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dorsal, the third about equal in length ; caudal emarginate. 

 Colour greyish silvery, scales on head and anterior portion of body 

 with black edges, dark lines along rows on body ; dorsal and anal 



Fig. 13. Crenidens indicus. 



black, last anal ray white ; pectoral yellow, with its base orange, 

 and a black spot in axilla ; outer two thirds of ventral black, the- 

 rest bluish white ; caudal dark grey, with a black edge. 



Hah. Very common along the Sind coast and not rare at Madras ; 

 attaining at least 12 inches in length. Also found at Suez. 



771. (2.) Crenidens forskaelii. 



Crenidens forskalii, Cuv. fy Vol. H. N. Poiss. vi, p. 377, pi. 162 

 quater; Day, Fish. India, p. 13o (see syuon.). 



D. 11/11. P. 15. A. 3/9-11. C. 17. L. 1. 52. L. tr. 5/15. C. pyl. 3. 



Length of head 4| to 4|, height of body 2-| in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 3| in length of head, 1 diam. from end of snout, 

 and also apart. Teeth as in C. indicus, but with ten in the an- 

 terior row in the upper and twelve in the lower jaw. Fins dorsal 

 spines rather weak, the fourth slightly the longest ; pectoral not 

 reaching to above anal spines, which are weak, the third being 

 equal to f of the length of fourth dorsal spine ; caudal forked. 

 Air-bladder large, posteriorly two-horned. Colour silvery, the 

 vertical fins rather darker than the body. 



Hob. Hed Sea, seas of India, Sind, and the coast of Mozambique. 



Second group. SAKGINA. 



2. Genus SARGUS (Klein), Cuv. 



Branchiostegals five or six ; pseudobranchia). Opercle either 

 unarmed or with a blunt point. A single row of cutting- teeth in 

 the front part of the jaws, and several lateral rows of rounded 



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