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head 4*/ 2 5, depressed, pointed. Eye 4 5 V 2 > with an adipose 

 eyelid, shorter than snout, which is broadly depressed, slightly 

 prominent. The very wide mouth cannot completely be closed, 

 on account of the concavity of the dentigerous part of the 

 mandibles. Interorbital space slightly concave. Superior border 

 of the eye at the level of the dorsal surface. Dorsal short, 

 midway between snout and base of caudal, its origin below 

 first half of ventrals. First ray a little longer than head without 

 snout. Distance of the small adipose fin from the origin of 

 the dorsal slightly less than distance of that origin from snout. 

 Adipose fin above posterior half of anal, which is not twice 

 as short and as low as the dorsal. Pectorals shorter than post- 

 orbital part, reaching to ninth scale of lateral line. Ventrals 

 longer than head without snout. Caudal forked. 18 scales between 

 occiput and dorsal, 4 horizontal rows on cheeks. Teeth in jaws 

 depressible, unequal, the inner series the largest; on each side 

 of palate 2 bands of teeth, the outer band the longer, consis- 

 ting of one or 2 rows, the anterior teeth of which are the 

 longest. Tongue and gillarches covered with fine teeth. Brow- 

 nish above, silvery white below, more or less marked with 

 irregular dark crossbands or patches. All the fins may have 

 brownish cross-bars or series or patches. Length about 300 mm. 



Habitat: Nias!; Singapore; Flores; Solor; Timor; Celebes 

 (Macassar!, Bonthain, Menado!; Tanawanko); Salayer!; Buton!; 

 Biaru!; Siau!; Sangir islands; Karkaralong islands!; Buru; Obi 

 major!; Ceram; Ambon!; Nusa laut!; Banda!; Halmahera; 

 Ternate; Tiur!; Kei-islands!; Aru-islands; Schouten islands; 

 New Guinea. Philippines; Pacific eastward to Sandwich 

 islands and Society islands. North to Liu Kiu islands. Indie 

 to Red Sea, east coast of Africa, Madagascar and Mauritius. 



In sea, along the shores and on coral reefs. 



2. Saurus Cuvier. 



(CuviER, Regne animal, ie d. 1817, p. 169). 



(Synodus auctores). 



Elongate, more or less depressed or compressed, covered 

 with cycloid scales of moderate size. Lateral line straight, 

 sometimes slightly keeled on the tail. Head depressed with a 

 flat, triangular snout or compressed with a blunt snout. Cleft 

 of mouth wide, more or less oblique, bordered superiorly by 



