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Family CORYPHvENID^. 

 Genus CoRYPH-ENA Linnseus. 



57. Coryphsena hippurus Linnaeus. 



Seen in the market at Colombo, but not taken. 



Family MENID^. 

 Genus Mene Lacepede. 



58. Mene maculata (Bloch & Schneider). 

 Seen in Colombo market, but not taken. 



Family LEIOGNATHID^. 

 Genus Leiognathus Lacepede. 



59. Leiognathus equula (Forskal). 



No. Soyoa-c, C. M. Four specimens collected. These compare 

 very well with Day's description and picture given under Eqmila 

 edentulus, and also with a specimen from Cavite, P. L 



Scomber edentulus Bloch seems to be the same species. 



60. Leiognathus daura (Cuvier). 



No. Soyia-d, C. M. Six specimens were collected. The smallest, 

 nearly three inches long, shows a distinct black stripe running from 

 the upper part of the opercle to the caudal peduncle. The largest, 

 four and one-half inches in length, also shows this stripe on the an- 

 terior half 'of the body on one side only. The upper half of the spinous 

 dorsal has a jet-black, sharply cut blotch, which does not involve the 

 tips of the first two spines. 



61. Leiognathus insidiatrix (Bloch). 



No. 8072a, C. M. One small specimen with the dark spots on the 

 back, which form broken bars, very conspicuous. 



Genus Gazza Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



62. Gazza minuta (Bloch). 



No. 8o73a-J, C. M. Several specimens collected. They vary in 

 length from four and one-half to nearly six inches. Head three to 

 three and one-half times in length without the caudal; depth two and 

 one-third to two and one-half times in the length; dorsal VI H, 16; 

 anal HI, 14; gill-rakers 14 on lower limb of arch. 



