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D.10 I 1/28-30. P.17. A.2/7. L.r.50/48/45*. L. tr. 5-6/15. C.p.ll. 



Length of head 4 to 4|, height of body 3| to 4^ in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 3| to 4| in length of head, 1| to 1^ diam. 

 from end of snout, and 1 apart, The snout rather inflated and 

 prominent. Distance between eye and maxilla equals 1 diameter 

 of orbit. Preopercle serrated, most coarsely so at its angle ; two 

 opercular points. Barbel below symphysis of lower jaw nearly 

 half diameter of eye in length. Fins dorsal spines weak, first 

 very short, second to fourth about the same length and equal to 

 two fifths the height of the body and more than twice as high as 

 the rays. Second anal spine of moderate strength, one third 

 shorter than the first ray, and | of the height of the body. Caudal 

 rather wedge-shaped. Scales cycloid on the head, chest, and as 

 high as the base of the pectoral fin ; the remainder ctenoid. 

 Lateral line becomes straight opposite the posterior end of the anal 

 fin; the tubes give off a branch on either side which rarely subdivides. 

 Colour greyish, becoming silvery on the abdomen, and everywhere 

 covered with minute black dots. Fins yellowish, dotted like the 

 body. A dark mark on the opercle. 



Hob. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. I took a female, 

 8 inches long, with fully developed ova in April 1868. Not un- 

 common at Madras. 



860. (2.) Umbrina sinuata. (Fig. 48.) 



Urabrina sinuata, -D/, Fish. India, p. 182, pi. xlvi, fig. 1, and ISuppl. 

 1888, p. 788 (see synon.). 



D. 10 | 1/27-29. P.17. A.2/7. C. 17. L.I. 44-50. L.tr.7/12. 



Length of head 4| in the young to 3| in adults, height of body 

 3| to 3| in the total length. Eyes diameter 3| in the young to 

 5J in the adult in the length of the head, f to 1| diam. from end 

 of snout, and 1 apart. Distance between eye and upper jaw equals 

 three fourths diameter of orbit. Snout obtuse, swollen. Pre- 

 opercle serrated, most coarsely at its angle, becoming blunted 

 with age ; two opercular spines. Shoulder-flap serrated. Central 

 barbel below the symphysis of the lower jaw one fourth the length 

 of the orbit ; two open pores on either side. Fins dorsal spines 

 weak, the third to the fifth the longest, one fourth higher than the 

 rays. Second anal spine strong. Caudal wedge-shaped. Scales 

 those on the summit of the head as far as the occiput very much 

 smaller than those on the body. Colour brownish silvery, every- 

 where covered with minute dark points. A diffused bluish spot 

 on the opercle. Nine wide sinuous brown bauds on the body, 

 wider than the ground-colour, passing from the back downwards 

 and forwards ; a dark spot in the axilla, First dorsal black, a 

 black band along the whole length of the soft dorsal. Anal similar 



That is, 48 scales in the lateral line, 50 rows above and 45 below. 



