PERCID.E. 531 



24. Genus SMARTS, Cuv. 



Branchiostegals six ; pseudobranchia). Mouth very protractile. 

 Preopercle entire. Teeth in the jaws, none on the vomer. A 

 single, sometimes deeply notched scaleless dorsal fin, with from 

 nine to fifteen feeble spines; anal with three. Caudal forked. 

 Scales ctenoid, rather small. Air-bladder not constricted, but 

 generally forked posteriorly. Pyloric appendages few. 



Geographical Distribution. Mediterranean and Atlantic Ocean ; 

 one species from Ceylon. 



710. (1.) Smaris balteatus. 



Sinaris balteatus, Cuv. $ Val II. X. Poiss. vi, p. 424 ; Day, Fish. 

 India, p. 94 (see synon.J. 



I). 15/10. P. 17. V. 1/5. A. 3/10. 



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

 diameter 2| in length of head, f of a diameter from end of 

 snout. Body cylindrical and somewhat elongate ; the maxilla 

 reaches to below front edge of orbit. Fins division between 

 spinous and soft portions of dorsal well marked. Colour reddish 

 brown along back, dotted with small brilliant silvery spots; the 

 coloured part of the back streaked with brilliant silver, below this 

 coloured portion a wide silvery longitudinal band passes from the 

 superciliary region across the opercle to the tail. Fins pale- 

 coloured. 



Hab. Ceylon ; growing to 4 inches in length. 



25. Genus O2ESIO, Lacepede. 



Syn. Casio, sp., Cuv. & Val. ; Paracasio, Bleeker ; Odontonectes, 

 Giinther. 



Branchiostegals six or seven ; pseudobranchiae. Body oblong, 

 occasionally somewhat elevated. Mouth moderately protractile, its 

 cleft oblique. Preopercle entire or minutely serrated. Fine teeth 

 in the jaws, sometimes deciduous ones on the vomer or palate. A 

 single dorsal fin, with from 9 to 13 feeble spines ; anal with 3. 

 Scales very finely ctenoid, of moderate or small size, and as a rule 

 extended over the bases of the vertical fins. Air-bladder not con- 

 stricted. 



Geographical Distrifwtion. From the Eed Sea, through the seas 

 of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



D. 11/14, L. tr. 9/18 1. C. pinjalo, p. 53:?. 



D. 10/15, L. tr. 7/13. Bluish green above, rosy 



below 2. C. cutting, p. 632. 



D. 10/15, L. tr. 8/16. A golden longitudinal 



band 3. C. cfnysozona, p. 533. 



