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head 4'/,—5, depressed, pointed. Eye 4—5'/,, with an adipose 
eyelid, shorter than snout, which is broadly depressed, slightly 
prominent. The very wide mouth cannot completely be closed, 
on account of the concavity of the dentigerous part of the 
mandibles. Interorbital space slightly concave. Superior border 
of the eye at the level of the dorsal surface. Dorsal short, 
midway between snout and base of caudal, its origin below 
first half of ventrals. First ray a little longer than head without 
snout. Distance of the small adipose fin from the origin of 
the dorsal slightly less than distance of that origin from snout. 
Adipose fin above posterior half of anal, which is not twice 
as short and as low as the dorsal. Pectorals shorter than post- 
orbital part, reaching to ninth scale of lateral line. Ventrals 
longer than head without snout. Caudal forked. 18 scales between 
occiput and dorsal, 4 horizontal rows on cheeks. Teeth in jaws 
depressible, unequal, the inner series the largest; on each side 
of palate 2 bands of teeth, the outer band the longer, consis- 
ting of one or 2 rows, the anterior teeth of which are the 
longest. Tongue and gillarches covered with fine teeth. Brow- 
nish above, silvery white below, more or less marked with 
irregular dark crossbands or patches. All the fins may have 
brownish cross-bars or series or patches. Length about 300 mm. 
Habitat: Nias!; Singapore; Flores; Solor; Timor; Celebes 
(Macassar!, Bonthain, Menado!; Tanawanko); Salayer!; Buton!; 
Biaru!; Siau!; Sangir islands; Karkaralong islands!; Buru; Obi 
major!; Ceram; Ambon!; Nusa laut!; Banda!; Halmahera; 
Ternate; Tiur!; Kei-islands!; Aru-islands; Schouten islands; 
New Guinea. — Philippines; Pacific eastward to Sandwich 
islands and Society islands. North to Liu Kiu islands. Indic 
to Red Sea, east coast of Africa, Madagascar and Mauritius. 
In sea, along the shores and on coral reefs. 
2. Saurus Cuvier. 
CuvIER, Regne animal, 1¢ éd. 1817, p. 169). 
? g 7, I 9 
(Synodus auctores). 
Elongate, more or less depressed or compressed, covered 
with cycloid scales of moderate size. Lateral line straight, 
sometimes slightly keeled on the tail. Head depressed with a 
flat, triangular snout or compressed with a blunt snout. Cleft 
of mouth wide, more or less oblique, bordered superiorly by 
