382 TELEOSTEI. WIYSOSTOMI. 



diameter about ^ of length of head, nearly 1 diam. from end of 

 suout, and apart. Abdominal profile rather more convex than 

 dorsal. The posterior halves of the ridges on the occiput converge. 

 Teeth in jaws, tongue, and palate. Fins ventral nearly as -long 

 as the eye. Length of base of anal 3| in total excluding caudal. 

 Scales scutes well developed, 23 anterior and 10 posterior to base 

 of ventral fin. Colour silvery, with a burnished lateral band, the 

 upper edge of the dorsal fin rather dark. 

 Hob. Coromandel coast of India. 



480. (6.) Pellona hoevenii. 



Pellona hoevenii, Sleeker, Satav. Genootsch. Verhand. xxiv, Hariny. 

 p. 21 ; Day, Fish. India, p. 644, pi. clxv, tig. 6 (see synon.). 



D. 18. P. 17. V. 7. A. 36. L. 1. 43. L. tr. 13. 



Length of head 4|, height of body 3| in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter 2| to 3 in the length of the head, | diam. from end of 

 snout, and 1 apart. Abdominal profile rather more convex than 

 dorsal. The posterior halves of the ridges on the occiput meet 

 posteriorly. Teeth on the jaws, tongue, palatine, and pterygoid 

 bones ; also along a small accessory bone between the premaxilla- 

 ries and the superior maxillary. Fins length of base of anal 3j 

 in total excluding caudal. Ventral small, shorter than the eye. 

 Scales with the edges almost smooth ; 22 scutes, 13 anterior to 

 base of ventral. Colow greenish "along the back, becoming silvery 

 with mother-of-pearl reflexions on the sides and beneath. 



ffab. Coromandel coast of India (where this fish abounds) to the 

 Malay Archipelago. 



481. (7.) Pellona brachysoma. 



Pellona brachysoma, Sleeker, Satav. Genootsch. Verhand. xxiv, Hariny. 



p. 22 ; Day, Fish. India, p. 645, pi. clxiv, fig. 2 (see synon.). 

 Paunia jmiee, Ooriah. 

 D. 16-17. P. 16. V. 7. A. 46-51. C. 17. L. 1. 43-44. L. tr. 14-15. 



Length of head 41 to 4|, height of body 3| to 31 in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 3 in the length of bead, -| diam. from end 

 of snout, and | apart. Abdominal profile more convex than dorsal. 

 The posterior halves of the ridges on the occiput are nearly 

 parallel. ' Fins last few dorsal rays extend over anal. Ventral 

 small. Length of base of anal 2^ to 2| in total excluding caudal. 

 Scales 18 scutes anterior to ventral fin, and 8 posterior to it. 

 Colour golden glossed with purple. 



Hob. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



482. (8.) Pellona megaloptera. 



Platygaster uiega'opterus, Stcainson, Lardm-r's Cub. Cycl., Fishes, 4*c. 

 ii. p. 294. 



