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TRICHIURID^. 



55. TrioMuras savala Cuvier. 



Head 8*; depth 17f ; D. about 137; A. I, XCVI?; P. i, 10; snout a 

 little less than 3 in head from its own tip ; tip of snout to end of maxil- 

 lary 2^; orbit 8^; interorbital space 7. Tip of mandible ending in a 

 fleshy point and laterally compressed. Fangs 3, alternate and barbed 

 in front of upper jaw. A single enlarged barbed fang in front of mandi- 

 ble. Tongue elongate, pointed and free. Rakers consist of several 

 small pointed rudiments at angle of first branchial arch. Anal spine 

 pointed. Color in arrack silvery, edge of back above brownish. Fins 

 pale, margin of dorsal brownish and edge of pectoral dusky. Tail 

 dusk3^-brown. Edge of preorbital brow^nish. Iris dull brassy. 

 Length 26 inches. 



CARANGID^. 



56. Scomberoides toloo (Cuvier). 

 One example, 6| inches long. 



57. Megalaspis cordyla (Linnseus). 

 Three examples. 



58. Alepes scitula Fowler. 



Three examples, agreeing with the type except paler in color. 

 Largest 4|- inches long. 



59. Citula atropos (Schneider) .^^ 



A single small example, aljout 2 inches long. 



STROMATEID^. 



60. Pampus cinereus (Bloch). 



Head 3^ ; depth 1^; D. i, VHI, 5, 34; A. VI, 5, 33; snout 3| in 

 head ; eye 3^ ; width of mouth 3^; least depth of caudal peduncle 2f ; 

 pectoral 2| in head and trunk. Color in alcohol with silvery more or 

 less everj-where. Back pale brown. Marginal portions of dorsals 

 and caudal only slightly dusky. Pectoral whitish like caudal. Anal 

 almost entirely silvery- white. Iris brassy. One example, 5^ inches 

 long. 



Day's figure of Stromateus cinereus'^ shows the anal lobe much longer 

 and the snout not so produced as in my example. 



^Citula atropos Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XII (2), 1904, p. 513, H. 

 14, lower figure to left is the voung of Citula armata (ForskaD. 

 ^^ Fishes of India, II, 1876,'Pl. 53, fig. 3. 



