Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon

Name: Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon
Author: Tennent, James Emerson, Sir

Tennent, James Emerson, Sir

Animals -- Sri Lanka; Asiatic elephant -- Sri Lanka

PHARYNGOGNATHI.
  Amphiprion Clarkii, _J. Benn._
  Dascyllus aruanus, _C. & V._
  trimaculatus, _Rüpp._
  Glyphisodon septem-fasciatus, _C. & V._
     Brownrigii, _Benn,_
     coelestinus, _Sol._
  Etroplus Suratensis, _Bl._
  Julis lunaris _Linn._
     decussatus, _W Benn._
     formosus, _C.&V._
     quadricolor. _Lesson._
     dorsalis, _Quoy & Gaim._
     aureomaculatus, _W. Benn._
     Cellanicus, _E. Benn._
     Finlaysoni, _C. & V._
     purpureo-lineatus, _C. & V._
     cingulum, _C. & V._
  Gomphosus fuscus, _C. & V._
     coeruleus, _Comm._
     viridis, _W. Benn._
  Scarus pepo, _W. Benn._
     harid. _Forsk._
  Tautoga fasciata, _Thunb._
  Hemirhamphus Reynaldi, _C. & V._
     Georgii _C.& V._
  Exocoetus evolans. _Linn._
  Belone annulata, _C. & V._

MALACOPTERYGII (ABDOMINALES).
  Bagrus gulio, _Buch_.
     albilabris, _C. & V._
  Plotosus lineatus, _C. & V._
  Barbus tor, _C. & V._
  Nuria thermoicos, _C. & V._
  Leuciscus dandia, _C. & V._
     scalpellus, _C. & V._
     Ceylonicus, _E. Benn_.
     thermalis, _C. & V._
  Cobitis thermalis, _C. & V._
  Chirocentrus dorab, _Forsk_.
  Elops saurus, _L._
  Megalops cundinga, _Buch_.
  Engraulis Brownii, _Gm_.
  Sardinella leiogaster, _C. & V._
     lineolata, _C. & V._
     Neohowii.
  Saurus myops, _Val_.
  Saurida tombil, _Bl._

MALACOPTERYGII (SUB-BRANCHIATI).
  Pleuronectes, _L._

MALACOPTERYGII (APODA).
  Muræna.

LOPHOBRANCHI.
  Syngnathus, _L._

PLECTOGNATHII.
  Tetraodon ocellatus, _W. Benn_.
     tepa, _Buch_.
     argyropleura, _E. Bennett_.
     argentatus, _Blyth_.
  Balistes biaculeatus, _W. Benn_.
     lineatus, _Bl._
  Triacanthus biaculeatus, _W. Benn_.
  Alutarius lævis, _Bl._


II. CARTILAGINOUS.

  Pristis antiquorum, _Lath_.
     cuspidatus, _Lath_.
     pectinatus, _Lath_.
  Chiloscyllium plagiosum, _Benn_.
  Stegostoma fasciatum, _Bl._
  Carcharias acutus, _Rüpp_.
  Sphyrna zygæna, _L._
  Rhynchobatus lævis, _Bl._
  Trygon uarnak, _Forsk_.
  Pteroplatea micrura, _Bl._
  Tæniura lymna, _Forsk_.
  Myliobatis Nieuhofii, _Bl._
  Aëtobates narinari, _Bl._

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NOTE (A.)

INSTANCES OF FISHES FALLING FROM THE CLOUDS IN INDIA.


(_From the Bombay Times,_ 1856.)

See Page 343.

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Sketches of the Natural History of CeylonTennent, James Emerson, Sir

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Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon

Tennent, James Emerson, Sir

Animals -- Sri Lanka; Asiatic elephant -- Sri Lanka

PHARYNGOGNATHI.
  Amphiprion Clarkii, _J. Benn._
  Dascyllus aruanus, _C. & V._
  trimaculatus, _Rüpp._
  Glyphisodon septem-fasciatus, _C. & V._
     Brownrigii, _Benn,_
     coelestinus, _Sol._
  Etroplus Suratensis, _Bl._
  Julis lunaris _Linn._
     decussatus, _W Benn._
     formosus, _C.&V._
     quadricolor. _Lesson._
     dorsalis, _Quoy & Gaim._
     aureomaculatus, _W. Benn._
     Cellanicus, _E. Benn._
     Finlaysoni, _C. & V._
     purpureo-lineatus, _C. & V._
     cingulum, _C. & V._
  Gomphosus fuscus, _C. & V._
     coeruleus, _Comm._
     viridis, _W. Benn._
  Scarus pepo, _W. Benn._
     harid. _Forsk._
  Tautoga fasciata, _Thunb._
  Hemirhamphus Reynaldi, _C. & V._
     Georgii _C.& V._
  Exocoetus evolans. _Linn._
  Belone annulata, _C. & V._

MALACOPTERYGII (ABDOMINALES).
  Bagrus gulio, _Buch_.
     albilabris, _C. & V._
  Plotosus lineatus, _C. & V._
  Barbus tor, _C. & V._
  Nuria thermoicos, _C. & V._
  Leuciscus dandia, _C. & V._
     scalpellus, _C. & V._
     Ceylonicus, _E. Benn_.
     thermalis, _C. & V._
  Cobitis thermalis, _C. & V._
  Chirocentrus dorab, _Forsk_.
  Elops saurus, _L._
  Megalops cundinga, _Buch_.
  Engraulis Brownii, _Gm_.
  Sardinella leiogaster, _C. & V._
     lineolata, _C. & V._
     Neohowii.
  Saurus myops, _Val_.
  Saurida tombil, _Bl._

MALACOPTERYGII (SUB-BRANCHIATI).
  Pleuronectes, _L._

MALACOPTERYGII (APODA).
  Muræna.

LOPHOBRANCHI.
  Syngnathus, _L._

PLECTOGNATHII.
  Tetraodon ocellatus, _W. Benn_.
     tepa, _Buch_.
     argyropleura, _E. Bennett_.
     argentatus, _Blyth_.
  Balistes biaculeatus, _W. Benn_.
     lineatus, _Bl._
  Triacanthus biaculeatus, _W. Benn_.
  Alutarius lævis, _Bl._


II. CARTILAGINOUS.

  Pristis antiquorum, _Lath_.
     cuspidatus, _Lath_.
     pectinatus, _Lath_.
  Chiloscyllium plagiosum, _Benn_.
  Stegostoma fasciatum, _Bl._
  Carcharias acutus, _Rüpp_.
  Sphyrna zygæna, _L._
  Rhynchobatus lævis, _Bl._
  Trygon uarnak, _Forsk_.
  Pteroplatea micrura, _Bl._
  Tæniura lymna, _Forsk_.
  Myliobatis Nieuhofii, _Bl._
  Aëtobates narinari, _Bl._

       *       *       *       *       *

NOTE (A.)

INSTANCES OF FISHES FALLING FROM THE CLOUDS IN INDIA.


(_From the Bombay Times,_ 1856.)

See Page 343.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon

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