PEECID^E. 



537 



D. 9/10. P. 17. A. 3/7. C. 17. L. 1. 48-50. L. tr. 5|/ . 



Length of head 4j, height of body nearly 4 in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 3 in length of head, | (in the young 1) from end 

 of snout, and 1 apart. Preopercle entire. Fins dorsal spines not 

 very strong, compressed, the second curved and much the highest, 

 being almost as long as the head ; anal spines weak, the third 

 rather the longest ; caudal deeply forked, with some fine scales 

 upon it. Colours silvery, eye golden. 



Hab. Apparently throughout the seas of India to the Malay 

 Archipelago and beyond. The young are sometimes captured at 

 Madras ; I have also taken this n'sh at the Andaman Islands, up to 

 a little over 9 inches in length. 



718. (3.) Gerres filamentosus. (Fig. 163.) 



'Gerres tilamentosus, Cuv. $ Vol. H. N. Poiss. vi, p. 482; -Day, Fish. 



India, p. 98, pi. xxv, tig. 3 (see synon.). 

 Jag gar i, Tel. (Ganjam) ; Oodan, Tarn. ; Nga zeeng fyoo, Arrac. 



D.9/10. P. 15. A.3/7. ' L.I. 45-48. L. tr. G/14. Cajc.pyl.3. 

 Length of head 4 to 4|, height of body rather above 3 in the 

 total length. Eyes diameter 3 in length of head, 4 to 1 from end 

 of snout and also apart. Preopercle entire. Fins 2nd dorsal 

 spine prolonged, sometimes, especially in the adult, extending to 

 the caudal fin ; second anal spine stronger but shorter than third ; 

 caudal deeply forked. Colour silvery in the adult, with rows of 



Fig. 163. Gerres filamentosus. 



short oblong horizontal bluish spots along the upper half of the 

 body, on the scales being rubbed off the spots are found to be 

 continuous, forming lines ; snout black ; a blackish spot anteriorly 

 on the ba.se of each dorsal spine and ray just above the scaly sheath, 

 and usually a dark edge to the soft dorsal ; caudal greyish exter- 

 nally ; the other fins yellow, with numerous line dots on the fin- 



