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outer row enlarged; interorbital low; preopercle edge entire; eye 1% 

 in suborbital depth. 



Scales 50 in lateral liae; 3 above, 12 below, predorsal extend for- 

 ward opposite middle of eye; 3 rows on cheek with preopercle flange 

 naked. 



D. X, 9, 1, third spine 2 in head, first ray 2%; A. Ill, 7, i, third spine 

 SYs, first ray 3)^; caudal equals head, deeply emarginate, lobes pointed; 

 least depth of caudal peduncle dji; pectoral 1%; ventral 1%. 



Back and fins rosy, below silvery. Iris yellow. Four or five longi- 

 tudinal broad yellow bands on body. Length, 270 mm. (Bleeker.) 



East Indies, Riu Kiu. According to Bleeker near Synagrisjurcosus. 

 Professor Schmidt notes an example 257 mm long, which he says 

 agrees completely with Bleeker's figure and description. 



SYNAGRIS SUNDANENSIS (Bleeker) 



Dentex sundanensis Bleeker, Verh. kon. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, vol. 13, 

 No. 3, p. 15, 1873 (type locality: Java; Banka; Biliton; Celebes); Atlas 

 Ichth. Ind. Nderland., vol. 8, p. 86, pi. (58)336, fig. 4, 1876-1877 (Java, 

 Banka, Biliton, Celebes). 



Synagris sundanensis Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 8, p. 5, 1881 (Indian 

 Ocean) . 



Dentex tambulus (not Valenciennes) Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. 

 (Sparoid.), vol. 23, p. 12, 1850. 



Synagris filameniosus (not Ruppell) GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 

 p. 378, 1859 (part). 



Depth 4; head 3%, profile inclined. Snout 2% in head from snout 

 tip; eye 3}s, l}i in snout, greater than interorbital; maxillary reaches % 

 to eye, expansion 2% in eye, length 2% in head from snout tip; 6 upper 

 front canines, 6 to 8 lower front ones; villiform teeth in bands in jaws, 

 outer row little enlarged; interorbital low; preopercle edge entire; 

 preorbital depth \)i in eye. 



Scales 50 in lateral line; 3 above, 11 below, predorsal extend for- 

 ward to eye center, 4 rows on cheek to preopercle ridge and flange 

 naked. 



D. X, 9 or 10, fourth spine 2 in head, third ray 2; A. Ill, 7 or 8, 

 third spine 4, third ray 2%; least depth of caudal peduncle 2,)i; pectoral 

 \)i] ventral lYz; caudal 3 in combined head and body to caudal base. 



Above rosy, below rose silvery. Iris yellowish. Four or 5 yellowish 

 longitudinal bands, uppermost from above suprascapula to bases of 

 last dorsal ray, others from gill opening to caudal base. Fins rosy. 

 Length, 185 mm. (Bleeker.) 



East Indies. 



SYNAGBIS FURCOSUS (Valenciennes) 



Dentex furcosus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 244, 1830 (type 

 locality: Trinquemale, Ceylon). — Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. 

 (Bengal), vol. 25, p. 38, 1853.— Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 220, 

 1928 (copied Day); vol. 11, No. 5, p. 335, 1931 (reference.) 



