398 srorELiDJ,. 



M'hichis one-seventh (jf the total length (without caudal); the length 

 of the head is contained four times and one-third in the total (without 

 caudal). Snout depressed, pointed, rather broader than long, ^vith the 

 upi^er jawa little longer than the lower. Interorbital space slightly 

 concave, equal in width to the horizontal diameter of the eye. Each 

 frontal bone with fine, inconspicuous, radiating strife. There are 

 twenty-one scales between the occiput and the dorsal fin. Dorsal 

 fin considerably higher than long ; anterior anal rays somewhat 

 longer than posterior. The pectoral fin extends to the eleventh scale 

 of the lateral line, the ventral to the thirteenth or fourteenth of the 

 median series commencing behind its base. The series of scales on 

 the tail without keel. A silvery band runs along the side of the 

 body and tail, below the lateral line ; it is as broad as a scale. 

 China. 



a. Ten inches long : bleached. China. Presented by Sir J. Rich- 



ardson. 



b. Young. China. 



9. Saurus myops. 



8almo foetens, Bl. taf. 384. fig. 2 ; £1. Schi. p. 404 (not Z.). 



myops (Forder), Bl. Schn. p. 421 ; Forst. Descript. Amm. ed. 



Lichtenst. p. 412. 

 Osmerus lemniscatus, Lacep. v. p. 236. pi. 6. fig. 1. 

 Sam'us fasciolatus, Lesueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. (according 



to Valenciennes). 



elegans, Gray. 



truucatus, Spix, Pise. Bras. p. 82. tab. 45. 



• limbatus, Fi/d. ^- Soul. Voy. Bonite, Poiss. p. 199. pi. 7. fig. 3. 



myops, Cm\ Pk/ne Anini. ; Cm. ^ Val. xxii. p. 485 ; Bleek. Nat. 



Tydschr. Ncderl. Lid. iii. p. 291. 

 trachinus, Schlcg. Fain/. Japon. Poiss. p. 231. pi. 106. fig. 2 ; Cant. 



Mai. Fish. p. 271. 



B. 16. D. 12. A. 15-16. L. lat. 56-58. L. transv. 3|/7. 



The length of the head is two-sevenths of the total (without cau- 

 dal) ; crown of the head and occiput finely cormgated ; interorbital 

 space deeply concave. Snout rather obtuse, short, shorter than the 

 eye, Avith the lower jaw a little projecting beyond the upper. Dorsal 

 fin as high as long ; the pectoral extends to the tenth scale of the 

 lateral line, the ventral to, or nearly to, the vent. Tail compressed. 

 Scapula black. 



Tropical parts of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. 



a. Adult. West Indies. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 



b. Half-grown. Cuba. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



c. Half-grown : skin. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 



d. Adult. Japan. Purchased of Mr. Jamrach. 



e. f. Adult and half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 g-h. Half-grown : skins. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 

 •/. Adult : stuffed, ilauritius. 



k, 1. Fine specimens. Port Jackson. From Mr. Krcfft's Collection. 



