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Malabar); Fishes of Malabar, p. 48, 1865; Fishes of India, pt. 2, p. 183, 

 pi. 43, figs. 2-3, 1876; Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, vol. 2, p. 110, 1889. — Pelle- 

 QRiN, Bull. Sec. Zool. France, vol. 30, p. 84, 1905 (Bale d'Along, Tonkin).— 

 Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, p. 25, 1906 (1907) (Cavite).— 

 EvERMANN and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, p. 87, 1906 (1907) (San 

 Fabian). — Jordan and Richardson, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 27, p. 261, 1907 

 (1908) (Manila). — Zugmeyer, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., math.-phys. Kl., 

 vol. 26, pt. 6, p. 12, 1913 (Mekran). — Pelleqrin, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 

 vol. 39, p. 224, 1914 (Fort Dauphin, Madagascar). — Gilchrist and Thompson, 

 Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 1, No. 4, p. 351, 1917 (compiled). 



Sdaena dussumieri Bleeker, Verh. kon. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, vol. 14, No. 

 4, p. 56, 1874 (Sumatra, Singapore, Banka, Java, Amboina); Atlas Ichth. 

 Ind. Neerland., vol. 9, pi. (4) 387, fig. 4, 1877.— Fowler, Copeia, No. 58, 

 p. 64, 1918 (Philippines); Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1918, p. 43 

 (Philippines). — Fowler and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 63, art. 19, 

 p. 17, 1923 (Phihppines) ; vol. 71, art. 10, p. 8, 1927 (Benkoelen, Sumatra).— 

 Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1927, p. 286 (Orion; Philippines). 



Seiaena dussumieri Fowler, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 30, No. 4, 

 p. 778, 1926 (Bombay) . (Misprint.) 



Umbrina amblycephalus Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland, Indie, vol. 8, p. 412, 

 1855 (type locality; Amboina). — Gxjnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 

 p. 278, 1860 (compiled.) — Kner, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. 

 Kl., vol. 58, pt. 1, p. 320, 1868 (Formosa). — Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. Godeflfroy, 

 No. 4, p. 16, 1869 (East Indies); No. 5, p. 26, 1874 (Akyab).— KIroli, 

 Termesz. Fiizetek, Budapest, vol. 5, p. 159, 1881 (Canton). 



Umbrina fuscoHneata von Bonde, Fisher. Marine Surv. South Africa, Spec. Rep. 

 1, p. 15, pi. 4, 1923 (type locality: Off Natal). — Barnard, Ann. South Afric. 

 Mus., vol. 21, pt. 2, p. 577, 1927 (Natal; Zululand coast; 20 to 30 fathoms). 



Depth 3K to 3%; head Z% to Z%, width 1% to VAo. Snout 3% to 3K 

 in head; eye 4% to 5, IK to 1% in snout, 1% to 1% in interorbital ; 

 maxillary reaches % in eye or to hind pupil edge, length from snout 

 tip 2 K to 3 in head; front of snout below with pores and lower edge 

 with 4 flaps along upper lip; arc of 5 pores around chain and barbel 

 K of eye; interorbital Z% to Z%, broadly convex. Gill rakers 4 + 9, 

 short tubercles, rudimentary. 



Scales 52 to 57 along lateral line to caudal base; tubular scales 

 43 to 47 in lateral line to caudal base and 5 or 6 more on latter; 8 

 above, 10 to 12 below, 28 to 30 predorsal. Scales with 10 to 12 

 basal radiating striae; circuli very fine. 



D. XI, 23, I or 24, i, third spine 1% to 1% in head, first ray 3% to 

 SYz] A. II, 7, I, second spine 3 to Z%, third ray 1% to 2%; caudal 1% to 

 1%, obtuse, little obliquely rounded below; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 3% to 3%; pectoral 1}{ to 1^; ventral 1% to 2. 



Above bister, with soiled or dusky appearance, sides generally with 

 silvery, violet, and bluish reflections. Along back 4 or 5 obscure, ill- 

 defined, dark blotches and sides with dark cloudings. Dusky blotch, 

 more or less conspicuous, about size of eye, at suprascapula region. 

 Iris brown. Spinous dorsal neutral blackish. Soft dorsal, anal, and 

 caudal dark brown. Paired fins pale basally, neutral brown ter- 

 minally. 



