EDIBLE FISIlEii Oh' <^l KlCNSLAND—OCIIIiV. 85 



Froiito-oeeipital profile much more strongly acclivoi;s. Snout 3-75 in tlic length 

 of the head. Diameter of eye one fourth less than the length of the snoat. 

 Interorbital region somewhat wider, seven eighths of the eye-diameter and 5-33 

 in the length of the head. Maxillary extending to a little beyond the posterior 

 border of the eye. Dorsal fin originating in advance of the pectoral-base ; second 

 sjiine longest, 1-6 in the length of the head. Second anal sjiine 1-S7 in the lengtli 

 of the head and subequal to tlie first ray; base of anal 144 in that of the soft 

 dorsal. Pectoral longer, 1-28 in the length of the head, extending to l)elo\v the 

 first dorsal ray. Outer ventral ray with filiform tip. 



Localitij : — Moreton Bay. 



SCIffiNA ALBIDA (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



? Bnla t'oibor Biiclianaii, Fish. Ganges, 1822. pp. 78, 368. 



•Con-inn nlhida Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 1830, p. 93; Belanger, Voy. Ind.- 

 Orient., Zool., 1834. p. 3r>."j; Giinther, Brit. Mus. Catal. Fish., ii, 18(i0, p. 304;^ Day, Fish. 

 Malab., 186.5, p. .54; Castelnau, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, iii, 1878, p. 47; Macleay, 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, v, 1881, p. 521. 



Johiiius (inci BIyth, Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1860, p. 141. Not of Bloch. 

 Pseiidoscicena alhida Bleeker, Nederl. Tijds. Dierk., i, 1863, ji. 145. 

 Corvina neilU Day, ibid., p. 55 ; id., Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1869, p. 300. 

 Scimm alhida Day, Fish. India, pt. 2, 1876, p. 188, pi. xliv, figs. 4 & 6. 



INDIAN JEWFISH. 



Tfjpe localities: — Estuary of the Ganges (B. coibor). 

 Pondicherry {C. alhida). 

 Cochin, Malabar Coast (C. neilli). 



Body slenderly subovate and compressed, the dorsal contour much more 

 arched than the ventral, which is almost level from the isthnuis to the anal fin, 

 its depth rather less than one third of its length and subequal to or rather more 

 than the length of the head. Abdomen moderate, its length from ventral-base to 

 vent 3-4 in that of the body and 1-33 in the space between the vent and the root 

 of the caudal. Caudal peduncle about as deep as long, its least depth one third 

 of the head. Head about one half deeper than wide, its upper profile linear or 

 feebly emarginate, that of the nape gently rounded, its width one half its length, 

 which is 3 to 3-5 in that of the body. Snout slightly gibbous in front, its profile 

 moderately acclivous. Diameter of eye as much as to one fourth less than the 

 length of the snout and from one fourth in the immature to one seventh in the 

 adult in the length of the head. Preorbital narrow, its width about three sevenths 

 of the eye-diameter. Interorbital region very slightly convex. No.strils approxi- 

 mate, the posterior much the larger, and situated directly in front of the eye. 

 Jaws equal or the upper slightly the longer ; cleft of mouth but little oblique, not 

 nearly rising to the level of the eye ; maxillary extending to below the last third 



