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teeth large, pointed, trenchant ; preopercle not toothed ; opercle with- 

 out spines; branchial rays seven; ceecopyloric appendages numerous. 



Sphyr^ena jello, Cuv. and Val. 



Russell CLXXIV. Jellow. 



Sphyrsena jello, Cuv. and Val. III. p. 349. 



Sphyrsena jello, Belanger, Voy. Zool. p. 346, PI. I. Fig. 1. 



Sphyraena jello, Riippell, N. W. Fische, p. 98. 



? Sphyrsena jello, Bleeker : Verh. Batav. Gen. XXII. 24, 56, 4. 



Head above and back dark greyish green, forming on the upper part 

 of the sides a festooned band, intersecting the lateral line ; cheeks and 

 sides pale silvery, abdomen white ; ventral fins whitish, the other fins 

 pale yellowish ; dorsals, caudal and pectorals minutely dotted with 

 black near the margins. Iris pale golden, blackish near the orbit. 



D 5—1/9, C 17|, A 1/8 or 9, V 1/5, P 13 or 14, Br. VII. 



Habit, — Sea of Pinang, Singapore. 

 Bay of Bengal, Red Sea. 



Total length, 1 foot 6 inch. 



The length of the head is 3^ of the total, taken from the symphysis 

 of the lower jaw to the centre of a vertical line cutting the lobes of the 

 caudal ; but taken from the symphysis to the centre of the caudal 

 itself, the head is 3^ of the total. The horizontal diameter of the oval 

 eye is \ of the length of the head. The opercle terminates in two 

 small, flat, membranous points. 



At Pinang a few at the time occur at all seasons. The length given 

 is the common, but according to Russell an individual of 4 feet has 

 been observed. In one examined the stomach contained remains of 

 Trichiurus. The airvessel is long, cylindrical. 



Sphyr^ina obtusata, Cuv. and Val. 



1 Sphyrsena chinensis, Lacepede, PI. 10, Fig. 2 



Sphyrsena obtusata, Cuv. and Val. III. 350. 



? Sphyrsena obtusata, Bleeker : Verh. Batav. Gen. XXII. 24, 56, 4. 



Head above and back dark greyish green, paler on the upper part of 

 the sides, and clouded beneath the lateral line, cheeks and the rest of 

 the sides pale silvery ; abdomen white ; pectorals and ventrals whitish, 

 the other fins and the iris like S. jello. 



D 5—1/9, C 17f, A 1/9, V 1/5, P 13, Br. VII. 



