1100 Catalogue of Malayan Fishes. [Nov. 



Chorinemus lysan, (Forskal.) 



Scomber lysan, Forskal : PI. 54, No. 67. 



Scomberoide commersonien, Lacep. II. Tab. 20, fig. 3. 



Russell, CXLI. Aken Parah. 



Scomber madagascariensis, Shaw, Gen. Zool. IV. Pt. II. p. 590, 



PI. 85. 



Lichia lysan, Riippell: Atlas, p. 91. 



Scomberoide commersonien, Cuv. R. A. II. 204 ('). 



Scomber lysan, Cuv. Ibid. 



Scomber madagascariensis, Bennett : Life of Raffles. 



Chorinemus commersonianus, Cuv. and Val. VIII. 3/0. 



Chorinemus lyzan, Cuv. and Val. VIII. 387. 



Chorinemus lysan, Riippell, N. W. Fische, 44. 



Chorinemus commersonii, Bleeker : Verh. Batav. Gen. XXII. 4. 



Tallang ray a of the Malays. 



Head above and back golden greenish olive, the rest of the head and 

 body brilliant golden citrine or sulphur colour ; second dorsal, anal, 

 pectoral and caudal like the body, but not golden ; posterior margin of 

 caudal blackish, anterior dorsal, ventrals and post-anal spines white. 

 Iris golden sulphur- coloured, greenish towards the orbit, 



After death. Head above and back greyish olive, lighter on the 

 sides towards the lateral line ; rest of the head and body silvery ; sides 

 along or above the lateral line with 6 or 7 large oval blue-blackish or 

 greyish spots ; second dorsal, anal, pectoral and caudal yellowish white. 

 Iris silvery. 



D 7 or 6—1/20, C 17-J-, A 2—1/18, V 1/5, P 18, Br. VII. 



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



Sumatra, Java, Madura, Coromandel, Red Sea, Madagascar. 



Total length : 2 feet. 



The length of the head is 4f in the total, measured to the centre of 

 the posterior margin of the caudal ; the height at occiput nearly equals 

 the length of the head. The diameter of the orbit, supporting an adi- 

 pose membrane, is \ of the length of the head ; the distance across 

 the forehead equals the diameter. The angle of the mouth is situated 

 at some distance behind the orbit ; the distance from the muzzle to 

 the angle of the mouth slightly exceeds \ the length of the head. 

 The immoveable spine preceding the first dorsal, is apparent in the 



