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band with one or two rows. Numerous fine teeth on tongue 
and branchial arches. Branchiostegal rays 13—16. Gillopenings 
very wide. Opercular apparatus well developed, scaly as also 
the postorbital part of head. Gillmembranes free. Pseudobran- 
chiae well developed. 
Note: For larval stages see p. 149. 
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Fig. 53. Saurida gracilis (Q.G.). 
Sy fopsis.of the species. 
I. Pectorals somewhat shorter than head without snout, 
reaching to twelfth scale of lateral line, which has 
—50 scales. L. tr. A JOK Si a12) ae a aacan S. grandisquamis p. 141. 
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67 
II. Pectorals shorter than postorbital part of head, 
reaching to ninth or tenth scale of lateral line, 
which has 50—63 scales. D, I1. 
a. L. 1. 54-63; L. tr. ve, B. 14-16; P. 14-15. S. tumédil p. 142. 
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a, B. 12-13; P. 12-13. S. gracilis p. 143. 
Geol. S0—52)5, Ie. tr. gets 
. Saurida grandisquamis Gthr. 
Saurida grandisquamis Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. v. 1864, p. 400. 
Saurida grandisguamis Giinther, Challenger Rep. VI. Shore Fishes, 1880, p. 50. 
Saurida grandisquamis Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, Heft VIII. 1909, p. 377. 
Saurida grandisgquamis Max Weber, Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Gesellsch. XXXIV. 
FOUL sp. 22. 
Bats Dore —¥ > Ao ir; P12; V:9; L.1.49—50; L.tr. 4 
6—7 
Height 7'/,, head 4'/,—4'/,. Eye about 5'/,, with moderately 
. developed eyelids, slightly shorter than interorbital space and 
than snout, which is obtuse, broad and superiorly with a con- 
cavity, which extends to posterior part of head. Dorsal midway 
between snout and caudal, much higher than long, its third 
longest ray equal to distance between nostril and hinderborder 
of operculum. Its base somewhat more than postorbital part 
