504 PHYSOSTOMI. 



2. Saurus myops, Plate CXVII, fig. 5. 



Snlmo fwfens, Blocli, t. 384, f. 2 ; Bl. Sclin. p. 404 (not Linn.). 

 Salmo myops, (Forst.) Bl. Scion, p. 421 ; Forst. Desc. Anim. p. 412. 

 Osmerus lemniscatus, Lacep. v, p. 236, t. vi, f. 1. 

 Saurus fasciulatus, Lesseur, apud Val. 

 Saurus elegans, Gray. 



Saurus truHcatus, Spix Pise. Bras. p. 82, t. 4.5. 



Saurus limbatus, Eyd. and Soul. Voy. Bonito, Poiss. p. 100, t. vii, f. 3. 



Sauncs myops, Cuv. Res'. Anim. ; Cuv. and Val. xxii, p. 485 ; Bleeker, Beng. p. 76, and Nat. Tyds. Ned. 

 Ind. iii, p. 291, and Atl. Ich. ''Saurida, t. 2, f. 3 ; Jerdon, M. J. L. and Sc. 18.51, p. 146 ; Giinther, Catal. v, 



p. 398. 



Laurida ftpfens and truncatn, Swainson, Fishes, ii, p. 288. 



Saurus trachiims, ScHegel, Fauna Japon. Poiss. p. 231, pi. 106, f. 2 ; Cantor, Catal. p. 271. 



Saurus lemniscatus, Rich. Ich. China, p. 301. 



Synodus myops, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. vi, p. 1.53. 



B. xvi, D. 12-13 I 0, P. 14, V. 8, A. 16-17, C. 17-19, L. 1. 52-56, L. tr. 3i/7. 



Length of head 4j, of caudal Ql to 7, height of body 6 in the total length. Eyes — without adipose lids, 

 diameter 1/V) of length of head, 1/2 to 3/4 of a diameter apart, and also from the end of snout. Dorsal profile 

 nearly horizontal : greatest width of head equals half its length. Cleft of mouth extending to at least two 

 diameters behind the orbit : jaws of about equal length anteriorly. Interorbital space deeply concave : summit 

 of head corrugated except the interorbital furrow. Teeth — poiated, two rows in the upper, thi-ee in the lower 

 jaw, the inner being the longest. A single two-rowed band on the palate. Tongue likewise toothed. Fins — 

 first dorsal rather highest anteriorly, nearly square, commences midway between the snout and the second 

 dorsal, its first two rays unbranehed : second dorsal very small : pectoral small and rounded at its extremity : 

 ventral sub-horizontal, with its inner rays the longest, it is as long as the head. Caudal forked, ^vith its lower 

 lobe the longer. Scales — aiTanged in horizontal rows which are rather undulating above the lateral-line : six 

 transverse rows on cheek : none on summit of head or on lower jaw. Lateral-line — slightly raised in single 

 tubes, with a small elevation on either side. Colours — upper half of body of a golden colour, with four 

 longitudinal blue Hues having black edges, and nearly as wide as the ground colour. A black spot at shoulder. 

 Aljdominal surface silvery. Dorsal fin with three rows of yellow spots : a yeUow band along the middle of the 

 pectoral : outer half of anal yellow. 



Habitat. — Seas of India to the ]\Ialay Archipelago and the tropical portions of the Atlantic and Pacific 

 Oceans. The specimen figured was from Madras. 



Genus, 2 — Saurida, Cuv. 



Synodus, pt. Gronovins ; Laurida, pt. (Artedi) Swainson. 



Differs from Saiirus as follows : — Teeth cardiform, the inner ones being the longest, and slender, all can he 

 laid downwards awl inwards, they exist on the jaws, tongue, and palatine bones : those on the palate are in two 

 parallel bands on either side, the inner being the shorter. Ventral fin with nine rays, the inner not much longer than 

 the outer ones. Pectoral short or of moderate length. 



SYNOPSIS OP SPECIES. 



1. Saurida tumbil, D. 11-13/0, A. 10-11, L. 1. 53-64, L. tr. 4^7. From the Red Sea through the seas of 

 India to China and Japan. 



2. Saurida nehulosa, D. 10-11/0, A. 9, L. 1. 50-52, L. tr. 3^/7. East coast of Africa, seas of India to the 

 Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



1. Saurida tumbil, Plate CXVII, fig. 6. 



Salmo tumlil, Bloch, t. 430 ; Bloch, Schneider, p. 405. 



Salmo, Russell, Fish. Vizag. ii, p. 56, and Badi mottah, plate 172. 



Osmerus tumbil, Lacepede, v, page 236. 



Saurus tmnhil and badi, Cuv. Reg. Anim. ; Cantor, Catal. p. 270 ; Jerdon M. J. L. and Sc. 1851, p. 146. 



Saurus badimottah, Riippell, N. W. Fische, p. 77. 



Laurida tomhel, Swainson, Fishes, ii, p. 288. 



Sa/urus argyrophanes, Richardson, Ich. China, p. 302. 



Saurus undosquamis, Richardson, Erebus and Terror, Ich. p. 138, t. 51, f. 1-6. 



Aulopus elongatus, Schlegel, Fauna Japon. p. 233, t. 105, f. 2. 



Saurida tombil, Cuv. and Val. xxii, p. 600 ; Bleeker, Chu-oc. p. 20. 



Saurida tumbil, Bleeker, Bengal, p. 76, and Sumatra, p. 56, and Atl. Ich. vi, p. 155, and Saurid. t. i, f. 4.; 

 Giinther, Catal. v, p. 399 ; Kner, Novara Fische, p. 315 ; Day, Fish. Malabar, p. 200 ; Klunz. Verb, z, b. Ges. 

 Wien, 1871, p. 51. 



