11. CHORINEMUS. 473 



2. Chorinemus tala. 



PTala-parah, Mussell, ii. pi. 140. 

 Chorinemus tala, Cuv. Sf Vol. viii. p. 377. 



The height of the body is four times in the total length, the 

 length of the head 5|. The upper maxillary is somewhat widened 

 posteriorly and triangular ; it reaches to the vertical from the pos- 

 terior margin of the eye. The snout is obtuse, and about as long as 

 the diameter of the eye. An indistinct series of spots along the side. 

 (Cuv.) 



Coast of Malabar. 



3. Chorinemus toloo. 



Toloo parah, Russell, ii. p. 29. pi. 137. 

 Lichia toloo-parah, Riipp. Atl. Fische, p. 91. 



Chorinemus toloo, Cuv. 8f Val. viii. p. 377 ; ? Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. 

 xxiv. Makr. p. 45. 



D.7|3^.. A.2|l 



The height of the body is four times in the total length, the length 

 of the head 5|. The upper maxiUary does not reach to the vertical 

 from the posterior margin of the eye. The snout is obtuse, and about 

 as long as the diameter of the eye. A series of more or less distinct 

 greyish spots along the side of the body ; the top of the dorsal and 

 anal fins and the lobes of the caudal blackish. 



From the Red Sea to the East Indies. 



4. Chorinemus tol. 



Tol Parah, Riissell, ii. p. 29. pi. 138 (bad). 



Chorinemus tol, Cuv. Sf Val. viii. p. 385 (not Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. 

 xxiv. Makr. p. 43, or Cant.). 



D.7|^. A.2|± 



The height of the body is 5| in the total length, the length of 

 the head six times. The upper maxillary reaches to below the anterior 

 manjin of the eye. A series of darker spots on the sides ; a bluish 

 streak above the operculum ; top of the dorsal black, of the caudal 

 blackish. (Cuv.) 



East Indian Seas. 



5. Chorinemus sancti Petri. 



? Conings-visch, Nieuhof, Bras. Zee- en Lant-Reize, p. 269. 

 Renard, Poiss. Mol. i. 15. 80; Valent. iii. p. 351. f. 11. 

 Scomber, sp., Gronov. Zoopkyl. no. 305. 



Chorinemus sancti Petri, Cuv. 8j- Val. viii. p. 379. pi. 236 ; Bleek. Verh. 

 Bat. Gen. xxiv. 3Iakr. p. 45 ; Peters, Wiei/m. Areh. 1855, p. 245. 



moadetta, Cuv. Sj Val. viii. p. 382; Riipp. N. IF. Fische, p. 45. 



mauritianus, Cuv. Sf TV//, viii. p. 382. 



