FAMILY XII. BELONID^;. 161 



Head 3; depth about 18; D. 14; A. 15; scales about 300. Body 

 slender, not compressed; snout 4|; interorbital slightly concave, 

 its width 2^3 in posterior part of head; upper jaw from center of eye 

 twice the length of the rest of the head; lateral line passing into a 

 slight keel; caudal peduncle depressed. 



Color greenish, sides silvery; a dark silvery lateral band; a dark 

 bar on anterior part of opercle. Length about 4 feet. A very good 

 food fish. 



