1226 Catalogue of Malayan Fishes, [Nov. 



Belone annulata, Cuv. and Val. 



Russell, CLXXV. Wahlah Kuddera. 



Belone annulata, Cuv. and Val. XVIII. 447, PI. 550. 



Toda of the Malays. 



Adult. Head above and back sea-green with steel-blue reflections, 

 minutely dotted with black ; lighter, silvery on the upper half of the 

 sides ; lower half and abdomen silvery white ; cheeks and opercles 

 silvery ; side of the upper mandible blackish olive, of the lower silvery, 

 with a black line from the angle of the mouth along the base of the teeth ; 

 dorsal, caudal and pectoral membranes pale greenish grey, minutely 

 dotted with black, particularly towards the margins ; anal and ventrals 

 white, their anterior part minutely dotted with black. Iris silvery, 

 orbital margin black. 



Young. Head and back olive green ; above the lateral line a narrow 

 greenish silvery longitudinal band ; opercles with a large black spot ; 

 lower mandible black ; posterior two-thirds of dorsal black ; on the 

 middle of the caudal a large black spot. 



D 22 or 23, C 15|, A 21 or 22, V 6, P 13 or 14, Br. XV. 



(Jo^.-XIII?) 

 Habit. — Sea of Pinang, Malayan Paninsula. 



Seychelles, Tongatabu, Celebes, Pondicherry, Vizagapatam. 



Total length : 2 ft. 6 inch. 



The young differs from "the adult not only in colours, but in relative 

 dimensions. In an individual, 6J- inches in length, the head is 3^ in 

 the total. The vertical diameter at occiput is a of the length of the 

 head. The horizontal diameter of the eye is 7i in the head, measured 

 from the symphysis of the lower mandible, and 2f in the distance 

 from the anterior margin of the orbit. The distance across the fore- 

 head is a little less than the diameter of the orbit. The posterior rays 

 of the dorsal fin exceed by about ^ the length of the anterior ones. 

 The abdominal crest is barely distinguishable. The tongue is fleshy, 

 naked. In another, 1 1 inches in length, the head is a little more than 

 3^ in the total ; the vertical diameter at occiput is 5^ in the head ; 

 the horizontal diameter of the eye is 8£ in the head, measured from the 

 symphysis of the lower mandible, and ^ of the distance from the anterior 

 margin of the orbit ; the distance across the forehead slightly exceeds 

 the diameter of the orbit ; the posterior dorsal rays exceed by £ the ante- 



