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the long intermaxillaries with which the slender maxillaries 
are connected, Eye of moderate size, anterior with an anterior 
and posterior adipose eyelid. Dorsal nearly in the middle of 
the length, behind it the small adipose fin, which is opposite 
to the short anal. Caudal forked. Pectorals short, above the 
middle of the height. Ventrals 8-rayed, the long inner rays 
much longer than the outer ones. Unequal, compressed, pointed 
teeth in 2 or 3 rows in the jaws, more or less depressible. 
Similar teeth in a single band on each side of the palate. 
Teeth on the tongue and on the basibranchialia. 12—16 bran- 
chiostegal rays. Gillopenings very wide. Gillmembranes slightly 
connected. Pseudobranchiae well developed. Opercular apparatus 
well developed, scaly, as also the postorbital part of the head. 
Note: For larval stages see p. [40. 
Sy ROpsis of tire Species, 
I. Head compressed. Snout shorter than eye, blunt. 
anege==nk. intr, SEAN Ay OAV Hire) De eT S. myops p. 148. 
6 (7) 
Il. Head depressed. Snout equal to or longer than eye, 
triangular, flat. 
Meee emp eA —— Ole t tine S/rnay ele, ke nae Mays, Selle} te sitiew ey ee S. intermedius p. 146 
2. L. 1. 60—64. 
5—6 : 
a, L. tr. . Pectorals reaching to 10. scale of 
Io—II 
L.1., 19—z20 praedorsal scales............ S. variegatus p. 147. 
1 9 
& We tr a Pectorals reaching to 12. scale of L.1., 
NEA COLSAIESCALCG ete emi sien cpceer ut meyer tots = S. kaianus p. 148. 
1. Saurus myops (Bl. Schn.). 
Salmo myops Bloch, Schneider, Syst. Ichth. 1801, p. 421. (after ms. of Forster). 
Saurus myops Cuvier, Régne animal, 2¢ éd. 1829, p. 268. 
Saurus trachinus Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. XXIV. 1852, Chirocentr. p. 29. 
Saurus myops Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. V. 1864, p. 308. 
Synodus myops Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. Livr. 27, 1875, p. 153. (see Syn.). 
Goodella hypozona Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales XXII. 1897, p. 250. 
Trachinocephalus myops Jordan & Herre, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. XXXII. 1907, p. 514. 
Saurus myops Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, Heft VIII. 1909, p. 375. 
B. 16; D. 12—13; A. 15—16; P. 12; V.8; L.1. 55—58; 
3'Io 
a 3 6 (7) . 
Elongate, head and body compressed, gradually tapering. 
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