114 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTEUYGII. 



overhang upper jaw, which is very slightly longer than lower, cleft 

 of mouth oblique. Preopercle distinctly but finely serrated ; two 

 opercular spines ; the distance between eye and maxilla equals 1 

 diameter of orbit. Five large open pores under symphysis of lower 

 jaw, also five orifices along the free edge of the skin of the snout. 

 The shoulder-scale serrated. Teeth an internal row large, conical, 

 and rather widely separated in the lower jaw. Fins dorsal spines 

 of moderate strength, second to fifth subequal in length, | to ^ 

 height of body and 3 higher than rays. Second anal spine weak, 

 half height of first ray, and f of that of the body. Caudal wedge- 

 shaped. Scales cycloid on the head, ctenoid over the chest and 

 body ; base of soft dorsal rather thickly scaled. Lateral line 

 tubes with one or two branches. Colour silvery, glossed with 

 golden ; first dorsal dotted with black, most distinctly so in its 

 upper half ; superior edge of soft dorsal and last half of caudal 

 grey; a small dark spot sometimes present in the axilla; fins 

 yellow. 



Hob. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. The longest 

 specimen I have taken measured 10| inches. 



866. (4.) Sciama sina. 



Corvina sina, Cuv. $ Val. H. N. Poiss. v, p. 122. 



Stiaena sina, Day, Fish. India, p. 186, pi. xliv, fig. 2 (see synon.). 



Gul, Gomer, and Kadakada, Arabi ; Booroo and Somcah or Soar, Sind. ; 

 Goal, Bel. 



D.10 | 1/27-29. A. 2/7-8. L. r. 52/52/46. L. tr. 8/14. Ca*. pyl. 9. 



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

 % diameter 4 m length of head, 1 diam. from end of snout, 

 and 11 apart, Width of head equals 4 of its length. Snout 

 rather inflated, scarcely overhanging the jaws ; jaws of nearly 

 equal length anteriorly ; cleft of mouth nearly horizontal. Distance 

 irom eye to upper jaw to f diameter of orbit. Preopercle 

 rounded, generally some distinct spiny teeth at its angle. Snout 

 Mith three pores across its base; free edge of skin with a large 

 central opening, and another externally on either side, no large 

 svmnt I sh ^.!der-flap serrated. Five open pores under 



with a F n in ; ier , d 



spines rather weak, third and 



semr , d >r-ninths height of body. Second anal 



of hoc v h U P fl f J 61 f ht f first ra - v ' aml four-fifteenths of height 

 1> W^ aSe i fiU l f th f f S ft dorsa1 ' Cau dal wedge-shaped. 

 whTls f 7t 7 e an 1 tenorl .>'' bu] ging on either side like a hammer 



ws t 1 



Tnd n aTh, n r - e f S f ?V^ * each side ; posteriorly it 





