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specimens up to 4 inches in length there are five vertical bands on 

 the body. 



Fig. 16. Pagrus spinifer. 



Hal. Red Sea, east coast of Africa, seas of India to the Malay 

 Archipelago. 



6. Genus CHRYSOPHRYS, Cuv. 



Syn. CJirysoblephus, Swainson. 



Branchiostegals six ; pseudobranchiae. Body oblong, compressed. 

 Four to 8 conical or compressed teeth in front, and 3 or 4 rows of 

 rounded molars laterally in both jaws. A single dorsal fin, with 

 from 11 to 13 spines, receivable into a groove at their base; anal 

 with 3 spines. Scales of moderate size, extending over the cheeks. 

 Air-bladder sometimes notched or with very short appendages. 

 Pyloric appendages few. 



Geographical Distribution. Tropical and warmer temperate 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



A. Six incisors in front of each jaw. 



a. Second anal spine very large, exceeding any 



dorsal spine. 



L. tr. 4-5/11 1. C. datnia, p. 44. 



L. tr. 6/18 2. C. berda, p. 44. 



b. Second anal spine not longer than dorsal 



spines. 

 Height of body 3-3| in total (sometimes 



4 incisors only) 3. C. cuvieri, p. 45. 



Height of body 2 J in total 4. C. aries, p. 46. 



B. Six incisors in upper, 4 in lower jaw 5. C. bifasciata, p, 46. 



C. 4-6 incisors in upper, 6-8 in lower jaw .... 6. C. sarba, p. 47. 



