FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 651 



Zunasia Jordan and Metz, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 6, No. 1, p. 7, 1913. (Type, 



PristUjaster chinensis Basilewsky, orthotypic.) 

 Euplatyg aster Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 85, p. 246, 1934. 



(Type, Pellona irachysoma Blceker, orthotypic.) 



Body elongate, compressed. Abdomen with sharp median keel of 

 scutes. Mouth moderate, terminal, lower jaw projecting. Maxillary 

 with narrow basal and expanded terminal part; before narrow part 

 ligament extends from premaxillary end to maxillary expansion ; two 

 supplemental maxillaries. Teeth in jaws minute; no canines; rasp- 

 like bands of teeth on palatines and pterygoids; elongate patch of 

 teeth on tongue. Gill rakers not very numerous. Scales moderate; 

 with irregularly paired transverse grooves, their inner ends separated 

 by interspace. Dorsal rays 14 to 21. Anal rays 33 to 52, fin base 

 21/2 to 3% in body, origin just below or just behind dorsal. 



Tropical Indo-Pacific, one species in the Eastern tropical Atlantic. 

 The following imperfectly described species, differing greatly in the 

 very small scales, may not belong in the genus : 



ILISHA LESCHENAULTI (Valenciennes) 



Pellona leschenaulti Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 20, p. 311, 1847 (type 



locality: Pondicherry). — GiJNTHER, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 7, p. 459, 



1868 (copied). 

 Pellona lesclienaultii Day, Fishes of India, pt. 4, p. 646, 1878 (copied) ; Fauna 



British India, Fishes, vol. 1, p. 383, 1889. 

 Ilislia lesclienaultii Norman, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, vol. 11, p. 6, 1923 



(compiled). 



Depth nearly 4 in total length. Teeth distinct on premaxillaries 

 and mandible; suborbital and opercle striated or venulose. 



Scales 70 in medial lateral series, smooth, thin, without striae. 

 D. 21 ; A. 42, low and long ; pectoral very large, ray 17 and rounded 

 terminally, reaches beyond ventral origin and latter 8 or 9 scales 

 before dorsal origin; ventral rays 8; caudal 27. 



Silvery with traces of 10 to 12 obscure longitudinal lines of grayish. 

 Length, 510 mm. (Valenciennes.) 



India. Only known from the dried type. 



ANALYSIS OF SPECIES 



a\ EupLATYGASTEE. Scales less than 46 in medial lateral series; preventral 

 scutes 16 to 20. 

 l)\ Depth 2% to 3y5. 



c\ A. 38 to 41, origin below last dorsal ray indica 



(f. A. 45 to 49, origin just behind dorsal brachysoma 



6'. Depth 3% to 4. 



(Z\ Dorsal origin little nearer snout tip than caudal base; anal origin 



below hind part of dorsal kampeni 



d'. Dorsal origin much nearer snout tip than caudal base; anal origin just 

 behind dorsal motius 



