Fishes of the Family Stromateida3. 125 



D. X-XI, I 15 ; A. Ill 15. L. lat. 41-43. Scales 



very deciduous; silvery, purplish above ^i. P. indicus. 



D. X, 1 15 ; A. Ill 15. Silvery, spotted and mottled 



with blue 7. P. rerjulus. 



'^Paenea pdlucidus, 

 Psenes pellticidus, Liitken, Spolia Atlaiitica, p. 516, fig. 601 (1880). 



Depth of body 2^ times in total length, length of head 4 

 times. Snout shorter than the eye, the diameter of which is 

 2| times in the total length. D. XI, I 34 ; A. Ill 34 ; ver- 

 tical fins high ; pectorals | the length of head ; ventrals as 

 long as the head. Colourless and semitransparent. 



Atlantic. 



Psenes cyanophrijs. 



Psenes cycmophrys, Cuv. & Val. ix. p. 260 (1833). 



Psenes javanicus, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 264. 



Pse7ies auratus, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 264. 



Psenes leucurus, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 265. 



Psenes (/iiamensis, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 266. 



Psenes fuscus, Guichen. Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, 18 >6, p. l.'^?', 



Cubiceps muUiradiatiis, Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 661, pi. Ixi, 



Depth of body 1^ to 2^ times in total length, length of head 

 3;^ to 3| times. Snout as long as the eye, the diameter of 

 ■which is 3 J to 3| times in the length of head, interorbital 

 width 2| times. Maxillary extending to below anterior 

 margin of eye or a little beyond. D. X, I 25-27. A. Ill 25- 

 27, the spines increasing in length to the third or fourth, 

 which is the longest, and longer than the highest soft rays. 

 Soft dorsal and anal slightly emarginate, the anterior ray.s 

 longest. Pectorals longer and ventrals shorter in larger 

 specimens, the former as long as the head and the latter ^ of 

 that length in the largest specimen. Sc. 52-56 ^-^. 



Brownish, with dark parallel lines of dots along the rows 

 of scales. Dorsal, anal, and ventral fins dark brown. Pec- 

 torals white. Very young with irregular vertical bands. 



Total length 125 millim. 



Atlantic and Indo-Pacific. 



* Psenes maculatus. 

 Psenes maculatus, hni^Qxi, Spolia Atlantica, p. 110 (1880). 



Depth of body about 3 times in total length (2^ in very 

 young specimens), length of head 3 to 3§ times. Snout 

 shorter than the eye, the diameter of which is 2j to 3 times in 

 the length of head. D. XI, I 22 or 23 ; A. Ill 23. L. lat. 51. 



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