648 * PHTSOSTOMI. 



Busswnieria acuta, Cnv. and Val. xx, p. 467, pi. 606 ; Cantor, Mai. Fish. p. 286 ; Bleeker, Beng. p. 72 ; 

 Jerdon, M. J. L. and Sc. 1851, p. 145 ; Day, Fish. Malabar, p. 226 ; Kner, Fisch. Novara, p. 330 ; Gunther, 

 Catal. vii, p. 466 ; Bleeker, Atl. Ich. vi, p. 94, t. 271, f. 1. r •, t ;, ■ .m 



Lusswmieria elvpsoides, Bleeker, Madtira, p. 12, and Chiroc. p. 12, and Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. i, p. 421. 



Foonduouringa, Tarn. -. 0-pul-dah, Andam. 



B. xiv-xv, D. 19.20(xf:AT)> P- H V. 8, A. 14-17(Tf:*^), C. 21, L. 1. 40-42, L. tr. 11-12. 



Length of head 5 to 5|, of caudal 5, height of body 5 to 5i in the total length. Eyes— with broad 

 adipose lids, diameter 1/4 of length of head, 1^ diameters from the end of the snout and nearly 1 apart. Abdommal 

 profile more convex than that of the back. Height of head equals its length excluding the snout. Snout 

 pointed : lower jaw slightly the longer when the mouth is closed. The maxilla reaches to below the front edge 

 of the eye. Opercle twice as high as wide. Teeth— m a single row in the jaws, also present on tongue and 

 palate, but not on the vomer. Fins— the dorsal commences midway between the front edge of the eye and the 

 base of the caudal fin : ventral inserted beneath the last half of the dorsal. Scales— Yerj deciduous. , GUI- 

 rakers rather widely set, 1/2 as long as the eye, and about 22 in the horizontal branch of the outer branchial 

 arch. Goloivrs — the same as in J). Hasseltii. 



Cantor says this species has been preserved h huile. It is termed a Sa/rdme by the inhabitants and 

 residents in Malabar, where it is very common and is excellent eating. 



Habitat. — From Sind through the seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. It attains at least 7 inches in 

 length. 



Genus, 10 — Speatelloidis, Bleeher. 



Branchiostegals six : pseudohranchice ivell developed. Gill-membranes entirely separated : no osseous gular 

 plate. Body elongated, moderately compressed or sub -cylindrical : abdomen rounded. Snout compressed : the mouth 

 anterior, having a lateral cleft : the upper jaw not overlapping the lower. Eyes without adipose lids. Teeth small and 

 deciduous, but may be present on the jaws, vomer, pterygoids, and tongue. Borsal Jin placed opposite the ventrals : 

 anal of moderate leiigth or short. Scales of medium size, rather deciduous. Pyloric appendages in moderate 

 numbers. 



Geographical distribution. — Western Coast of India, Malay Archipelago to Australia, also the North 

 Pacific. 



SYNOPSIS OF INDIVIDUAL SPECIES. 



1. Spratelloides Malabaricus, D. 14, A. 18, L. 1. 38, L. tr. 9. Silvery, Malabar. 



1. Spratelloides Malabaricus, Plate CLXT, fig. 5. 



Day, Proceedings Zoological Society, 1873, p. 240. 



B. vi, D. 13-14(to?tt)> P- 13, V. 8, A. 18-19(T^*-f-g-), C. 19, L. 1. 38, L. tr. 9. 



Length of head (its proportion increases with age) 4| to 5t, of caudal 5i, height of body h^ in the 

 total length. Eyes — subcutaneous, diameter 1/3 of length of head, 1 diameter from the end of snout, and 3/4 

 of a diam.eter apart. Abdominal profile rather more convex than the dorsal. Lower jaw rather longer than 

 the upper. The maxilla reaches to below the front edge or first 1/3 of the orbit. Teeth — minute and deciduous 

 in both jaws. Fins — dorsal commences slightly anterior to the origin of the ventral, and rather nearer the end_ 

 of snout than the base of the caudal fin, which latter is deeply forked. Colours — light yellowish-green 

 superiorly, a silvery stripe along the side, abdomen silvery : upper caudal lobe with a bluish posterior edge : 

 some fine black points along the back : upper edge of eye dark green. 



Habitat. — Western Coast of India, in rivers and estuaries. It attains 3 inches in length, and is not 

 uncommon. 



Fifth group — Albulinjifoemes. 



Mouth inferior and of moderate width : upper jaw projecting. Teeth in jaws. 



Genus, 11 — Albitla, Gronovius. 



ButyririMS, Lacep. : Glossodus (Cuv.) Agassiz. . Conorhynchus (Nozeman), Bleeker, Atl. Ich. 



BranoMostegals eleven to sixteen. Cfill-membranes entirely separated. Body oblong or elongated. Abdominal 

 edge rounded and not keeled. Snout pointed, projecting beyond the mouth. Eyes with a broad annular adipose 

 covering. VilUform teeth on the jaws, vomer, and palatine bones : granular on the tongue, pterygoid and sphenoid 

 bones. Borsal fin situated opposite to the ventrals: the anal shorter than the dorsal. Scales rather small, not 

 deciduous : lateral-line present. Fseudobranchice well developed. Pyloric appendages numerous. 



SYNOPSIS OP INDIVIDUAL SPECIES. 

 1. Albula conorhynchus, D. 17-19, A. 9, L. 1. 75-80. Tropical and subtropical seas. 



1. Albula conorhynchus. 

 Albula, sp. Gronovius, Zooph. p. 102, No. 327. 



