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d'. Leiopothebapon, new subgenus. Suprascapula not exposed, hidden by 

 scales. 



*\ Dorsal spines 13. 



t \ Scales 33 to 38 ; 5 narrow dark cross 



bars percoides. 



t^. Scales 52 to 56; caudal with broad 



oblique bar on each lobe 



caudavittatus. 

 s^ Dorsal spines 12, rarely 11 or 13 ; 

 nearly uniform or with small dark 

 spots. 



tt\ Lower gill rakers 11 or 12 



unicolor. 



m'. Lower gill rakers 18 or 19 



plumbeus. 

 Subgenus Terapon Cuvier 



Lower opercular spines greatly developed, produced beyond oper- 

 cular lobe. Scales large, 8 above lateral line; spinous dorsal with 

 large black blotch ; oblique dark bars on caudal ; median dark lateral 

 band axial, at least on head and caudal fin. 



TERAPON PUTA Cuvier 



Therapon puta Cxtviee, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, 1829, p. 131. Pondicherry ; 

 Mahe; Kegne Animal, ed. 2, vol. 2, 1829, p. 148 (on ''Puta Russell "= 

 Keelputa Russexl, Fishes of Coromandel, vol. 2, 1803, p. 19, Vizagapatam). — 

 Griffith, Animal Kingdom Cuvier, vol. 10, 1834, pi. 15, fig. 1. — Valenci- 

 ennes, R6gne Animal Cuvier, 111. Poiss., 1839, pi. 12, fig. 2. — GuifisiN, 

 Iconogr. R^gne Animal, Poiss., vol. 1, 1829-1844, pi. 7, fig. 1. — Jekdon, 

 Madras Journ. Lit. Sci., vol. 17, 1853, p. 130. — Day, Pishes of India, pt. 1, 

 1875, p. 68, pi. 18, tig. 3.— Klunzingee, Fische Roth. Meer., 1884, p. 26.— 

 Day, Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, vol. 1, 1889, p. 505. — Steindachnee, Abh. 

 Senckenberg. Ges., vol. 25, 1900, p. 417 (Ternate). — Johnstone, Rep. Cey- 

 lon Pearl Oyster Fisher. Gulf of Manaar, pt. 21, 1904, p. 221 (off Aripu). — 

 Pellegrin, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, vol. 30. 1905, p. 84 (Bale d'Along, 

 Tonkin), — Steindachneb, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-nat. Klasse 

 vol. 71, pt. 1, 1907, p. 130 (Kalansiyo, Sokotra ; Gischiu and Scheich 0th 

 man. South Arabia). — Jordan and Richardson, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol 

 27, 1907 (1908), p. 258 (Iloilo and Manila).— Seale. Philippine Journ. Sci. 

 vol. 5, No. 4, Oct. 1910, p. 277 (Sandakan).— Bean and Weed, Proc. U. S 

 Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 1912, p. 605 (Batavia). — Beaufort, Bijd. Dierk., Am 

 sterdam, vol. 19, 1913, p. 118 (Majalibit Bay, Waiglu). — Zugmayee, Ab- 

 handl. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Math.-physik. Klasse, vol. 26, 1913, p. 10 

 (Mekran). — Webek, Siloga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 256 (Noimini Bay, 

 South Timor). — Ogilry and McCulloch, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 5, 

 1916, p. 103 (Manila; type of Autisthes argenteus). — Jordan and Starks, 

 Ann. Carnegie Mus., vol. 11, Nos. 3-4, 1917, p. 4.50 (Ceylon).— Hornell, 

 Madras Fisher. Bull., vol. 11, 1917, p. 91.— Fowler, Copeia, No. 58, June 

 18, 1918, p. 63 (Philippines). — Chaudhuei, Mem. Indian Mus., vol. 5, No, 

 2, April, 1923, p. 720 (Bamikuda, Cherriakuda, Mahosa, Rambha Bay, 

 Samal Island. Satpara. Srnannddi). — Pearson. Ceylon Administr. Report, 

 1925, p. F14; 1926, pp. F27, F29.— Vinciguerra, Ann. Mus. Civico Stor. 



