340 SPHTR.ENIDJE. 



d. Adult. Amboyna. 



e. Half-grown. Amboyna. From the Collection of Madame Ida 



Pfeiifer. 

 /. Half-grown: sldn. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. Cantor's 



Collection. 

 g. Young : bad state. India. From the Haslar Collection. 



12. SphyrsBiia langsar. 



Bleeker, Batjan, i. p. 367, and S^hyran. p. 19. 



D. 5|g^^. A. 10-11. L. lat. 80. 



The height of the body is contained nine times in the total length, 

 the length of the head 3|— 3| ; the diameter of the eye is one-fifth 

 of the latter ; the snout is nearly twice as long as the eye. Oper- 

 culum without spine ; praeoperciilum obliquely emarginate, with an 

 acute membranaceous angle. The upper maxillaiy bone does not 

 reach to the level of the eye ; lower jaw with a conical poiut, but 

 without appendage. The first dorsal fin commences just above the 

 extremity of the pectoral, but behind the root of the ventrals. The 

 distance between the first and second dorsalB is twice the length of 

 the latter. Above uniform greenish, beneath silvery ; fins scarcely 

 coloured. (Bl.) 



Sea of Batavia and Batjan. 



13. Sphyraenq, brachygnathus. 

 Bleaker, Batjan, p. 368, and Sphyrtsn. p. 21. 



D. 5 I -^. A. 10-11. L. lat. 85. 



The height of the body is 9^ or 10 in the total length, the length 

 of the head 3|-3| ; the diameter of the eye is 4i in the latter ; the 

 snout is more than twice the diameter of the eye. Operculum without 

 spine ; praeoperculum obliquely emarginate, with an acute membra- 

 naceous angle. The upper maxillary bone does not reach to the level 

 of the' eye; lower jaw with a conical point, but without appendage. 

 The first dorsal fin commences behind the extremity of the pectoral ; 

 the distance between the first and second dorsals is more than twice 

 the length of the latter. Above greenish, beneath silvery ; fins 

 yellowish, caudal edged with darker. (Bl.) 



Sea of Batavia and Batjan. 



14. SphyrsBna flavicauda. 



Eilppell, N. W. Fmhe, p. 100. taf. 25. f. 3. 



D. 5 I -^. A. 11. L. transv. 18-20. 



The height of the body is contained eight times in the total length, 

 the length of the head 3| ; the diameter of the eye is one-fifth of 

 the latter. Opercles scaleless ; praeoperculum rectangular. Lower 



