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Depth 2 to 2}^; head 2% to 2%, width 2 to 2%. Snout 3 to 3}^ in 

 head; eye 3 to 3)^, greater than snout, greater than interorbital in 

 young to IK with age; maxillary reaches K to }^ in eye, expansion 2^ 

 to 3 in head; interorbital 3 to 3}^, broadly convex. Gill rakers 5 or 

 6 + 7 or 8, short points, K gill filaments, which 1% in eye. 



Scales 35 to 42 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 or 4 more on 

 latter; 6 or 7 above, 9 to 11 below, 20 to 21 predorsal forward opposite 

 front eye edge with premaxillary groove broadly scaleless; 3 rows on 

 cheek to preopercle ridge. Scales with 4 to 6 basal radiating striae; 

 circuli very fine. 



D. IX, 10, I, second spine iKo to 1% in head, first ray 2}^ to 3)^; 

 A. Ill, 6, I, third spine 1% to 2}^, first ray \% to 2K; caudal 1 to \%, 

 forked; least depth of caudal peduncle 2% to 2K; ventral V/^ to 1%; 

 pectoral 2% to 3 in body without caudal. 



Figure 15.— G«rre« poidi Cuvier, young 



Back pale brown to ohvaceous, sides and below white, all with sil- 

 very white sheen. Each row of scales on back, also at least 2 or 3 

 below lateral line, with slightly darker spot on each scale exposure 

 medially. Iris silvery white. Lips pale. Dorsal membranes darker 

 terminally and each also with dark basal spot, usually just above 

 basal scaly sheath. Fins otherwise all pale. 



Madagascar, India, East Indies, Philippines. I can not find from 

 the original description that Gerres methueni differs in any important 

 way from the present species, though it was compared with Gerres 

 lineolatus Giinther and said to differ "by the deeper form and the 

 shorter second dorsal spine." It was based on three examples 100 

 to 140 mm long. 



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