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Houd, 4,i; depth, 2^; D., II, U; A., Ill, 10; P., 11; V., S; scales, 

 37 in lateral line; 6 scales between origin of dorsal and lateral line, 

 and 7 scales between latter and middle of belly; pharyngeal teeth, 5 — 5; 

 width of head, 1| in its length; snout, 1 in head; eye, 1; interorl)ital 

 space, 2i; pectoral, l-i; ventral. If. 



Bod}' deep, rhomboid, and greatly compressed. Head shoi't and 

 compressed; snout pointed, convex above, and slightly projecting : 

 bevond the jaws; eye moderate, anterior about equal to snout; mouth 

 small, inferior, and protractile, the maxillary not reaching as far 

 posterioi'ly as thi^, front margin of (!ye; lips somewhat fleshy; a small I 

 maxillary l»arbel generally less than half the eye; pharyngeal teeth i 

 serrated, and hooked over at tips; nostrils together, nearer eye than i 

 tip of snout; interorbital space broad, elevated a little, and flattened I 

 in the middle. Gill openings large; gill rakers short, weak, and rather y 

 few in luunber; pseudo))ranchia' well developed. Intestine very long, J 

 and with numerous convolutions. Peritoneum dark or blackish. 



Scales large, cycloid, and some on the middle of the sides strongly s 

 ind)rlcated; no pectoral flap; ventral flap I'ather short. I 



Origin of dorsal about midway in the length of the body without I 

 caudal, the anterior rays the highest, the base of the fin a little over 

 3 in bod}^ without caudal, the third rudimentary ray as long as flrst 

 developed ray, thick and strong, and the margin of the fin convex; 

 origin of anal about midway in the base of dorsal, or the space 

 between the origin of ventral and base of last anal ray, the anterior 

 rays the highest, tlu^ l)ase of the flu equal to head without snout, and 

 the margin of the fin nearly straight; caudal deeply emarginate, the j 

 lo])es pointed; pectorals rather small, low, and reaching two-thirds the p 

 distance to origin of ventrals; ventrals inserted a little before the origin 

 of dorsal and reaching almost to origin of anal. Caudal peduncle 

 moderately long, and its least depth 2 in head. Lateral line continu- 

 ous and nearly straight along the sides to l)ase of caudal. 



Color in alcohol, dark brown above, the scale edged with darker; j 

 below pale, washed with silvery; sides more or less brassy; a dark, 

 blackish streak, nai-row at flrst and becoming wider posteriorly along 1 

 the sides, continued along the caudal peduncle, but not to the base of 



(iiiiieiii^ioii. Museau aussi long que IVeil, dont le diametre est compris trois fois et. j 

 demie dans la longueur de la tete; espace interorbitaire plus large que le diauietre de j 

 I'a'il ; ))arl)illon.s trew courts; dents pliaryngiennes nou dentelees; de gros pores autour 

 de la partie sujn'rieure de IVeil et sur le nniseau chez les males, nuls cliez les femelles. 

 Dorsale insen'e a egalo distance du nmseau et de la base de lacaudale chez les femel- 

 les, un peu plus pres de la base de la caudale chez les males; pectorales s'etendant a 

 I'origine des ventrales chez les femelles, un peu plus courtes chez Ico males. Corps 

 de couleur argente; chez les femelles un(> bande cerulescente sur le pedicule caudal; 

 chez les in:*des des lignes cerulescentes I. ngitudinales dans la partie posterieure du 

 corps. Un long tube externe urogeuiia. chez les femelles. Longueur, 0, 100. Nom 

 vulgaire, Funa; Akababira. 



