26 



ELOPID.E. 



projecting beyond upper; maxillary extending far beyond posterior 

 border of eye. Bvanchiostegal rays 28-35. Gill-rakers not longer than 

 gill-filaments, 14 or 15 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 22-25, 



Fig. 17. 



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Elops saurus. 

 Indian Ocean, after Day (Fish. Intl.). 3. 



originating above ventral. Anal 14-17. Scales 100-110 ^|, 9-10 

 between lateral line and scaly process above ventral, 28 round caudal 

 peduncle. Uniform silvery. 



Total length 400 millim. 



Tropical and subtropical seas. Ascending rivers of Tropical and 

 South Africa. — Type in Linnean Society, London. 



1-3. Ad. & yg. St. Louis, Senegal. M. P. Delhez (C). 



4, 5. Stffd. & skin. Zanzibar. Sir L. Playfair (C). 



6, 7. Skins. East Africa. Sir J. Kirk (P.). 



8. Stffd. Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith (P.). 



2. ELOPS LACERTA. 



Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xix. p. 301, pi. ccccclxxv. (1846) ; Steind. Sitzb. Ak. 



Wien, lxi. i. 1870, p. 571 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 47 (1901). 

 Elops congicus, Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 21, pi. x. fig. 1 (1898). 



Depth of body 4-J- to 5^ times in total length, length of head 4 to 4-| 

 times. Eye 4 times in length of head, as long as snout, a little more 

 than interorbital width ; lower jaw projecting beyond upper ; maxillary 

 extending a little beyond posterior border of eye. Branchiostegal rays 

 24-26. Gill-rakers longer than branchial filaments, 17-19 on lower part 

 of anterior arch. Dorsal 18-21, originating a little behind first ray of 

 ventral. Anal 18-21. Scales 74-83 7^177,, 6-7 between lateral line and 



