498 CAEANaiD^. 



small, deciduous, cycloid scales. Mouth very protractile. Minute 

 teeth in the jaws; none on the palate. One dorsal: formula of the 

 fins — D. -j^^j^. A. ^. V. 1/5. The lower praeopercular margin ser- 

 rated. Branchiostegals five (four) ; pseudobranchiije present ; air- 

 bladder large, terminating posteriorly in two short horns. Pyloric 

 appendages in small number. 



East Indian Ocean and Archipelago. 



1. Equula fasciata. 



Karah, Russell, i. p. 51. pi. 66. 



Clupea fasciata, Lacep. v. p. 463. 



Equula filigera, longispinis, carah, et fasciata, Cuv. Sf Val. x. pp. 92- 



97. pi. 284. 

 filigera, Cuv. Mem. Mus. i. p. 402. pi. 23. f. 1; Cantor, Catal. 



p. 150 ; Bleeker, Timor, i. p. 165, and Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Makr. 



p. 79. 

 setigera, Ar/ass. Recherch. Poiss. Foss. v. p. 24. tab. L. (skeleton, 



from America !). 



D. :^. A. ^. Cffic. pylor. 3. Vert. 10/13. 



The height of the body is 2| in the total length, the length of the 

 head four times. A pair of small spines above the anterior margin 

 of the orbit ; the cavity on the head is subquadrangular, and 2| times 

 as long as broad. The lower praeopercular margin is very indistinctly 

 serrated, and its length is 1| in that of the mandibula; the mandi- 

 bula is concave, and ascends at an angle of about 40°. The second 

 spine of the dorsal fiu, and sometimes of the anal, is very elongate, 

 often as high as the body. Scales very small. Body mth irregular 

 vertical blackish streaks. 



Red Sea ; Indian Ocean and Archipelago. 



a. Adult. Red Sea. 



h. Adult : skin. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



c. Adult. Philippine Islands. 



2. Equula edentula. 



Scomber flavescena, &c., Seha, iii. p. 75. tab. 27. f. 4. 



edentulus. Block, taf. 428 (bad) ; Bl. Schn. p. 36. 



Lf'io"'nathus argenteus, Lacep. iv. pp. 448, 449. 



(Cumaii-karah, Russell, i. p. 50. pi. 63. 



Equula ensifera, Cuv. i^ Val. x. p. 66 ; Bkek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. 



Makr. p. 80. 



coma, Cuv. Sf Val. x. p. 76. 



? Equula serrulifera, Richards. Voy. Ereb. ?f Terr. Ichthyol. p. 137. 



pi. 59. f. 12-14 (fig. restored). 



B.5. D.j3?^5. A.^ Cooc. pylor. 2. 

 The height of the body is 2-2^ in the total length, the length of 



2. Equula brevirostris, Cuv. 4' Val. \. p. 83.— Coast of Malabar. 



3. bloehii, Cuv. # Val. x. p. 84.— Coast of Malabar. 



4. cracilis, Bleeker, Cclefics, v. p. 249. — Sea of Manado. 



