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Show 700 SURGEON F. DAY ON ANDAMAN-ISLAND FISHES. [Nov. 1? 201. BELONE CHORAM, Forsk. Colours. In a young specimen brown, with eleven dark vertical bands narrower than the ground-colour, also a dark band through the eye. A common species, growing to a large size. 202. HEMIRAMPHUS BUFFONIS, C. & V. Koo-door rock-o-dah, And. Common. 203. HEMIRAMPHUS UNIFASCIATUS, Ranz. Very common. Family CYPRINODONTID^E. 204. H A P L O C H I L U S PANCHAX, H. B. Cho-to-dah, And. This fish grows to a magnificent size at the Andamans, compared with what it attains in India. Family CYPRINID^E*. As far as my investigations extended, I was unable to obtain any specimens of true Carps on the Andamans. Family CLUPEID^E. 205. E N G R A U L I S RUSSELLII, Blkr. Zoo-roo-cart-dah, And. 206. ENGRAULIS MALABARICUS, Bl. O-pul-dah, And. 207. ENGRAULIS BOZLAMA, Forsk. D. 14. A. 28-30. L. 1. 36. Eight spinate scales before, and seven behind the ventral fins. A golden spot behind the opercles. Large quantities of these fish are captured, dried, and sold; still no one could be found who had ever heard of any deleterious or poisonous results following their employment as food. 208. ENGRAULIS TELARA, H. B. 209. CHATOESSUS CHACUNDA, H. B. Kore-paig-dah, And. * In the ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society,' 1865, p. 296, I described the genus Platacanthus as new amongst the Loaches; however, the specimen subsequently turned out to belong to a known genus. Since then I described another species (1867, p. 941), as Platacanthus maculatus. As the genus Platacanthus is considered a synonym of Lepidocephedichthys, it becomes necessary to define and name tbe genus to which the latter specimen belongs. Genus JEKDONIA, gen. nov. Body elongated. Barbels eight, one rostral, two maxillary, and one mandibular pairs. A free bifurcated suborbital spine. Dorsal fin elongated (thirty rays). Internal pectoral ray osseous. Origin of anal slightly posterior to the termination of the dorsal. |
