504 PHTSOSTOMI. 



2. Saurus myops, Plate CXVII, fig. 



SalmofcBtms, Blooh, t. S84, f. 2 ; Bl. Sclm. p. 404 (not Linn.)- 



Sakno myops, (Forst.) Bl. Schn. p. 421 ; Forst. Deso. Anim. p. 412. 



Osmerus lerrmiscatus, Lacep. v, p. 236, t. vi, f. 1. 



Sa/wrus fasciolatus, Lessenr, apud Val. 



Samrus elegcms, Gray. 



Scmrus trunaatus, Spix Pise. Bras. p. 82, t. 45. 



Sam-US Imibatw, Eyd. and Soul. Yoy. Bonito, Poiss. p. 100, t. vii, f. 3. 



SoM/rus myops. Cut. Eeg. Anim. ; Cuv. and Val. xxii, p. 485 ; Bleeker, Beng. p. 7G, and Nat. Tyds. Ned. 

 Ind. iii, p. 291, and Atl. Ich. Saurida, t. 2, f . 3 ; Jerdon, M. J. L. and Sc. 1861, p. 146 ; Giintlier, Catal. v, 

 p. 398. 



Lcmrida fattens and truncata, Swainson, Fishes, ii, p. 288. 



SoMTus trackimos, ScMegel, Fauna Japon. Poiss. p. 231, pi. 106, f. 2 ; Cantor, Catal. p. 271. 



Sawrus lerrmiscatus, Rich, Icli. China, p. 301. 



8y nodus myops, Bleeker, Atl. leli. vi, p. 163. 



B. xTi, D. 12-13 1 0, P. 14, V. 8, A. 16-17, C. 17-19, L. 1. 52-56, L. tr. 3^/7. 



Lengtli of head 4j, of caudal 6| to 7, height of body 6 in the total length. Eyes — without adipose Kds, 

 diameter 1/6 of length of head, 1/2 to 3/4 of a diameter apart, and also from the end of snout. Dorsal profile 

 nearly horizontal : greatest width of head equals half its length. Cleft of mouth extending to at least two 

 diameters behind the orbit : jaws of about equal length anteriorly. Interorbital space deeply concave : summit 

 of head corrugated except the interorbital furrow. Teeth — ^pointed, two rows in the upper, three in the lower 

 jaw, the inner being the longest. A single two-rowed band on the palate. Tongue likewise toothed. Fins — 

 first dorsal rather highest anteriorly, nearly square, eom.mences midway between the snout and the second 

 dorsal, its first two rays unbranched : second dorsal very small : pectoral smaU and rounded at its extremity : 

 ventral sub-horizontal, with its inner rays the longest, it is as long as the head. Caudal forked, with its lower 

 lobe the longer. Scales — arranged in horizontal rows which are rather undulating above the lateral-line : six 

 transverse rows on cheek : none on summit of head or on lower jaw. Lateral-line— ^slightlj raised in single 

 tubes, with a smaU elevation on either side. Colours — ^upper half of body of a golden colour,, with four 

 longitudinal blue Hues having black edges, and nearly as wide as the ground colour. A black spot at shoulder. 

 Abdominal surface silvery. Dorsal fin with three rows of yellow spots : a yellow band along the middle of the 

 pectoral : outer half of anal yellow. 



Habitat. — Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and the tropical portions of the Atlantic and Pacific 

 Oceans. The specimen figured was from Madras. 



Genus, 2 — Saueida, Gtm. 



SynodMS, pt. Gronovius ; Laurida, pt. (Artedi) Swainson. 



Differs from Saurus as follows : — Teeth ca/rdiform, the inner ones being the longest and slender, all can be 

 laid downma/rds and vnwa/rds, they exist on the jaws, tongue, amd palatine bones : those on the palate are in two 

 parallel bamds on either side, the inner being the shorter. Ventral fin with nine rays, the inner not much longer than 

 the outer ones. Pectoral short or of moderate length. 



SYNOPSIS OF SPECIES. 



1. Sam-ida trnnhil, D. 11-13/0, A. 10-11, L. 1. 53-64, L. tr. 4|/7. From the Red Sea through the seas of 

 India to China and Japan. 



2. SoMrida nehulosa, D. 10-11/0, A. 9, L. 1. 60-52, L. tr. 3|/7. East coast of Africa, seas of India to the 

 Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



1. Saurida tumbil, Plate CXVII, fig. 6. 



Sahno trnnbil, Bloch, t. 430 ; Bloch, Schneider, p. 405. 



Sahno, Russell, Fish. Vizag. ii, p. 56, and Badi mottah, plate 172. 



Osmerus tumbil, Lacepede, v, page 236. 



Samrus tumbil and badi, Cuv. Reg. Anim. ; Cantor, Catal. p. 270 ; Jerdon M. J. L. and Sc. 1851, p. 146. 



Sam-US badimottah, RiippeU, N. W. Fisehe, p. 77. 



Lamrida tombel, Swainson, Fishes, ii, p. 288. 



Sam-US argyrophanes, Richardson, Ich. China, p. 302. 



Sau/rus wndosquamis, Richardson, Erebus and Terror, Ich. p. 138, t. 61, f. 1-6. 



Aulopus elongatus, Schlegel, Fauna Japon. p. 233, t. 105, f. 2. 



Sawrida tombil, Cuv. and Val. xxii, p. 600 ; Bleeker, Chiroc. p. 20. 



Samrida trnnbil, Bleeker, Bengal, p. 7^, and Sumatra, p. 56, and Atl. Ich. vi, p. 156, and Saurid. t. i, f. 4 • 

 Gijnther, Catal. v, p. 399; Kner, Novara Fisehe, p. 315; Day, Fish, Malabar, p. 200 ; Klunz. Verh. z. b. Ges' 

 Wien, 1871, p. 51. r , j, . f , 



