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Scales small, numerous, irregularly rounded, generally elongate, 

 with imperfect striae, and not imbricated. Head more or less naked, 

 except on cheeks, occiput, and space back of eyes. Bases of anterior 

 long dorsal and anal raj^s scaly. Base of caudal scaly. Base of pec- 

 toral with minute scales. Lateral line superior at first, extending 

 down to middle of side of tail opposite origin of anal, and then straight 

 to base of caudal. 



Dorsal spines small, pungent, third longest and others graduated 

 in front and behind, all depressible in a groove. Insertion of spinous 

 dorsal about over last fifth of pectoral, or nearly midway between front 

 margin of eye and origin of anal. Origin of soft dorsal nearer tip of 

 mandible than base of caudal, first ray highest, and others graduated. 

 Last two rays detached. Anal similar, but smaller, and its origin 

 nearer gill-opening than base of caudal. Caudal deeply forked, lobes 

 long pointed and lower about 3^ in body. Pectoral small, a little 

 larger than ventral, and not reaching as far posteriorly. Origin of ven- 

 tral a little nearer posterior margin of eye than origin of soft dorsal, 

 rays strong, and reaching half way to anus. Anus about an ej^e- 

 diameter before origin of anal. 



Color when fresh in arrack deep leaden-gray or brownish above, 

 lower parts pale or dirty white. Dorsals and caudal dark lilcc back. 

 Anals pale or whitish, last rays with a grayish margin. Pectoral and 

 ventral grayish, latter with white rays. Lateral line forms a median 

 dark streak along side of caudal peduncle. Iris pale brown. 

 Peritoneum white. 



Length 2.3| inches. 



No. 25,130, A. N. S. P. Padang, Sumatra. One example. Alfred 

 C. Harrison, Jr., and Dr. H. M. Hiller. 



The American form^ needs comparison. It has been considered 

 identical by Liitken,® Meek^ and BoUmau. 



CARANGIN^. 



Megalaspis cordyla (Liunteus). 



Scomber cordyla Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 1758, p. 298. "America." 

 Megalaspis rottleri Fowler, '^Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XII (2), 1904, 

 p. 506. 



Head 4; depth 4i; D. VIII-I, 11, 8; A. II-I, 9, 7; scales 28 in 



lateral line, and scutes about 60 to base of caudal; snout 3f in head, 



* Seriola pinnulata Poey, Mem. Hist. Nat. Cuba, II, 1858, p. 233. Cuba. 



* Seriolichthys bipinnulatus Liitken, Kon. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Skrift. (Spolia 

 Atlantica), XII, 1880, p. 603. 



' Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1889, p. 42. 



