CHUB. -ill 



The length of the head compared to the length of the 

 head and body to the end of the fleshy portion of the tail is 

 as one to four ; the depth of the body rather greater than the 

 length of the head ; the mouth large ; the head wide or 

 chubby ; the nostrils in a circular depression, one-third 

 nearer the eye than the end of the nose ; the diameter of the 

 eye equal to one-fifth of the length of the whole head ; the 

 scales on the body large ; the number forming the lateral 

 line forty-four, with an oblique line of six scales above it to 

 the base of the dorsal fin, and of three scales below it to the 

 origin of the ventral fin ; the lateral line descending by a 

 gentle curve till even with the end of the pectoral fin-rays, 

 then straight to its end. 



The dorsal fin commences half-way between the point of 

 the nose and the end of the fleshy portion of the tail ; the 

 first ray short, the second the longest, both simple ; the 

 others branched, diminishing in length gradually to the last, 

 which is the shortest ; the seventh ray as long as the base of 

 the dorsal fin : the pectoral fin rather small ; the ventral fin 

 arising on the same vertical plane as the dorsal ; the anal 

 fin large, commencing in a line with the end of the dorsal fin 

 when its rays are pressed down : the tail large and forked. 

 The fin-rays in number are 



D. 10 : P. 16 : V. 9 : A. 11 : C. 19. 



The colour of the top of the head blackish brown, with a 

 streak of the same dark colour passing down behind the free 

 edge of each operculum as far as the origin of the pecto- 

 ral fin : the whole of the upper part of the back bluish 

 black, the edge of each scale the darkest part ; the sides 

 bluish white, passing into silvery Avhite on the belly : the 

 dorsal and caudal fins dusky; the pectoral fins reddish 

 brown ; the ventral and anal fins reddish white ; the irides 

 golden yellow, the upper part dusky ; cheeks and gill-covers 

 rich golden yellow. 



