I 4 2 



of head. Adipose fin shorter than eye. Pectorals somewhat 

 shorter than head without snout, extending to the twelfth or 

 thirteenth scale of the lateral line and nearly to the vertical 

 through the origin of the dorsal. Ventrals equal to head without 

 snout. Caudal deeply forked, 5 times in length, and equal to 

 height of dorsal. 1617 scales between occiput and dorsal, 4 

 transverse rows of scales on cheeks, a conspicuous ridge along 

 the caudal part of the lateral line. Pointed, unequal, depressible 

 teeth in several rows in the jaws, the innermost the longest. 

 2 bands of several rows of teeth on both sides of the palate. 

 Teeth on tongue and branchial arches. Blackish olive above, 

 silvery below. Anterior rays of dorsal and superior rays of 

 caudal with brown dots. Caudal dark, dorsal and ventrals in 

 a less degree. Length more than 260 mm. 



Habitat: Aru-islands!; Arafura Sea. Louisiade Archipel- 

 ago; Australia?; Malacca: Kuala Lumpur? (Duncker). 



2. Saurida tumbil (BL). 



Salmo tumbil Bloch, Ausland. Fische, IX. 1795, p. 112. 



Saurus badi Cuvier, Regne animal, II. 1829, p. 314. 



Saurus badimottah Riippell, Neue Wirbelth., Fische, 1835 1840, p. 77. 



Saurus argyrophanes Richardson, Ichlh. China, Rep. British Association of 1845. 



London 1846, p. 302. 



Saurus undosquamis Richardson, Voyage Erebus & Terror, 1848, p. 138. 

 Saurida tombil Cuvier & Valenciennes, Poissons XXII. 1849, p. 500. 

 Saurus badi Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, XVIII. 1859, p. 1252 & 1424. 

 Saurida tumbil Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. V. 1864, p. 399. 

 Saurida argyrophanes Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. V. 1864, p. 400. 

 Saurida undosquamis Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. V. 1864, p. 400. 

 Saurida tumbil Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. livr. 27, 1875, p. 155. 

 Saurida argyrophanes Jordan & Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XXV. 1902, p. 329. 

 Saurida badi Jordan & Scale, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. XXVIII. 1905, p. 772. 

 Saurida argyrophanes Jordan & Herre, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. XXXII. 1907, p. 519. 

 Saurida eso Jordan & Herre, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. XXXII. 1907, p. 520. 



B. 1416; D. II; A. 10 II; P. 1415; V-9; L.I. 5463; 

 L. tr. 4*. 



Elongate, subcylindrical, anteriorly depressed as also the head. 

 Height 7 9. Head 4 ] / 2 to about five; eye with a rather 

 broad adipose eyelid, 4 ] / 2 6, nearly equal to broad, conical 

 snout, which has a broad, concave depression extending behind 

 the eyes. Gape of mouth very wide, slightly oblique, the jaws 

 equal. Dorsal short, about midway between snout and base 



