406 ClTTPKIDiE. 



13. LUSSUMIEEIA. 

 Diissunueria, Ciiv.\ Val. \x. p. U'>7. 

 Body rather elongate, more or less compressed ; alulomcn not com- 

 pressed or serrated. Scales of moderate size, very deciduous ; late- 

 ral line none. Snout pointed ; jaws and mouth formed as in CJujua. 

 Jaws with small, hut fixed, non-deciduous teeth ; patches of Tilliform 

 teeth on the palatine and pterygoid bones and on the tongue. Dor- 

 sal tin opposite to the ventrals ; anal tin of moderate length. GiU- 

 membranes entirely separate, with numerous very tine branchioste- 

 gals ; pseudobrancliia; well developed. Pyloric appendages n\mic- 

 rous. 



East Indies. 



1. Diissiimieria acnta. 



Ciiv. S,- Val. XX. p. -107, pi. COO; Cuut. Mul. Fu<fi. p. 280; Dai/, Fifh. 

 Malah. p. 226. 



B. 15. D. 18-20. A. lo-lG. L. lat. ca 42. 

 Scales very deciduous. The height of the body is contained from 

 thrice and three-fourths to four times and one-fourth in the total 

 length (without caudal'), the length of the head thrice and throe- 

 foiu-ths or thrice and four-fifths. Snout pointed, longer than the 

 orbit ; lower jaw scarcely projecting beyond the upper ; the maxil- 

 laiy is narrow and does not extend to the vertical from the front 

 margin of the orbit. Origin of the dorsal fin midway between the 

 root of the caudal and the anterior margin of the orbit. Yentral 

 fins below the posterior half of the dorsal. Back dark-coloured, 

 sides and belly silvery, the two colours being sharply detined. 



East Indies. 

 a. Fine specimen, ()| inches long. Sarawak. Presented by the 



Marquis Doria. 

 h. Adult, 5 inches long. Pinaug. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 

 c. Adult, skin. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



2. Dussumieria elopsoides. 



Dussumievia elopsoides, liheh. I'erfi. ISat. Gt-ii. xxii. Madiinhji. 12 ; 

 xxiv. Chiroc. p. 12 ; or Kat. Tijihchr, AV</. IinJ. i. p. 421. 



hasseltii, Blech. Vcrh. B(rt. Gen. xxiv. Chime, p. 13 ; or Nat. 



Tydschr. Ned. Iml. i. p. 422. 



B. 15-19. D. lS-20. A. 15-10. L. lat. i)-2. 

 Scales veiy deciduous. The height of the body is one-iifth of the 

 total length (without caudal), the length of the head one-fourth. 

 Snout pointed, longer than the orbit ; lower jaw scarcely projecting 

 bevond the upper ; the maxillary is narrow and does not extend to 

 the vertical from the front margin of the orbit. Origin of the dorsal 

 fin midway between the root of the caudal and the anterior or poste- 

 rior margin of the orbit. A'ontral fins below the posterior half of 

 the doi-sal. Back dark-coloured ; sides and belly silvery, the two 

 colours being sharply defined. 

 Indian and Chinese seas. 



