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Sciaenoides microdon Day, Fishes of India, pt. 2, p. 194, pi. 45, fig. 2, 1876 (Bom- 

 bay; Orissa); Fauna Brit. India, vol. 2, p. 125, 1889. — Vinciguerra, Ann. 

 Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, ser. 3, vol. 10, p. 581, 1926 (Sarawak).— 

 TiRANT, Service Oc^anogr. Pech. Indo-Chine, note 6, p. 169, 1929 (Phuoc 

 Hai; Cochin China). — Hardenberq, Treubia, vol. 13, livr. 1, p. 134, 1931 

 (Rokan mouth, Sumatra). 



Depth 4 to 5; head 3% to 4%, width 2. Snout 4% in head from 

 snout tip; eye 5 to 6%, 1}^ in snout, 1}^ to l^o in interorbital; maxillary 

 reaches opposite hind eye edge, expansion little less than eye, length 2 

 to 2% in head; teeth in vilUform bands in jaws, upper with larger 

 outer row and lower with larger inner row, but not as canines; inter- 

 orbital moderately convex; preopercle edge denticulate. 



Scales 95 along above lateral line, 85 along below; 12 above lateral 

 line, 17 below. 



D. IX, I, 34, I to 36, I, third spine 2% in total head length, first 

 ray 5%, twenty-seventh ray 2%; A. II, 7, i or 8, i, second spine 6%, 

 second ray 3%; caudal 1%, cuneate, with broad median point behind; 

 least depth of caudal peduncle 4; pectoral 1%; ventral 1%, first ray 

 ends in short filament. 



Grayish green above, below silvery or yellowish silvery. Iris 

 yellow, above brownish. Opercle with diffuse blue blotch above. 

 Fins yellowish, verticals dusted gray-brown. Length, 298 mm. 

 (Bleeker.) 



India, Malacca, East Indies, Cochin China, China. 



OTOLITHOIDES BIAURITUS (Cantor) 



Otolithus hiauritus Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 18, pt. 2, p. 1039, 

 1849 (1850) (type locality: Sea of Pinang; Malayan Peninsula; Singapore; 

 Lancavy; Tenasserim Provinces). 



Otolithus bianritus Mason, Burmah Nat. Resources, p. 695, 1860. (Misprint.) 



Collichth^ hiauritus GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 2, p. 315, 1860 (Sea 

 of Pinang, Calcutta, Malayan Peninsula) ; Zool. Record, vol. 3, Pisces, 

 p. 143, 1866. — Bleeker, Verh. kon, Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, vol. 14, No. 4, 

 p. 15, 1874 (Pinang, Singapore, Borneo). — Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol 1, 

 p. 503, 1895 (Luzon; Manila). 



Collichthys hiaurita Duncker, Mitt. Naturh. Mus. Hamburg, vol. 21, p. 155, 

 1903 (1904) (Jeram). 



Sciaenoides hiauritus Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soe. Bengal, vol. 29, p. 139, 1860 

 (Sitang River). — Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Nderland., vol. 9, p. (3)386, 

 fig. 3, 1877.— Day, Fishes of India, pt. 2, p. 194, pi. 47, fig. 1, 1876; Fauna 

 Brit. India, vol. 2, p. 125, 1889. — Seale, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 9, p. 69, 

 1914 (Hong Kong). — Tirant, Service Oceanogr. Pech. Indo-Chine, note 6, p. 

 169, 1929 (Cocliin China).— Hardenberg, Treubia, vol. 13, livr. 1, p. 133, 

 1931 (Rokan mouth, Sumatra). 



Sdaena hiauritus Seale, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 9, No. 1, p. 69, 1914 (Hong 

 Kong). 



Depth 5%; head 3%, width 2. Snout 5 in head from snout tip; 

 eye 7%, 1% in snout, 1% in interorbital; maxillary reaches nearly Yi 

 eye diameter beyond eye, expansion equals eye, length 2% in head 



