420 TELEOSTEl. KIYSOSTOMI. 



length. Eyes diameter 2 in the postorbital length of the head, 

 and from 1^ to 1^ diameters apart. A wide shallow groove exists 

 along the summit of the head, superciliary region striated. Fins 

 dorsal rays longer iu front, the hind rays reach nearly or quite 

 the base of the caudal. Anal of the same character as the dorsal. 

 Caudal forked, lower lobe the longer. Free portion of tail nearly 

 as wide as high. Scales absent from the opercles, some on groove 

 on head. 25 rows between lateral line and base of dorsal fin. 

 Lateral line forming a narrow keel along the side of the free 

 portion of the tail. Colour bluish green above, becoming lighter 

 below ; a silvery stripe along the side ; upper edge of dorsal and 

 pectoral fins usually black. 



Hob. From the Bed Sea and East coast of Africa, through the 

 seas of India to the Malay Archipelago ; attaining at least 3| feet 

 in length. 



535. (4.) Belone liura. 



Belone leiurus, Bleeker, Batavia, Nat. Tijdsch. i, p. 94; Day, Fish. 



India, p. 511 (see synon.). 

 Penlay-nga- toung-knyeen, Burmese. 



B. x. D. 19. P. 11. V. 7. A. 22-24. C. 17. 



Length of head 3 to 31, height of body 14 in the total length. 

 Eyes 3 diameters in the postorbital length of the head, 1| apart. 

 A wide shallow groove on the head, broadest in front. Super- 

 ciliary and parietal regions striated. Tongue smooth. Fins 

 dorsal commences considerably behind the anal, its anterior rays 

 the highest ; upper surface of the fin concave. Anterior anal rays 

 the longest ; fin concave ; its last ray, when laid flat, extends one 

 third of distance to the base of the caudal, which is rounded. Scales 

 small over body and cheeks; 12 rows between the lateral line 

 and base of the dorsal fin. Free portion of tail compressed, with- 

 out any distinct lateral keel. Colour bluish green, becoming light 

 on the sides and beneath, with a silvery lateral band ; the posterior 

 half of the pectoral dark, as is also the lower half of the caudal 

 fin. 



Hob. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



536. (5.) Belone cancila. (Fig. 136.) 



Esox cancila, Ham. Such. Fish. Ganges, pp. 213, 380, pi. 27, fig. 70. 

 Belone cancila, Cuv. fy Vol. H. N. Pom. xviii, p. 455 ; Day, Fish. 

 India, p. 511, pi. cxviii, fig. 5 (see synon.). 



Kutra, Marathi ; Qongituri, Ooriah ; Rung-gab, Cotca, Sona, and Kw- 

 haan, Punj.: N(/a-oh-poung-yoh and Nga-phon-yo, Burmese ; Pissu kula/t, 

 Tam. ; Ko-ki-lah, Assam. 



B. x. D. 15-18. P. 11. V. 6. A. 16-18. C. 15. 



Length of head 2| to 2f, height of body 8 to 12 in the total 

 length. Eyes 3 to 3 diameters from the hind edge of the 

 opercle, and 1 apart. A deep longitudinal groove along the upper 



