CIIANOS.— SALMOAH D,E. 



165 



Dorsal 13-17, equally distant from occiput and from base of caudal. Anal 

 10-11. Pectoral f to f length of head, widely separated from ventral. 

 Caudal deeply forked, with long pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle about 



Fig. 131. 



Chanos salmoneus. 

 Mozambique, after Peters (Reise Mossamb.). 



once and ^ as long as deep. Scales 75-90 |-^, 12-14 between lateral 

 line and scaly process at base of ventral. Silvery, blaish on the back. 



Total length 550 millim. — Grows to 1 metre or more. 



East coast of Africa to Polynesia. 



1. Hgr., stffd. Red Sea. Dr. Riippell. 



2. Ad., stfFd. Zanzibar. Sir L. Playfair (C). 



3. Yg. „ Sir J. Kirk (P.). 



4. Hgr. Seychelles. Sir L. Playfair (P.), 

 5-7. Yg. Rodriguez, in fresh water. G. Gulliver, Esq. (P.). 



Fam. 7. SALMONID^. 



Margin of the upper jaw formed by the prsemaxillaries and the 

 maxillaries ; supraoccipital bone in contact with the frontals ; opercular 

 bones well developed. Eibs sessile, parapophyses very short or absent ; 

 epineurals, sometimes also epipleurals, present. Pectoral fins low down, 

 folding against the belly. An adipose dorsal fin. Oviducts rudimentary 

 or absent. 



Marine and fresh-water Fishes, mostly from the Temperate and Arctic 

 zones of the Northern Hemisphere. 



