538 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTERYG1I. 



membrane. The youny have verlical bands, the alternate ones 

 being the shortest. 



Hull. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond ; attain- 

 ing 8 inches or more in length. 



719. (4.) Gerres oyena. 



Labrus oyena, Forsk. Descr. Anim. p. 3<5. 



Gerres oyena, Day, Fish. India, p. 99, pi. xxv, fig. 4 (see synon.). 



D.9/10. P. 15. A. 3/7. C.19. L.I. 38-40. L.tr. 5/10. C.pyl.3. 



Length of head 4, height of body 20 in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter 3^ in length of head, 1 from end of snout and also 

 apart. Preopercle roughened along its vertical limb but not 

 serrated. Pins dorsal spines pretty strong, the anterior some- 

 what compressed, the second longest and equal to nearly the 

 length of the head without the snout. Second anal spine strongest, 

 but shorter than the third, which equals half the length of the 

 head ; caudal forked. Scales fine ones covering the caudal fin. 

 Colour silvery ; dorsal fin black-edged, and a dark spot on each 

 spine and ray at about half their height ; sometimes a darkish 

 mark over the free portion of the tail ; a narrow black posterior 

 edge to the middle of the caudal ; the fins yellow. 



ffab. Red Sea, east coast of Africa, seas of India to the Malay 

 Archipelago and beyond. 



720. (5.) Gerres abbreviates. 



Gerres abbreviates, Bkeker, Ratavia Nat. Tijdsch. i, p. 103 ; Day, 

 Fish. India, p. 99, pi. xxv, fig. (see synon.). 



D.9/10. P. 15. A. 3/7. C. 17. L. 1. 37-40. L.tr. 6/11. 



Length of head 4, height of body 2| to 2| in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 2| to 3 in length of head, f to from end of snout, 

 and 1 ayfirt. Snout somewhat spatulate. Preopercle entire or 

 finely serrated on its vertical limb. No median suture between the 

 inferior pharyngeal bones. Pins second dorsal spine longer than 

 the third, and almost equal to the length of the head, both rather 

 curved. Second anal spine the strongest, the third slightly the 

 longest, as long as the distance from the posterior edge of the orbit 

 to the end of the snout ; caudal deeply forked, upper lobe slightly 

 the longer. Colour silvery white, darkest along the back, each 

 scale with a rather indistinct spot, forming longitudinal bands ; fins 

 yellowish, dorsal with a blackish edge and a spot on each spine and 

 ray just above the sheath. 



Hob. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago ; growing to 71 

 inches in length. 



721. (6.) Gerres poeti. 



Gerres poeti, Cuv. $ Vol. H. N. Poiss. vi, p. 468 ; Day, Fish. India, 



p. 100, pi. xxv, fig. 1 (see synon.). 

 Munyav, Maratlii. 



