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Chanos mossaniMcus Petters, Monatsb. Akud. Wiss. Berlin, p. 684, 1852 (type lo- 

 cality: Mozambique). — Martens, in von der Decken's Reise Ost Afrika, vol. 

 3, pt. 1, p. 144, 1869 (Kisanga). 



Lutodira mossambica Peters, Arch. Natiirg., 1855, p. 268 (Mozambique). 



Chanos gai-dincri Regan, Fauna Geogr. Maldive and Laccadive Archi., Gardner, 

 vol. 1, p. 280, 1903 (type locality: North Pool of Hulule Island, Male Atoll). 



Depth 31/2 to 434 ; head 3l^ to 41/2, width 1% to 2i/8. Snout 31/5 

 to 4 in head ; eye 3i/^ to 7, greater than snout, li/4 to 1% in interorbital, 

 covered with large adipose lids; maxillary not quite reaching eye, 

 length 4 to 4I/4 in head; interorbital 2% to 3l^, low or only slightly 

 convex. Gill rakers 147 to 160+107 to 165, fine, extremely slender, 

 21/2 to 3 in gill filaments. 



Scales 78 to 80 in lateral line to caudal base and 8 to 11 more on 

 latter; 12 or 13 scales above, 9 to 11 below, 30 to 46 predorsal. Scales 

 with 31 to 51 horizontal parallel striae, ending in slender points; basal 

 notch well developed, with rather coarse circuli 12 to 15 or fine. 



D. IV to VI, 9, I to 12, I, fourth to sixth ray li/4 to 1% in total head 

 length ; A. iii, 6, i to 8, i, third simple ray 3% to 3% ; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 2I/2 to 3; pectoral 1% to 1%; ventral 1% to 2%; 

 caudal 2% to 3i/^ in rest of body. 



Dull olive-brown, paler to whitish brown. Sides and under sur- 

 faces bright silvery white. Dorsal and caudal pale brownish to gray- 

 ish, also pectoral above, fins otherwise whitish. 



Red Sea, Arabia, Zanzibar, Mozambique, Natal, Mauritius, Rodri- 

 guez, Seychelles, Chagos Archipelago, Maldives, Laccadives, India, 

 Ceylon, Malay Peninsula, Pinang, East Indies, Philippiiies, China, 

 Formosa, Japan, West Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, 

 New South Wales, Norfolk Island, New Zealand, Melanesia, Polynesia, 

 Hawaii. In life the coloration is dark gray, greenish or neutral above, 

 silvery white below and dorsal, caudal and anal fins dusky terminall3\ 



18369, 18370. Caloocan, Manila, Luzon. August 12, 1908. Length, 89-189 mm. 



19485 to 19488. Port Matalvi, Luzon. November 23, 1908. Length, 133-1S6 mm. 

 2 examples. Nabatas, Luzon — fish ponds and Malabon River, from Malabon. 

 July 12, 190S. Length, 75-88 nmi. 



7 examples. Bangao plant in Pulatikin 100 x 120. May 29, 1905. Caught Au- 

 gust 8, 1908. Length, 64-83 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 20861. Hawaiian Islands. B. B. Redding. (Introduced in Cali- 

 fornia.) 3 examples. 



U.S.N.M. No. 30601. New Guinea. Australian Museum. Length, 163 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 30612. New Guinea. Australian Museum. Length, 156 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 49282. Red Sea. Milan Museum. Length, 315 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 51066. Hawaiian Islands. U. S. Fish Commission (04013, 03177). 

 Length, 215-280 mm. 2 examples. 



U.S.N.M. No. 52349. Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 331 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 55551. Hawaiian Islands. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 303-305 

 mm. 2 examples. 



