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Megalops oligolepis, Bleek. t.c.p. 292. 

 Elops apalike, Day, Fish. Malab., p. 228 (1865). 

 Elops cyprinoides, Playf. & Gimth. Fish. Zanzib. p. 122 (1866) ; 

 Peters, Reise Mossamb. iv, p. 92 (1868). 

 Depth of body equal to or a Httle greater than length of 

 head, 3 to 4 times in total length. Eye 2'i to 3^^ times in length 

 of head, greater than length of snout or interorbital width ; 

 lower jaw projecting beyond upper ; maxillary extending to 

 below posterior border of eye or a little beyond. Gill-rakers 

 at least as long as gill-filaments, 25-35 on lower part of an- 

 terior arch. Dorsal 17-20, originating above base of ventral. 

 Anal 24-28. Scales 37-42, '-,-1, 4-5 between lateral line and 

 scaly process above ventral, 12-14 round caudal peduncle. 

 Silvery, bluish green on the back. 



Family 2. ALBULID/E. 



Margin of upper jaw foimed ot maxillaries. Small teeth 

 in jaws, vomer and palatine ; patches of coarse flat teeth 

 on tongue, sphenoid and pterygoid. Branchiostegels about 



Alhiila riilpc-s. 



14. Gillrakers, short. Body not keeled. No bony platse 

 "between jaws. Parietal bones meet above top of head. Young 

 pass through a ribbon-like larval stage. 



ALBULA, Gronov. 



•Gronov. Zoophyl, p. 102 (1763) ; Block & Schneider Syst. 



Ichth., p. 432 (1801) 

 Butryniis, Lacep. Hist. Nat. Poiss., v. p. 45 (1803). 

 'Glossodus (Cuv.) Agassiz in Spix. Pise. Brasil, p. 48 (1829). 



Albula vulpes, L. 



Jordan and Everman, Fishes of North America, p. 411. 

 '(see synonymy) 



Albula conorhynchus, Gilch. & Thomps. Ann. S. Af. 

 lluseum. VL, p. 269 (Natal). 



Depth of body nearly 4 times in total length, excluding 

 caudal, length of head y''. Snout, 2J, times diameter of eye, 

 which is nearly il times in interorbital width and 6 times in 

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