120 GONOKHYNCH1TLE. 



sevenths of the total (without caudal). Head rather low, with the upper profile some- 

 what concave. The width of the interorbital space is much more than the diameter of 

 the eye, which equals the length of the snout and is one-fourth of that of the head. 

 Mouth anterior, oblique, of moderate width, the maxillary extending to the vertical 

 from the front margin of the orbit; lower jaw projecting beyond the upper. Caudal 

 fin deeply forked. Each series of scales along the side of the body with an obtuse 

 ridge ; lateral line much nearer to the ventral than to the dorsal profile. Coloration 

 uniform, silvery. Pharyngeal teeth slender, uncinate, in a triple series. — Length 

 2f inches. 



River Rovuma, east coast of Africa. 



Family CLUPESOCID.E. 



CHIROCENTRUS, Cuv. 



409. Chirocentrus dorab, Forsk. [372.] 

 Clupea dorab, Forsk. 72. no. 108. 



Russell, pi. 199. 



Chirocentrus dorab, Cuv. Regne Anim.; Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 81; Cuv. if Vol. xix. p. 150, pi. 565 ; 

 Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 277. 



Zanzibar. Bed Sea. From the east coast of Africa, through Indian Ocean, to Polynesia. 



BUTIRINUS, Comm. 



410. Butirinus glossodontus. [289.] 

 Argentina glossodonta, Forsk. no. 99. 



Butyrinus glossodontus, Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 80, t. 20. f. 3. 

 Albula bananus, Lacep. v. p. 46; Cuv. if Vol. xix. p. 345. 



Zanzibar. Bed Sea. 



Family GONORHYNCHID^E. 



LUTODEIRA, Van Hass. 



411. Lutodeira chanos. [398.] 

 Mugil chanos, Forsk. p. 74. no. 110. 



salmoneus, /. B. Foster, Misc. iv. 14. 



Chanos arabicus, Lacep. v. p. 395; Cuv. if Val. xix. p. 187. 



Russell, pi. 207. 



Lutodeira chanos, Riipp. Atl. Fische, p. 18, t. 5. f. 1. 



