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vol,. XXXI. 



5. CHANOS CHANOS (Forskal). 



Mugll cJiauos ForskIl, Descript. Aniin., 1775, p. 74 (Red Sea; Djidda, Arabia). 

 Liitodeira rlianos Ruppell, Atlas Nordl. Africa, 1828, p. 18, pi. v, fig. 1 (Red 



Sea). 

 C'/(fmo.s c/i«7io-s Klunzinger, Verh. Bat. Zool. Gen.,Wien, 1871, p. 605. — Jordax 



and EvERMANN, Fishes North and Mid. America, I, 1896, p. 414; Fishes of 



Hawaiian Islands, p. 56, 1903 (1905) fig. 10, (Hawaiian Islands); Proc. 



U. S. Nat. Mus., XXV, 1902, p. 327 (Giran, Taihoku and Toil, Formosa). 

 Miigil salmoneus (Forster) Blocii and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, p. 121 



(Pacific Ocean). 

 Chanos salmoneus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1846, p. 201 



(Between New Caledonia and Norfolk Island). 

 Leuciscus {Pti/cholejns) salmoneus Gray, in Dieffenbach Trav. New Zeal., II, 



p. 218 (New Zealand). 

 Chanos arabicus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 1803, p. 396 (Arabia). 

 Cyprinus pala Cuvier, Regne Animal, 2d ed., II, 1829, p. 276 (India) (After 



Russell). 

 Ci/prinus tolo Cuvier, Regne Animal, 2d ed., II, 1829, p. 276 (India). 

 Leuciscus zeyloniciis 'Ben}^ett, Proc. Coram. Zool. Soc, 1832, p. 184 (Ceylon). 

 Chanos mento Cuvier and ValencienneSs, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XIX, 1846, pp. 194- 



198 (He de France, chloropterus Madipolam, nuchalis Vizigapatam, orientalis 



Japan, and cyprinella Honolulu). 

 Butirinus argenteus .Terdon, Madras, Journ. Lit. Sci., XV, 1849, p. 343 (Madras). 

 Butirinus maderaspatensis Jerdon, Madr. Joum. Lit. Sci., XV, 1849, p. 344 



(Madras). 

 Chanos indicus Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen., XXIV, 1852, p. 11 (East Indies). 



Fig. 3.— Chanos chanos. 



llahitat. — Tropical shores of the Pacific, north to southern Japan. 



Head 4|f depth 4. D. II, 12; A. II, 9; scales 12-80-14. Vertebn\? 

 19+26 = 45; snout 3i; eye 3i; maxillary 4^. Pectoral If; ventral 

 If; caudal \ longer than head; dorsal \\ in head. B. 4. Aspect of a 

 large Cyprinoid. Bod}^ elliptical, moderately compressed, the caudal 

 peduncle slender. Head pointed, rounded above. Ej^e and side of 

 head covered by a large transparent, imperforate adipose eyelid. 

 Mouth .small, terminal toothless, transverse, the lower javs^ included; 

 maxillary broad, slipping under the adipose preorbital, without sup- 



