ELOPID.E. 



Lutodeira salmonea, Richards. Zool. Voy. Ereb. ty Terr. Fish. p. 58, pi. 36. f. 1. 

 Clianos nuchalis, Cuv. fy Vol. xix. p. 197. 

 Pala, Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 278. 



Kiswarra Bay. Seychelles. All Indian seas. 



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Family ELOPID^. 



ELOPS, L. 



412. Elops machnata. [657, 745.] 



Argentina machnata, Forsk. p. 68. no. 100. 



Russell, pi. 179. 



Elops machnata, Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 80 ; Richards. Zool. Voy. Ereb. fy Terr. Fish. p. 59, pi. 36. 



figs. 3-5. 

 Elops saurus, Cuv. 3f Val. xix. p. 365 ; Cantor, Mai. Fish. p. 287. 



The outer rays of the caudal fin, forming its upper and lower margin, are strong and 

 ensiform ; young specimens show a remarkable difference from old ones as regards the 

 structure of these rays. The single joints of which they are composed, in young 



Old ; half nat. size. 



Young ; nat. size. 



specimens measuring thirteen inches in length, are of a trapezoid shape, and the total 

 number of those rays is from thirty-two to thirty-five. In old specimens of upwards of 



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