112 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPEERYGII. 



Jaws subequal (or upper rather longer) ; 



3rd and 4th dorsal spines longest. L. 



tr . 8/14 4 - & sma, p. 114. 



Upper iaw longer; 3rd an 4th dorsal 



spines longest L. tr. 7/18 9. S. diacanthus, p. 118. 



Lower iaw longer; 2nd to 5th dorsal spines 



longest. L. tr. 8-9/18 10. S. aneus, p. 119. 



Upper iaw longer, 3rd to 7th dorsal spines 



longest. L. tr. 8/16 11. & macidata, p. 119. 



b. Second anal spine strong, f length of 



iirst ray or more. 

 Longest dorsal spines 2nd and 3rd. L. 



tr?8/16 f 2. S. miles, p*. 113. 



Longest dorsal spines 2nd to 4th. L. 



tr. 7/16 5. S. cuja, p. 115. 



Longest dorsal spines 2nd to 4th. L. 



tr. 5-6/15 6. coitor, p. 115. 



Longest dorsal spines 4th and 5th. L. 



tr? 6-7/14 7. S. civilians, p. J16. 



Longest dorsal spine 3rd. L. tr. 7/18 . . 8. S. albida, p. 117. 

 B. No inner row of enlarged teeth in lower 

 jaw. (Johniiis.*) 



a. Upper jaw longest, overhung by snout ; 



outer ventral ray prolonged. 



Second anal spine moderate. L. tr. 6/14. 12. S. belangeri, p. 120. 



Second anal spine strong. L. tr. 8-9/25. 13. S. semiluctuosa, p. 121. 



Second anal spine strong. L. tr. 6/18. . 14. S. glauca, p. 122. 



Second anal spine weak. L. tr. 5-6/18. 15. S. carutta, p. 122. 



b. Jaws subequal ; no prolonged ventral ray. 



L. tr. 6/15 16. S. ossea, p. 123. 



863. (1.) Sciaena bleekeri. 

 Scisena bleekeri, Day, Fish. India, p. 185, pi. xlv, fig. 4. 



Soh-lce, Baluchi. 

 D.10 | 1/24-27. P.17..A.2/7. C.17. L.r.85-90/60/70. L.tr.9-10/18. 



Length of head 4|, height of body 4| in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter 5 to 7 in length of head, 1| to 2 diaua. from end of snout, 

 and 1 apart. Greatest width of head equals -f of its length. 

 Dorsal profile more convex than that of abdomen, a slight con- 

 cavity over the eyes. Snout not overhanging jaws, cleft of mouth 

 somewhat oblique, the jaws of about the same length anteriorly. 

 Distance between eye and upper edge of maxilla equals | diameter 

 of orbit. Preopercle with some rather strong denticulations and 

 three well-marked ones at the angle ; two opercular spines. 

 Shoulder- scale strongly serrated. A pore above centre of free 

 edge of skin of snout, and a smaller one on either side, but no 

 lateral lobe. Five pores on under surface of lower jaw below 

 symphysis. Teeth the inner row in the lower jaw is much larger 

 than the rest of the teeth. Fins 4th to 6th dorsal spines of about 

 the same height, oue third higher than rays and equal to about f 

 height of body. Second anal spine weak, half length of first ray 

 and about equal to 1^ diameters of the orbit. Caudal well-shaped. 



