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but shorter, its length but slightly exceeding that of the third dorsal. 

 The third anal is § of the second. In Equula edentula (Bloch) 

 (Syn. Scomber edentulus, Bloch. — E. ensifera, Cuv. and Val.) the 

 two spines are of nearly equal length. At Pinang single individuals 

 are of rare occurrence. 



Equula bindus, Cuv. and Val. 



Russell LXIV. Bindoo Karah. 



Equula bindus, Cuv. and Val. X. 78. 



Young. Head above and back silvery pale green, minutely dotted 

 with black, so as to form a blackish line along the base of the dorsal ; 

 rest of the body shining silvery ; upper part of opercle steel blue ; 

 dorsal fin hyaline, edged with black, upper third of the second, third, 

 fourth and fifth dorsal spines bright orange ; caudal pale yellowish, 

 minutely dotted with black, posterior margin blackish ; anterior third 

 of anal bright yellow, the rest hyaline ; ventrals and pectorals whitish ; 

 inside of the mouth and gill-covers dotted with black. Iris silvery, 

 orbital half blackish. 



D 8 /16, C 17|, A 3/14, V 1/5, P 15, Br. V. 



Habit. — Sea of Pinang. 

 Coromandel. 



Total length : 3 inch. 



The length of the head is 3^ in the total to the centre of the caudal 

 margin ; when the muzzle is protracted, it is J. The latter projects 

 horizontally, forming a short truncated cone. In both jaws appear a 

 single series of excessively fine setaceous teeth. The diameter of the 

 eye is -J- of the length of the head. The two small spines above the 

 anterior part of each orbit are strongly marked. The upper margin of 

 the orbit is very finely toothed, but all the cranial crests are smooth. 

 Russell's remark, that the back before the dorsal fin feels serrated to 

 the finger, must therefore refer to the upper margin of the orbit. 

 Between the interparietal crest and the first dorsal spine appears a 

 smaller interspinal crest, the apex of which, however, does not in this 

 more than in the other species penetrate the integuments. The 

 greatest vertical diameter of the body, in front of the dorsal fin, is \ 

 of the total length. The second dorsal spine is \ of the latter, or § 

 of the greatest vertical diameter ; the third dorsal spine is but little 



