FLAinSHES (HKTEROSOMATA) 



6. grundisquaina. 

 . 7. xvsfnas. 



Imwaiwnsis. 



Synopsis uf the Species. 



I. Miixillary 2.! to jj in head. 



.\. Interorbital width i to ^ (^) or J to J (5) eye : 5 to 7 pointed gill-rakers 



on lower part of anterior arch ; about 45 scales in lateral line i. cocosensis 

 K. Interorbital width equal to {^) or ^ (5) eye : 11 or 12 pointed gill-rakers 



on lower part of anterior arch : 50 scales in lateral line . 2. xenandrus 



( . Interorbital width about § eye ; 8 "palmate" gill-rakers on lower part 



of anterior arch ; about 60 scales in lateral line . . • 3. fijiensis 



II. Maxillary 23 to 3J in head. 



.•\. 50 or more scales in lateral line. 



"i. Dorsal (78) 83-86, anal (58) 61-62 4. mogkii 



2. Dorsal 90-93, anal 68-74 • • ■ • • • -5 bleeheri 



ij. 36 to 46 scales in lateral line. 

 I . Dorsal 78-go, anal 56-69. 



a. Caudal fin with a pair of large, dark spots. 

 (T. 5 to 7 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch 

 ^. 14 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch . 



b. Caudal fin without large dark spots. 

 a. Eye more than 4 in head , interorbital spac 



36 .scales in lateral line .... 

 /3. Eye 3 to 4 in head. 



* 46 .scales in lateral line ; depth \\ m length 

 ** About 40 scales in lateral line 

 t Depth 1 1 to 2 in length. 



J Pectoral 3 to about § head, upper ray scarce 

 in male. 



5 Interorbital width i to i J times (^) or J to j (V) eye ; 

 maxillary 25 to 2f in head ; anterior edge of upper 

 eye above middle of lower ... 10. tatifroiis 



§§ Interorbital width J (q) or ^ (5) eye ; maxillary 2? 

 to 2 1 in head : anterior edge of upper eye above 

 anterior part of lower . . . . 11. natalensis 



XX Tectoral as long as or longer than head (at least in male), 

 upper ray prolonged in male. 

 § .\nterior edge of upper eye above anterior part of 



lower : eye 3 J in head . . . .12. macrolepis 



SS .\nterior edge uf upper eye aljovc middle of lower : 



eye 3 m head . . . . . 13. fihmanus 



tt I>cpth zi in length ..... 14 sechellensis 

 2 Dorsal 70 76, anal 53-58 ; caudal without large, tlark spots 



15. malilivensis 



The following two species from Japan have been (lescril)ed in Japanese, but. as 

 the diagnoses are very brief, it is impossible to place them : 



1. Scoops kaitekonis, Tanaka, igi8, Dobuts. Zasshi ('Zool. .Mag. '), xx.x, p. 226 



2. Sca'ops III. Tanaka, lorn. fit. 



y prolonged 



I. ENGYPROSOPON COCOSENSIS (Blecker). 



Sleeker, 1855, Xat. Tijdschr. Xed. Ind., viii, p. 17.1. 



in) cncosensis, Bleeker, 1866-72, Atl. Ichth., p. M, I'leiiro 



ViMKs (part), Jenkins. 1910, Mem. Ind. .Mus.,iii,p. 27. 



isis, N'orrn.Tn, 1027, Rec. Ind. Mus., xxix, p. 24. 



>, Xorm.in, i(,27. mm. cil.. p. 19. 



cocnsi-nsis. Welier.ind Ik-.iufort, 1920, Fish. Indo .Anstr.il. 



