in having the ventral fins 
united with one another. Branchiostegals 12 to 13. 
