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longer than the preceding, are simple ; all again divide in minor ramifica- 

 tions. The isinglass is considered very good, and sells in the Chinese 

 market from 40 to 45 Spanish Dollars per Pikul. The fish is consumed 

 both in fresh and dried state. Single individuals occur at Pinang at all 

 seasons, but they are plentiful from June till August. 



Otolithus argenteus, Kuhl and Van Hasselt. 



Otolithus argenteus, Cuv. and Val. V. 62. 



Otolithus argenteus, Richardson, Rep. 1845, 225. 



Otolithus argenteus, Bleeker : Verh. Bat. Gen. XXII, 4. 



Jarang gigi of the Malays. 



Adult. Head above and back iridescent greyish green, with pale 

 reddish reflections ; sides of the head and beneath the lateral line red- 

 dish golden ; upper part and posterior margin of opercle blackish blue ; 

 membrane of the whitish dorsal spines reddish transparent, of the rays 

 and caudal reddish yellow, minutely dotted with brown, margin black ; 

 pectoral, ventrals and anal pale yellowish red ; ventral and anal spines 

 whitish. Iris golden, bluish black towards the orbit. 



Young. Sides of the head and beneath the lateral line pale golden 

 orange ; upper part of opercle steel blue ; soft dorsal, caudal, anal, 

 ventrals and pectorals orange or yellowish red more intense than in the 

 adult. 



D 9 or 10—1/26, 2/ or 28, C 1/f, A 2/7, V 1/5 P 20, Br. VII. 



Habit. — Sea and estuaries of Pinang, Malayan Peninsula, Singa- 

 Malabar, Celebes, Madura, Batavia. [pore. 



Total length : 2 feet 7 inch. 



The length of the head is \ of the total, its greatest vertical diameter 

 exceeds by \ half the length of the head. The oblique diameter of the 

 eye is 5^ of the length of the head. The vertical diameter in front of 

 the dorsal is b\ of the total length. On each side of the symphysis 

 of the upper jaw appear two, sometimes three canines, of which 

 the posterior, or centre one when three are present, is the longest, 

 but all are shorter and more distant than those of O. ruber. The 

 canines are succeeded by a series of distant conical teeth of a 

 comparatively larger size than those in O. ruber. Behind the 

 external series is an inner one of velvety teeth. On each side of the 

 symphysis of the lower jaw is a very small canine, preceding a 

 series of velvety teeth, behind which is an inner series of large dis- 



