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front of and behind the arch, the lateral line makes a few, in different 

 individuals varying, slight undulations. The spines of the anterior 

 dorsal fin terminate in excessively slender points, which when uninjured 

 are completely connected by the membrane. Such, indeed, was the 

 case but in very few young individuals observed at Pinang, the instant 

 they were taken out of the sea. The membrane, however, is easily 

 torn and the spines are left each terminating in a filament as 

 represented by Dr. Riippell (Atlas: Taf. 25, fig. 1). The fish occurs 

 at Pinang during all seasons, but not in numbers. As an article of 

 food it is there valued both in its fresh and dried state. Single 

 individuals may be seen in the cold season, but very rarely, in the 

 Calcutta bazars. But they are not eaten by Europeans, as this as 

 well as other Indian mackarels requires to be very fresh, to be fit for 

 the table. 



Cybium lineolatum, Cuvier. 



Cybium lineolatum, Cuv. and Val. VIII. 170. 



Cybium lineolatum, Belanger : Voyage, p. 366, PI. II. Fig. 1. 



Cybium lineolatum, Bleeker : Verh. Bat. Gen. XXII. 4. 



Tanggiri of the Malays. 



Head above and back intense blue with golden green reflections, 

 lighter on the sides of the head and body, to a little beneath the ante- 

 rior half of the lateral line ; the rest of the sides, the abdomen, oper- 

 cles and cheeks shining silvery with pale lilac reflections ; membrane 

 of anterior dorsal fin pale lilac grey, minutely dotted with brown, upper 

 margin black ; second dorsal and spurious fins pale silvery lilac grey ; 

 caudal silvery blackish grey ; anal and spurious fins silvery white ; 

 ventrals white ; pectorals silvery white, minutely dotted with black on 

 the posterior outer half and on the whole inner surface, so closely as to 

 appear blackish. Iris silvery, bluish black towards the orbit. After 

 death appear several series of black spots : irregular above the lateral 

 line ; beneath the latter three or four series of longitudinal short 

 linear spots, each series appearing like an interrupted line. 



D 16— 4/12— IX, C I5H» A 5/14— X, V 1/5, P 21, Br. VII. 



Habit. — Sea of Pinang , Malayan Peninsula, Singapore. 

 Malabar, Bay of Bengal, Madura, Java. 



Total length : 2 feet. 



The length of the head is A\ in the total measured to the centre of 



