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before the eyes ; snout black ; dorsal, caudal, and pectoral yellow ; 

 dorsal spines black, and a narrow black edge along soft dorsal ; 

 ventral and anal black except the last anal ray, which is yellow. 



Hdb. Red Sea, east coast of Africa and seas of India ; attaining 

 at least 15 inches in length. 



787. (6.) Chrysophrys sarba. 



Sparus sarba, Forsk. Deso: Anim. p. 31, no. 22. 

 Chrysophrys sarba, Day, Fish. India, p. 142, pi. xxxiv, fig. 6 (see 

 synon.). 



Tin-til, Baluch. ; Chiflhillee, Tel.; Vella-mattawa, Tarn.; Suffada- 

 muddawa, Hind. 



D. 11/13-14. P. 15. A. 3/11. C.17. L.I. 55-60. L. tr. 6-7/14. 



Length of head 4 to 4|, height of body 2L to 2| in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 3 to 3| in the length of head, 1 diam. 

 from end of snout, and 1| apart. Dorsal profile slightly more 

 convex than abdominal. Vertical limb of preopercle entire, angle 

 and lower edge crenulated ; opercle with a badly marked spine. 

 Teeth from 4 to 6 broad and compressed incisors in front of upper 

 jaw and 6 to 8 in lower, the remainder of teeth with rounded 

 crowns, the largest in the inner row ; about three rows in lower 

 and four in upper jaw. Fins dorsal spines alternately broader 

 on each side, the fourth the highest. Pectoral longer than head ; 

 second anal spine strongest, equal to the third or a little shorter 

 and equal to the sixth dorsal ; caudal emarginate or slightly lobed. 

 Scales five rows between the eye and the angle of the preopercle ; 

 some small ones over the caudal fin. Colour silvery, with golden 

 bands along each row of scales, parallel to the back above the 

 lateral line and horizontal below it ; fins yellowish, with a tinge of 

 grey along upper portion of dorsal and end of caudal ; a dark band 

 along middle of former fin. Eyes golden. 



Hah. Eed Sea and seas of India ; attaining at least 16 inches in 

 length. This species abounds in Madras about April, when the 

 young ascend the rivers and backwaters. As food it is inferior to 

 G. berda. 



Fourth group. PIMELEPTERINA. 

 7. Genus PIMELEPTERUS (Lacep.), Cuv. 

 Syn. Kyphosus (Lace"p.), Cuv. 



Branchiostegals seven ; pseudobranchiae. Preopercle as a rule 

 serrated. Villiform teeth in the jaws, with an outer cutting row ; 

 fine teeth on the votner, palatines, and tongue. A single dorsal 

 with 11 spines, anal with 3. Small scales on soft portions of 

 vertical fins. Air-bladder divided behind into two long processes, 

 and sometimes notched anteriorly. Pyloric appendages few or 

 very numerous. 



Geographical Distribution. Tropical seas. 



