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extremity ; the tail is truncate in specimens above twenty inches in length ; the teeth are 



of moderate strength ; there are conspicuous radiating striae on the lower and posterior 



margin of the operculum, which has some round black spots more or less numerous ; the 



sides are marked with dark X-shaped spots, and both the sides and the belly are brilliantly 



silvery. 



The fin-ray formula is 



Dorsal 14. 

 Pectoral 15. 

 Ventral 10. 

 Anal 1 1 . 



The drawing was made from a specimen in the British Museum. 



