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Show 1868.] MR. F. DAY ON NEW INDIAN FISHES. 155 Length of head |, of pectoral 4, of base of hard dorsal %, of base of dorsal rays 4, of base of anal nearly 4, of caudal I of the total length. Height of head 4, of body f, of dorsal spines fa, of dorsal rays -fa, of ventral |, of anal spines -fa, of anal rays fa of the total length. Eyes. Upper margins near the profile; diameter 4 of length of head, 2 diameters from end of snout and anterior extremity of teeth, 1^ diameter apart. Teeth. Two in either jaw ; their inferior edges slightly serrated. Fins. Dorsal spines nearly as high as the rays. Pectoral moderately rounded. Ventral pointed. Caudal cut nearly square. Lateral line proceeds straight to beneath middle of dorsal rays, then curves slightly downwards for two scales; anterior to this termination, and beneath the eighth dorsal ray, the lateral line is continued along the middle of the side to the tail. The last two scales of the upper branch of the lateral line are above the two first of its lower branch. Air-bladder rather thick. Colours. Sea-green, each scale, except those on the chest, having a reddish semilunar-shaped base, equal to about half its width. The scales between the base of the ventral and anal fins reddish. Head rosy. Eye hazel, with a few short blue lines radiating from its lower margin; anteriorly one passes to the upper margin of the tip, which it skirts, another to the lower margin of the tip, which it encircles. Dorsal fin bluish green, edged with light blue ; an irregular reddish line extends along its centre, another passes along its base, and a third below its blue edge. Caudal reddish, with four or five irregularly vertical bluish-green bands. Anal of a lightish blue. Pectoral and ventral reddish, the outer ray blue. This description is taken from a female specimen which was captured at Madras on July 12th, 1867. It is said by the fishermen to be very rarely met with. SILURIDAE. S I L U R U S P U N C T A T U S , sp. nov. B. xii. D. 5. P. T V V.8. A. 58-62. C.19. Length of specimens from 4 to 8 ^ inches. Length of head \, of pectoral fin fa, of base of dorsal fa, of base of anal \, of caudal fa of the total length. Height of bead fa, of body \, of dorsal fin y1^, of ventral fa, of anal -fa of the total length. Eyes small, their covering continuous with the skin of the head; they are situated above the level of the angle of the mouth, 2\ to 3 diameters from the end of the snout, and 5 diameters apart. Head wide, depressed; neck not elevated, upper profile of head horizontal. Body strongly compressed. Mouth wide, cleft narrow ; posterior extremity of the upper jaw extends to beneath the posterior extremity of the orbit. Lower jaw elevated at its centre, and slightly shorter than the upper. Crown |