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Scales cycloid on snout and under the eyes, ctenoid elsewhere. 

 Lateral line the tubes have simple bifurcations. Colour silvery 

 grey along the back, becoming dull white below ; a black spot in 

 the axilla. First dorsal grey with a light line along its centre ; 

 caudal dark in its outer" third, fins otherwise yellowish. 



Hah. Bombay, whence two specimens were procured. Large 

 specimens from 27 inches in length are not uncommon at Grwadar, 

 where the fish is extensively salted. 



864. (2.) ScisBna miles. 



Scioena miles, Ouv. 8f Vol. H. N. Poiss. v, p. 94 j Day, Fish. India, 

 p. 185, pi. xliii, fig. 5 (see synon.). 



Vella kattelee, Tarn. ; Telia katcheke, Tel. 

 D.9-10 | 1/28-30. P.l7.A.2/7.C.17.L.r.62-65/50/55-60.L.tr.8/16. 



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

 length. Eyes diameter 4| to 5 in length of head, 1^ diam. from 

 end of snout, and 1 apart. Greatest width of head equals half its 

 length. Cleft of mouth moderately oblique. Snout not overhanging 

 the jaws, which are of about equal length, or the upper slightly the 

 longer. Preopercle with some rather widely separated denticula- 

 tions especially at its rounded angle ; two opercular points. Free 

 border of skin of snout with five orifices of canals and a small 

 lateral lobe ; five pores on inferior surface of lower jaw. Teeth 

 villiform in lower jaw with the inner row distantly placed and 

 enlarged. Fins dorsal spines weak, nearly twice as long as the 

 rays, and from f to | as high as body. Second anal spine very 

 strong, nearly as long as the first ray, and from \ length of head to 

 its length behind middle of eyes ; base of fin from \ to | of that of 

 soft dorsal. Caudal wedge-shaped. Scales cycloid on head and 

 chest, ctenoid on remainder of body. Lateral line tubes arbores- 

 cent posteriorly. Colour greyish darkened with green along the 

 back, becoming white on the sides and abdomen, sometimes a small 

 brown spot in front of each dorsal ray. Outer edges of the fins in 

 some specimens dark except the ventral, which is white. 



Hah. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago, and recorded from 

 Mozambique ; attaining at least two feet in length. 



865. (3.) Scisena vogleri. 



Otolithus vogleri, meeker Batavia Nat. Tijdsch. iv, p. 253. 

 Scisena vogleri, Day, Fish. India, p. 186, pi. xlv, fig. 1 (see 



synon.). 



D.10 | 1/28-29. P. 19. A. 2/7. L. r. 52/50/48. L. tr. 6/14. Csec. pyl. 9. 

 Length of head 31, height of body 4 to 4| in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 4 to 4| in length of head, 1 to 1| diam. from end 

 of snout and also apart.' Dorsal profile more convex than abdom- 

 Width of head equals f of its length. Snout does not 



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