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Length of head 4^ to 4J, height of body 4| to 5 in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 3 to 4 in length ot* head, 1| diam. 

 from end of snout, and 1 apart. Snout rather obtuse anteriorly. 

 A strong preopercular spine, a smaller one at the shoulder just 

 below commencement of lateral line. Fins first dorsal spine minute 

 or absent, first dorsal fin very little higher than second; anal 

 commences slightly behind origin of second dorsal. Scales ctenoid, 

 covering snout and preorbital bone ; some over fore part of dorsal 

 and anal fins ; four rows between dorsal fins. Colour silvery, 

 head and body spotted with brown, a brown longitudinal band from 

 eye through snout to base of caudal ; dorsal fin with dark, almost 

 black, bands ; each caudal lobe with five or six oblique black bars. 



Hob. East coast of Africa, coast of Sind, the Andamans, to the 

 Malay Archipelago ; attaining at least 4| inches in length. 



760. (5.) TJpeneoides bensasi. 



Mullus bensasi, Temm. < Schleg. Faun. Japon., Poiss. p. 30, pi. xi, 



tig- 2 : 



Upeneoides bensasi, Day, Fish, India, p. 121, pi. xxx, fig. 5 (see 

 synon.). 



Te neverc, Tamil. 

 D. 7/ | 1/8. P. 15. A. 1/7. C. 15. L. 1. 32-34. L. tr. 2/7. 



Length of head from 4| to 4|, height of body 5 to 5| in the 

 total length. Eyes diameter from 4| to 4| in length of head, 

 nearly or quite 2 diam. from end of snout, and 1| apart. Pre- 

 opercular spine small. Fins four rows of scales between dorsal 

 fins, the first of which is higher than the second. Scales the cen- 

 tral row along median line of abdomen with a blunt keel ; scales 

 on preorbital. Lateral line the tubules are very arborescent pos- 

 teriorly, especially on their upper side. Air-bladder absent. 

 Colour chestnut along the back, becoming golden on abdomen ; 

 head reddish : a silvery stripe from eye to centre of caudal, with a 

 row of red spots above and another below it. Dorsals tipped with 

 black, and having two reddish bands across them ; caudal reddish, 

 the upper lobe having four oblique chestnut bars ; pectorals, 

 ventr;ls, and anal vellow. 



Hob. Madras to the Malay Archipelago. Abundant all the year 

 round on the Coromandel coast ; attaining to 5 inches in length. 



761. (6.) Upeneoides taeniopterus. 



Upeneus taeniopterus, Cuv. # Vol. H. N. Poiss. iii, p. 451. 

 Upeneoides tseniopterus, Day, Fish. India, p. 122 (see synon.). 



D. 7 | 1/7. P. 15. A. 7. L.I. 38. L. tr. 3/7. CSDC. pyl. 2. 



Length of head, of caudal fin, and height of body each 4| in the 

 total length. Eyes diameter 4| in length of head, lif diam. 

 from end of snout, and 1| apart. A very slight rise from snout 

 to base of first dorsal, a slight swelling over snout in front of eye. 



