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Depth V/z to 4K; head 3 to 3)^, width 2 to 2%. Snout 3% to 4% in 

 head from snout tip; eye 4% to 6%, l]i to 1% in snout, 1 to 1^3 in inter- 

 orbital; maxillary reaches K to % in eye, expansion 1% to 1% in eye, 

 length 2)i to 2% in head from snout tip ; single series of uniformly small 

 conic teeth in each jaw; pair of upper long front canines, sometimes 

 one or both double, single median or symphyseal lower one; interorbi- 

 tal 3% to 5, broadly convex. Gill rakers 5 + 8, lanceolate, 1% in gill 

 filaments, which !]{ in eye. 



Scales 63 to 66 along close above lateral line to caudal base; tubular 

 scales 48 to 51 in lateral line to caudal base and 15 to 18 more out 

 over fin medially; 7 or 8 scales above, 9 or 10 below, 36 to 42 predorsal 

 forward to snout tip; 13 rows on cheek, of which 4 on preopercle 

 flange. Scales with 10 to 20 basal radiating striae; 10 to 12 short, 

 weak apical denticles, with 5 or 6 transverse series of basal elements ; 

 circidi very fine. 



D. X, I, 24, I to 29, I, third spine 2 to 2)U in total head length, 

 first branched ray 2% to 3%; A. II, 7, i, second spine 4 to 5, first 

 branched ray 2]i to 3}^; caudal l)i to 1%, broad, cuneate behind; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 3K to 3%; pectoral 1% to iK; ventral 

 1% to \%. 



Back brown to olivaceous, with sides and under surface white, with 

 silvery white reflections. Iris slate or gray, evidently white in life. 

 Lips dark brown. Dorsals dusky terminaUy, pale basally, membranes 

 darkest on spinous fin. Other fins pale. 



Mekran, India, Ceylon, Malacca, Siam, East Indies, Philippines, 

 Tonkin, China, Queensland. Quite likely Otolithus orientalis Scale 

 in this species. It is said to have 12 lower gill rakers. The type was 

 235 mm long. 



5024, 5027. Catbalogan, Samar. April 15, 1908. Length, 203 to 218 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 56117. Bacon. Bureau of Fisheries (3441). Length, 230 mm. 



U.S.N. M. No. 72685. Java. Bryant and Palmer. Length, 100 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 72686. Java. Bryant and Palmer. Length, 238 to 255? mm. 

 Two examples. 



A.N.S.P. No. 27633. Padang, Sumatra. A. C. Harrison and H. L. Hiller. 

 Length, 138 mm. Color when fresh in arrack pale brown, whitish below. On 

 back pale-brown lines follow in courses of scales obliquely to dorsal profile, 

 though on caudal peduncle become horizontal. Vertical fins with dusky dots 

 and olivaceous tints. Paired fins with dilute olivaceous. 



Three examples. A.N.S.P. Singapore. Depart. Fisher. Singapore. April 2, 

 1931. Length, 187 to 193 mm. 



OTOLITHES RUBER (Schneider) 



Johnius ruber Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, p. 75, pi. 17, 1801 (type locality: 



Tranquebar) . 

 Otolithus ruber Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, p. 60, pi. 102, 1830 (Coromandel, 



Pondicherry, Malabar). — Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 18, pt. 2, p. 



1041, 1849 (1850) (Pinang, Malay Peninsula, Singapore). — Gunther, Cat. Fish. 



Brit. Mus., vol. 2, p. 305, 1860 (Malayan Peninsula, Kurrachee). — Schmeltz, 



Cat. Mus. Godefifroy, No. 1, p. 8, 1864(East Indies).— Day, Fishes of Malabar, 



