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Norn, in dig.: Senuk (Malay Batavia) '), Langsar (Bantam), 

 Tunel (Samarang), Alu alu (Surabaya), Leres (Pasaruan). 



Habitat: Singapore ; Sumatra (Padang, Siboga, Telokbetong, 

 Tiku); Nias!; Riouw; Bintang; Banka; Java (Batavia, Bantam, 

 Cheribon!, Samarang, Japara, Surabaya, Pasaruan); Madura!; 

 Bali; Floras!; Solor!; Timor; Borneo (Kota Baru!); Celebes 

 (Makassar!, Bulukomba, Menado!); Saleyer!; Ambon; Ceram 

 (Kawa!); Batjan; Ternate ; Mysore. - From coast of Natal, 

 Seychelles, Madagascar, Red Sea, coasts of India, Ceylon, Ma- 

 lay Peninsula, China, Riu Kiu-Islands, Formosa and Philippines. 



In sea and brackish water. 



2. Sphyraena altipinnis Ogilb. 



Sphyraena altipinnis Ogilby, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland XXIII. 1910, p. 8. 



D. V 19; P. 15; Sc. 1312824. Depth of body;.i5,~of 

 caudal peduncle 14.4, length of head, 3.2, of caudal fin 4.55, 

 of pectoral 8.75, predorsal length 2.45 in length of body. Length 

 of snout 2.15, diameter of eye 5.15, width of interorbit 6.85 

 in length of head -}. 



Body robust, its width 1.4 in its depth. Depth of head sub- 

 equal to the postorbital region ; diameter of eye 2.4 in the 

 snout; interorbital region feebly convex. Maxillary extending 

 to below the anterior border of the eye, its distance from which 

 is 3, its greatest width 2.2 in the eye-diameter; lower jaw 

 without fleshy appendage. Premaxillary teeth about 54 on each 

 ramus; posterior canine much the larger; 4 enlarged palatine 

 teeth, the second the strongest; mandible with 9 lateral teeth, 

 the canine sinistral. Opercle with a weak spine. Cheeks and 

 opercles scaly; upper surface of head naked. 



Dorsal fin originating well in advance of the tip of the 

 appressed pectoral; dorsal spines flexible, the second the longest, 

 1.35 in the length of the snout; soft dorsal higher than the 

 spinous, its last ray produced. Anal originating below the 

 middle of, terminating well behind, and similar in size and 

 shape to the soft dorsal. Middle caudal rays 3 in the upper 

 and longer lobe; depth of peduncle one and one sixth time 

 the diameter of the eye. Pectoral fin 1.25 in the length of the 



1) The word Senuk is not malay but derived from the dutch snoek (pronounce: 

 snook) = pike, which name is used by the dutch colonists for different species 

 of Sphyraena. 



2) In the original erroneously is said "body" instead of "head". 



