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Catalogue of Malayan Fishes. 



[Dec. 



(Young) . Head above silvery green ; back dark-blue, light bluish 

 green on the sides above the lateral line ; the rest of the body and 

 head shining silvery ; dorsal membrane yellowish white, minutely 

 dotted with brown, anterior margin black, and the anterior two thirds 

 of the upper margin broadly brimmed with black ; anterior half of pec- 

 torals and ventrals gamboge, anal and caudal hyaline ; the latter with 

 the upper and lower margin blackish. Iris silvery. 



D 24, C 19f, A 17, V 15, P. 19; Br. left XXX, right XXIX.* 

 Habit. — Sea of Pinang. 



Isle of France, Java, Celebes, Madura, Red Sea, Coro- 

 mandel, China Sea, Japan, Senegal, New York, New 

 Orleans, St. Domingo, Martinique, Mexico, Surinam, 

 Brazil. 

 Total length : 11 inch. 



The length of the head is \ of that of the body, the caudal not 

 included, or with the latter 4f times in the total. The length at occiput 

 is ^ of the length of the head. The eye bordering on the profile, 

 occupies the second fourth of the head, the horizontal diameter is a 

 little less than \ of the head ; the distance across the forehead is a 

 little less than J of the diameter. The adipose fold surrounding the 

 orbit forms a large circular opening, corresponding to the pupil. The 

 left branchiostegous membrane overlaps the anterior half of the right. 

 The elongated bony plate between the branches of the lower jaw 

 exceeds by -§ the horizontal diameter of the eye. The greatest vertical 

 diameter, in front of the dorsal, is \ of the total length. The lateral 

 line is composed of a simple central tube on each scale. It follows 

 nearly the middle of the side, proceeding straight to the centre of the 

 posterior margin of the caudal. The stomach of a solitary young 

 individual, observed at Pinang in February 1845, contained remains of 

 small Crustacea and Fishes. 



* Russell, ..., D22, C 28, A 14, V 14, P 17, Br. XXX. 



Riippell ,23, „ 19|, „16, „ 15, „ 19, „ XXVIII or XXIX. 



Cuv. and Val. „ 23, „ 31, „ 15, „ 15, „ 18, „ XXIX, or XXXV. 



DeKay,.. . „24, „ 20£ , „17, „ 14, „ 15. 



Richardson,.. „ 24, „19f, „ 17, „ 14, „ 17, „ XXXII. 



