CLUPEID.E. 401 



Fifth group. ALBULINA. 

 11. Genus ALBULA, Gronovius. 



Syn. Butyrinus, Lace"p. ; Glossodus (Guv.), Agassiz ; Conorhytichus 

 (Nozeman), Bleeker, Atl. Ich. 



Gill-membranes entirely separated. Body oblong or elongate. 

 Abdominal edge rounded and not keeled. Snout pointed, project- 

 ing beyond the mouth. Eyes with a broad annular adipose mem- 

 brane. Villiform teeth on the jaws, vomer, and palatine bones ; 

 granular on the tongue, pterygoid and sphenoid bones. Dorsal fin 

 situated opposite to the ventrals ; the anal shorter than the dorsal. 

 Scales rather small, not deciduous ; lateral line present. Pseudo- 

 branchiao well developed. 



514. (1.) Albula conorhynclms. 



Albula conorhynchus, SI. Schn. Syst. Ich. p. 432, t. 86 ; Day, Fish. 

 India, p. 648 (see synon.). 



B. xiv-xvi. D. 17-19. A. 9. L. 1. 75-80. L.tr. 9-8/11-9. Vert. 41/26. 

 Caec. pyl. 22. 



Length of head 4| to 5, height of body 5| to 6| in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 4 to 5 in the length of the head, 1 to lj 

 diam. apart. The maxilla reaches to below the front edge of the 

 eye. Fins the ventral inserted beneath the last half of the dorsal. 

 Colour silvery. 



Hub. Coasts of India and all tropical and subtropical seas. 



Sixth group. ELOPINA. 

 12. Genus ELOFS, Linnaeus. 



Branchiostegals numerous ; pseudobranchiae. Gill-membranes 

 entirely separated. Body rather elongate and compressed. An 

 osseous gular plate is attached to the symphysis of the mandibles 

 and covers the intermediate area. Mouth wide, anterior ; lower 

 jaw slightly the longer. Villiform teeth in the jaws, vomer, pala- 

 tine and pterygoid bones, also on the tongue and base of the skull. 

 Ventrals opposite to the dorsal, which has a few rays more than 

 the anal. Scales small. Lateral line distinct. Pyloric appendages 

 numerous. 



515. (1.) Elops saurus. (Fig. 125.) 



Elops saurus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 518 ; Day, Fi*h. India, p. 640, 



pi. clxvi, fig. 1 (see synon.). 

 JaUuyu and Jinnagow, Tel. ; Ullahti, Tarn. ; Shonas, Marathi. 



B. xxix-xxxv. D. 22-24. A. 15-17. C. 19. L. 1. 95-100. L. tr. 12/14. 



Length of head 4| to 5, height of body 5 in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 4^ to 5 in length of bead, | to 1 



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