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with 5 or 6 basal radiating striae and 25 to 28 rows of weak, low apical 

 denticles, each row of 6 or 7. 



D. IX, 10, I, third spine 1% to 2 in head, first ray 2%; A. Ill, 6, 

 I or 7, I, second spine 1%, first ray 1%; caudal 1 to 1%, well forked; 

 least depth of caudal peduncle 2% to 3Ko; pectoral 1; ventral 1% 

 to lYz. 



Back dull brownish olive, below paler with silvery shade. Six 

 diffuse darker bands transversely on back. Iris dull gray. Ends of 

 second to fourth membranes of spinous dorsal black; both dorsals 

 with dusky blotch or small spot on membranes just above edge of 

 scaly basal sheath; fins otherwise all pale. 



Mekran, India, Ceylon, Indo-China. 



A.N.S.P. No. 51344. Colombo, Ceylon. Prof. F. Hallberg. Length, 70 mm. 

 A.N.S.P. No. 51345. Koh Chang, Gulf of Siam. April 5, 1925. Dr. H. M. 



Smith. Length, 76 mm. 

 A.N.S.P. No. 53172. Bombay, India. Prof. F. Hallberg. 1924. Length, 81 



to 88 mm. 

 Three examples, A.N.S.P. Off Pulo Tekong, northeast of Singapore. April 4, 



1931. Department of Fisheries, Singapore. Length, 45 to 68 mm. 



GERRES LIMBATUS Cuvier 



Gerres limbatus Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 476, 1830 (type locality: 

 Malabar and Pondicherry). — Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. (Bengal), 

 vol. 25, p. 38, 1853.— GuNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, p. 259, 1862 

 (Pinang). — Day, Fishes of Malabar, p. 160, 1865 (compiled); Fishes of 

 India, pt. 1, p. 100, 1875 (type; Madras). — Karoli, Term^sz. Fiizetek, 

 Budapest, vol. 5, p. 155, 1881 (Sarangoon). — Day, Fauna Brit. India, vol. 1, 

 p. 539, 1889. 



Catochaenum limbatum Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 18, No. 2, p. 1037, 

 1849 (1850) (Pinang). 



Depth 3}i in total with caudal; head 4. Eye 3, greater than snout, 

 equals interorbital. Maxillary reaches ji in eye. Scales 35 in lateral 

 line, 4 above, 10 below. D. IX, 10, spines not very strong, second 

 and third subequal, third equals head behind middle of eye. A. Ill, 

 7, second spine strongest, slightly shorter than third. Caudal 

 deeply forked. Pectoral equals head, reaches above anal spines. 

 Ventral reaches % to anal. Silvery. Dark margin to dorsal and 

 anal and spot on each spine and ray of dorsal about middle. Reaches 

 125 mm. (Day.) 



According to Day, who described the type in Paris as 113 mm 

 long, it much resembles Gerres lucidus, but is without the dark blotch 

 on the dorsal fin. To the above may be added some items from 

 Giinther based on Cantor's specimen: 



Depth 2}^ (without caudal). Snout rather longer than eye, which 

 3K in head and equals eye. Preopercle entire. Scales 37 in lateral 

 Une, 5 above. Premaxillary groove entirely scaleless. Silvery. 

 Caudal with broad blackish edge and spinous dorsal with narrow 

 black edge. Length, 92 mm. 



