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pyl. 7-9. Silvery. Ascends all the large rivers of India and Burma for 

 breeding purposes : it attains about 12 inches in length. 



Family — Squamipinnes, Cuv. 



Chatodontida, pt., Richardson. 

 Branchiostegals six or seven : pseudobranchise well developed. Body elevated and 

 compressed. Eyes lateral and of moderate size. Mouth generally small, with a 

 lateral cleft, and situated in front of the snout. Teeth villiforra or setiform, 

 neither incisors nor canines : in most of the genera the palate is edentulous. Soft 

 portion of the dorsal fin more developed than the spinous, sometimes considerably, 

 more rarely slightly so: anal with three or four spines, its soft portion _ similar 

 to that of the dorsal : lower pectoral rays branched : ventrals thoracic, with one 

 spine and five rays. Scales cycloid or very finely ctenoid ; they extend more 

 or less over the vertical fins, but occasionally are absent from the spinous portion. 

 Air-vessel present, generally simple. Intestines usually much convoluted : stomach 

 csecal. Pyloric appendages in moderate numbers* 



Genus — Toxotes Cuvier. 



Branchiostegals seven : pseudobranchio?. Body oblong, compressed^ 

 bach depressed. Eyes of moderate size. Snout rather produced j I nicer jaw 

 the longer. Villiform, teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatine bones. A single 

 dorsal Jin, having jive strong spines situated in the posterior half of I he 

 back : anal with three spines. Scales cycloid, of moderate or rather small 

 size, some are extended to over the soft portions of the vertical Jin s. Air- 

 vessel simple. Pyloric appendages in moderate numbers. 



11. Toxotes jaculator, Pallas. D. tji^, A. i^u, L. 1. 28, Case, 

 pyl. 7-9. Greenish brown, with broad dark bands or blotches. Attains 

 about a foot in length. Found in and above tidal influence in the large 

 rivers of Bengal and Burma. 



12. Toxotes microlepis, Blyth. ISga-lya-ma Burmese. D. -jf, A. 

 T 3 T , L. 1. 42, Ca?c. pyl. 8. Golden, with two to four large black oblong 

 blotches or stripes along its sides. Found in Burma along with the last, 

 attaining about the same size. 



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Family — CaHANGID^, Giinther. 



Scomberoidei, pt., et Squamipi?ines, pt., Cuv. : Scombrisida, pt», 

 Richardson. 



Branchiostegals usually seven, sometimes less : pseudobranchia? as a rule present, 

 absent in Lichia and Trachynotus. Body oblong or elevated, and generally com- 

 pressed. Eyes lateral, sometimes large. Infra-orbital bones do not articulate 

 with the pre-opercle. Gill-openings wide. Dentition exceedingly varied. The spinous 

 dorsal of less extent than the soft, sometimes even being rudimentary ; it is either 

 continuous with, or distinct from, the soft portion : the posterior portion of the 

 dorsal and anal sometimes consisting of detached finlets. The soft dorsal and 

 the anal may be of nearly equal extent, or the latter much the most developed. 

 "Ventrals, when present, thoracic, but they may be rudimentary or absent. Scales 

 small, sometimes absent. Air-vessel present. Pyloric appendages usually in 

 large numbers, whilst some genera have but few. 



Genus — Equvla, Cuv. 



Branchiostegals from four to jive : pseudobranchia. Body elevated 

 and strongly compressed. Eyes lateral. Mouth very protractile. Lower 



