Book Description

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ... Fish. Ind. p. 780 (1888). D. XI14-15. A. Ill 8. Sc. 105-120; 1. i. 65-72. Teeth in narrow bands, in two series on the sides of the mandible; canines strong. Depth of body 3 to 3 times in total length, length of head 2 to 3 times. Snout as long as or a little longer than diameter of eye, which is to 5 times in length of head; interorbital width 5 to 6 times in length of head; lower jaw projecting; maxillary extending to below posterior border of eye or a little beyond, the width of its distal extremity to $ diameter of eye; praeopercle produced at the angle, which is armed with 3 to 7 strong spines; middle opercular spine nearer lower than upper, lower much further back than upper; opercular flap pointed; head nearly entirely covered with cycloid scales; maxillary naked or with a few scales. Gill-rakere moderate, 15 or 16 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal originating above base of pectoral; third or third and fourth spines longest, length of head; last spine to length of head; longest soft rays as long as or a little longer than longest spine. Pectoral f-length of head. Ventral shorter, not reaching anus. Second and third anal spines equal, or third a little longer, to length of head, and much shorter than soft rays. Caudal truncate in the adult, rounded in the young. Scales mostly ciliated. Brown, sides spotted or dotted with black; young with a dark streak from the eye to above the angle of the prse208 opercle; dorsal, anal, and caudal blackish at the end, the soft dorsal and anal with a narrow whitish margin. Total length 800 millim. Mouth of the Persian Gulf. a. Ad., stffd. Muscat. A. S. G. Jayakar, Esq. 6. Hot. Muscat. A. S. G. Jayakar, Esq. c-d. Hgr. Muscat. A. S. G. Jayakar, Esq. HE e, f, g. Ad. & hgr., Muscat....