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Synagris striatus, Dai/, Fish. India, p. 1)0, pi. viii, tig. 5 (marked 



Synagris luteus) (see syuon.). 

 Kandal min, Tarn. 



B. vi. P. 17. V. 1/5. C. 17. L. 1. 48. L. tr. 34/10. 



Length of head 4j, height of body 4 in the total length (excluding 

 the prolonged caudal ray). Eyes diameter 3j in length of head, 

 1 from end of snout, and f apart. Vertical margin of preopercle 

 finely and evenly serrated in its middle third, the angle rounded 

 and entire. Opercle without any distinct spine. Teeth 4 canine- 

 like in front of each premaxillary, the inner in the mandible villi- 

 form above the symphysis, laterally in two rows, of which the 

 inner is slightly the larger. Fins first two dorsal spines elongate, 

 the second reaching to the base of the caudal fin ; interspinous 

 membrane very slightly notched, the height of the last eight spines 

 gradually increasing ; the last not so high as the rays, Ventral 

 reaches anal. Caudal forked, upper lobe with a filamentous pro- 

 longation. Scales extend forwards to between the eyes. Colour 

 silvery, with pinkish longitudinal bands. Fins pinkish stained 

 with yellow. 



Hub. Coromandel coast of India. 



704. (2.) Synagris japonicus. 



Sparus japonicus, Block, Ich. t. 277, fig. 1. 



Synagris japonicus, Day, Fish. India, p. 92, pi. xxiv, fig. 2, Suppl. 

 p. 78(3 (see syuon.). 



B. vi. L. 1. 48. L. tr. 3|/10. 



Length of head 4, height of body 4 in the total length excluding 

 the filamentous prolongation of the upper caudal lobe. Eyes 

 diameter 3| to 3^ in length of head, li to 1^ from end of snout, 

 and nearly 1 apart. Vertical limb of preopercle finely and evenly 

 serrated in lower half ; angle rounded and entire. Opercle with- 

 out distinct spine. Teeth four to six small curved canines in 

 front of either premaxillary ; in the mandible the last six or eight 

 teeth only are conical. Fins dorsal interspinous membrane 

 scarcely notched ; height of spines increases to the last ; rays 

 rather longer. Pectoral reaches to above anal spines. Ventral 

 \vith first ray prolonged, reaches anal. Third anal spine slightly 

 weaker than second, but longer. Caudal deeply forked, having a 

 filamentous prolongation to the upper ray. (This may be peculiar 

 to males, but I have reason to believe it is present in the females.) 

 Colour yellowish red ; longitudinal reddish lines along each row 

 of scales. Dorsal and anal fins with a yellow streak along their 

 centres, a grey base, and pinkish edge. 



Hob. Red Sea, east coast of Africa, seas of India, and the 

 Malay Archipelago. 



