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Dorsal 1 3-17, equally distant from occiput and from base of caudal. Anal 

 10-11. Pectoral ^ to f length of head, widely separated from ventral. 

 Caudal deeply forked, with loiiijj pointed lobes:. Caudal peduncle about 



Chanos salnioneus. 



Mozambique, after Peters (Reise Mossarab.). 



once and \ as long as deep. Scales 75-90 {^i:^, 12-14 between lateral 

 line and scaly process at base of ventral. Silvery, bliiisli on tlie back. 



Total length 550 niillim. — Grows to 1 metre or more. 



East coast of Africa to Polynesia. 



1. Hgr.,'stmi. Krd Sea. Dr. Riippell. 



2. Ad., stffd. Zanzibar. Sir L. Playfair (C). 

 8. Yg. „ Sir J. Kiric (P.). 



4. Hgr. Seychelles. Sir L. Playfair (P.). 



5-7. Yg. T{o(lrigucz, in frosli water. G. Gulliver, E.'^q. (P.). 



Fam. 7. SALMONID^. 



Margin of the up])er jaw formed by the prtemaxillaries and the 

 maxillaries ; supraoccipital bone in contact with the frontals ; opercular 

 bones well developed. Ribs sessile, parapophyses very short or absent ; 

 epineurals, sometimes also epipleurals, present. Pectoral fins low down, 

 folding against the belly. An adipose dorsal fin. Oviducts rudimentary 

 or absent. 



^larinc and fresh-water Fishes, mostly from the Temperate and Arctic 

 zones of the Northern Hemisphere. 



