No. XVI.
S q u a l u s d r r o a d n a re s ; co rp o r e J a s c ia to ; p in n a a n i n itlla ; cau d a quam co rp us lon g io re .
T h e S q u a lu s w itli a c irru s a t e a ch n o s t r i l ; th e b o d y v a rieg a ted b y cross b a n d s ; n o an al
fin : th e tail lo n g e r th a n th e b o d y .
C a lled b y th e N a tiv e s B o k e e S o r r a .
T h e head nearly as broad as the body, compressed, convex above, flat b eneath; the crown a little depressed,
rostrum soft, not transparent. T h e mouth, (as in the genus) beneath, three-fourths o f an inch from the point
o f the rostrum; the nostrils close to the mouth, wide, witli a short cirrus [jendent from the interior edge of
each; the eyes oval, pupil linear, transverse: behind each, there is a lunated aperture. T h e fifth spiraculum is
covered by a membrane from the fourth, in a manner to be easily overlooked.
T h e trunk short, oblong, tapering from the pectoral f in ; the sides a little compressed, but becoming round
at the dorsal fin, and tapering gently, it terminates in the long, flat tail. T h e skin rough.
T h e / n f . T h e pectoral large, nearly orbicular, extending as high as the second spiraculum; the roundish
ventral fins rise about an inch and a ha lf behind th em ; the first dorsal rises nearly two inches from the left
spiraculum, and the second about two and a fourth from the cau d al; the spinal portion o f the caudal fin, thin,
and narrow, uniting with the acuminated, angular, terminal portion ; the lower portion is seemingly divided
into two lobes, o f which the posterior is the longest and broadest.
T h e colour above, a dusky brown, intersected, from the root o f the rostrum to the point o f the tail, by twelve
or thirteen broad fa scis o f a brighter brown. T h e belly a dusky white.
T h e length, from the nose, to the point o f the tail, thirteen inches.
No. X V II.
S q u a lu s c ir r o a d na res ; corp or e non J a s c ia to ; p in n a a n a li m d la ; ca u d a quam co rp u s lon g io re .
T h e S q u a lu s w ith a c irru s a t ea ch n o s t r i l ; n o an a l fin ; th e ta il lo n g e r th a n th e b o d y ;
n o fasciae o n th e b o d y o r tail.
Ca lled b y th e N a tiv e s R a S o r r a .
T h is in its form and all the other characters agreeing with the species last described, was not d raw n : the only
dilFerence was in the colour, which was a darkish g ra y , without any fasciae; the b e lly whitish.
T h e length, nineteen inches.
No. XVIII.
S q u a lu s corpore su b-rotu nd o, b revi, v a r io ; p in n a a n a l i ; p in n a c a u d a lo n g is s im a , a p ic e
ro lun d a ta, em argina ta.
T h e varieg ated S q u a lu s , w ith a sh o rt, ro u n d ish , b o d y ; a n anal f in ; th e c a u d a l f in
ex trem e ly long, ro u n d ed , a n d em a rg in a ted at th e p o in t.
Called b y the Na tiv e s P o o l l e e M a k um .
T h e body oblong, short, somewhat depressed, till near the dorsal fin, where it becomes rounder, without
diminishing much in thickness, and terminates in a long fiattish tail. T h e skin when stroked downwards,
feels like velvet, but harsh when stroked in a different direction.
T h e head broader than the body, depressed above, flat beneath, sides convex. Mouth small, less than an
inch distant from the edge o f the rostrum; lips thickish. T h e jaws rough like a file.
Eyes very small, oval; the foramina behind them, also small, kidney-shape- Nostrils close on the edge of
the rostrum, wide, gaping, with a small cirrus from the posterior, interior, edge.
T h e spiracula high, in i-espect to the pectoral fins, the fourth, on each side, is divided in the middle.
T h e y5ni. T h e pectoral large, oblong-ovate; the first dorsal opposite to the ventral, the second opposite to
the an a l; both are oblong and obtuse; the small ventrals are about an inch behind the pectoral, and about the
same distance from the anal, the point of which nearly touches the inferior portion of the caudal f in : both
ventral and anal are in shape similar to the dorsal fins. T h e caudal is very long, the spinal or upper portion
thin, narrow, the point rounded, and emarginate; the ventral portion thicker and broader, notched four inches
from its rise near the anal fin, and a second time near the point.
T h e colour o f the upper part o f the head and back almost bla ck ; that o f the tail a dusky brown; both
remarkably variegated, with whitish fasci«, marks, and spots, which look at first sight like an Egyptian
inscription, T h e y were seldom found to vary in shape, and, being accurately copied from life, are exactly represented
in the figu re : as they approach the tail, they grow fainter. T h e under parts o f the fish are o f a
yellowish white.
T lie length, from the rostrum to the end o f the tail, thirteen inches.
R EM A R K S .
T h e three last-described species seldom appear at Vizagapatam, and were never found larger tlian above
mentioned.
T h e present species is the 19th in Graelin’s edition o f L inneus , and named T ig rin u s ; b y Bloch it is
named Fasciata.