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Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hamburg, vol. 21, p. 150, 1903 (1904) (Singapore).— 

 ZtJGMAYER, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., math.-phys. Kl., vol. 26, pt. 6, p. 11, 

 1913 (Oman).— Pearson, Ceylon Administr. Rep., 1915-1918, p. F12. 



Depth Z%; head 3}^, profile very obhque. Snout 3 in head from 

 snout tip; eye 3%, l){ in snout, equals interorbital; lower jaw slightly 

 projects; maxillary reaches }i in eye, length 2% in head from snout tip; 

 8 front upper canines and band of villiform teeth; lower canines an- 

 teriorly and single row of conic teeth in last % of mandible, anteriorly 

 in jaw short inner villiform band; preorbital depth \% in eye; inter- 

 orbital low; preopercle entire. 



Scales 48 in lateral line; 4 above, 11 below (7 above anal origin on 

 figure), 3 rows on cheek and preopercle flange naked, predorsal ex- 

 tend forward opposite eye center. 



D. X, 9, third spine 3 in total head length and edge of membranes 

 not notched, first ray 2)i; A. Ill, 7, third spine 3%, first ray 2)i\ 

 caudal equals head, forked, lobes pointed; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 3; pectoral V/i; ventral 3 in combined head and body to 

 caudal base. 



Reddish above, silvery along sides and below where yellow bands 

 exist. Bluish spot on opercle. Fins reddish. Dorsal edged orange, 

 with golden basal band. Length, 200 mm. (Day.) 



Arabia, India, Ceylon, Singapore. According to Day close to 

 Synagris notatus, dift'ering in dentition and coloration. 



SYNAGRIS BATHYBUS (Snyder) 



Nemipterus bathybus Sntder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 40, p. 532, fig. 6, 1911 



(type locality: Elagoshima, Japan). 

 Euthyopteroma bathybius Jordan and Thompson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 41, 



p. 566, fig. 6, 1912 (type). 

 Enthyopteroma bathybius Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, p. 415, 1912 



(Kagoshima) . (Error.) 

 Euthyopteroma bathybhim Jordan and Htjbbs, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 10, 



No. 2, p. 240, 1925 (Kagoshima Bay). — Schmidt, Trans. Pacific Comm. 



Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., vol. 2, p. 68, 1931 (Kagoshima). 



Depth 3 to V/i; head 3 to 3K, width \% to 1%. Snout 3 to 3?^ in 

 head; eye 3 to V/i, greater than snout to l)i, greater than interorbital 

 to 1}^; maxillary reaches )i to )i in eye in young, to front eye edge with 

 age, expansion 2 to 3 in eye, length 2^ to 2% in head; teeth with inner 

 band villiform, outer row little enlarged, of v/hich 6 to 9 upper canines 

 anteriorly and 4 much smaller lower in front; interorbital 3% to 4K 

 very slightly elevated or broadly convex; hind preopercle edge with 

 some very feeble minute serrae, rest of edge below entire; orbital 

 region, interorbital, preorbital, and preopercle venulose; opercle with 

 short, broad, flat spine. Gill rakers 6 or 7 + 6 to 8 short flat spinescent 

 tubercles, ){ of gill filaments, which K of eye. 



Scales 46 to 47 in lateral fine to caudal base and 2 to 4 more on 

 latter; 4 or 5 above, 11 to 14 below, 14 or 15 predorsal forward opposite 

 eye center; 3 rows on cheek, preopercle flange naked. Suprascapula 



