MrOTL. 



95 



4 scries of scales on tlic clu't'k. Dorsals IV, I 8 (rarely 7) ; first two 

 spines ^ to 5 length of head ; longest soft ray f to | length of head ; 

 second dorsal originating above anterior rays or anterior third of ;iiki1. 

 Anal III 9. Pectoral f to ^ length of head ; no scaly process above the 

 axil. Caudal forked, as long as or a little shorter than head. Caudal 

 peduncle as long as deep or a little longer than deep. 30-35 scales in 



Fig. 50. 



Mtif/il macrolepls. 

 Durban, f. 



longitudinal series, 11-12 in transverse series. Greyish brown or olive 

 above, with more or less distinct darker streaks along the series of scales, 

 silvery or golden beneath. 



Total lengtli 350 inillini. 



South and East Africa and Madagascar, eastwards to the Soutli 

 Pacific. 



1 . Tviic, stuH'cii. 

 '2. II -r. 



:;. A.i. 



\. A.l. 



r.. A.l. 



u. Yg. 



7-10. IIoi-. Ays- 

 n. llgr.^ 

 12-17. Types of 



M. vodi' rice mis 



( ';i[io of tjood llii[)0. 



1 )iirli;ni. 



Diul.uii i!ay, N;ilal. 

 Kosi Bay, Zululan.l. 

 Hoviinia U. 

 8ocotr!i. 

 Soychelles. 

 Rodriguez, iii Ircsh 

 water. 



Sir A. 8inilli (1'.). 



Jlr. T. Ay res (C). 

 Dr. E. Warren (P.). 



1 >r. Livinostone (C). 

 I'rot. I. 1?. Halfour (P.). 

 Sir L. I'laylair (1'.). 

 (i. Gulliver, Es<i. (C). 



