1849.] Catalogue of Malayan Fishes. 1225 



lower margin black ; the scaly base of the anal bluish silvery, the rest 

 bluish black or grey ; pectorals transparent bluish white, with a black 

 spot at the upper part of the root. Iris golden near the pupil, the rest 

 blue or black. 



D 13/13 or 12, C 152, A 2/12, V 1/5, P 18 or 19, Br. VI. 

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

 pore. 

 New Guinea, Celebes, Java, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, Bom- 

 bay, Red Sea. 



Total length : 6 inch. 



Not only are the ground colours liable to individual variations 

 according to the yellow or bluish being the prevailing, but the vertical 

 bands are broader or narrower, and the three middle ones are in some 

 continued over the dorsal fin. In some the black bands are very indistinct 

 or almost obliterated, as in the one figured by Russell, No. LXXXVI. 

 in others a few distant black spots appear on the opercles and between 

 the bands {Chcetodon tyrwhitli, Bennett); the black spot of the pec- 

 torals is absent in some, in others it is a continued line along the root 

 of the fin. All ages are subject to these variations. Young individuals 

 are numerous at Pinang at all seasons, but adult ones are seldom 

 seen. They are eaten by the natives. 



SUBORDO PHARYNGOGNATHI MALACOPTERYGII. 



FAM. SCOMBERESOCID^. 



Gen. Belone, Cuvier y 1817. 



Jaws forming an elongated beak, the upper part principally com- 

 posed of the intermaxillaries, the base of the maxillaries ; teeth in 

 both jaws, those of the internal margin longer and more distant than 

 the rest ; those of the external margin small, pointed and closely set ; 

 lips none ; under the symphysis of the lower jaw a short, soft, fleshy 

 appendage ; with one exception, no teeth on the vomer ; pharyngeal 

 teeth small conical ; body elongated with small scales ; bones of the 

 skeleton green. 



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