SCIJENID-T. 117 



D.10 | 1/26-29. P.17. A. 2/7. L.r.54/50/52. L.tr. 6-7/14. C.p.9. 

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

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

 of snout, and 1| apart. Dorsal profile more convex than that of the 

 abdomen. Greatest width of head equals | its length ; the jaws of 

 about equal length. Vertical limb of preopercle serrated, most 

 strongly so at its angle. Two opercular spines. Distance from 

 eye to maxilla equals two thirds diameter of orbit ; shoulder-flap 

 with smooth edges. No open glands visible on the snout ; no 

 lateral lobes. A knob below symphysis of lower jaw and two open 

 pores behind it on either side. Teeth inner row in lower jaw 

 twice as strong as the remainder. Fins dorsal spines of moderate 

 strength, 4th and 5th the longest, equal to -2 height of body, and 



3 longer than the rays. First ventral ray elongate. Second anal 

 spine strong, | as long as first ray and f the height of the body, 

 length of base of anal T of that of soft dorsal. Caudal wedge- 

 shaped. Scales cycloid on the head and as far as bases of pec- 

 toral and ventral fins, and to below middle of first dorsal, behind 

 these places ctenoid. Lateral line tubes arborescent posteriorly. 

 Air-bladder bifurcated anteriorly in the form of a hammer. 

 Colour silvery dashed with purple, a black spot hi the axilla ; 

 upper two thirds of first dorsal black, and a dark tinge along the 

 top of the first portion of the second ; fins greyish. 



Hub. Seas of India. 



870. (8.) Scijena albida. 



Corvina albida, Cuv. $ Vol. H. N. Poiss. v, p. 93. 



Scijena albida, Day, Fish. India, p. 188, pi. xliv, figs. 4 & 6 (see 



synon.). 

 Vella kattelee and Karoom kattelee, Tarn. 



D.9-10 | 1/24-25. A.2/7. L.r.55-60/52/50-55. L.tr.7/18. C.p.5. 

 Length of head 3f to 5, height of body 4 in the total length, 

 Eyes diameter 4 in the young to 7 in the adult in length of 

 head, 1 to 1^ diam. from end of snout. Dorsal and abdominal 

 profiles about equally convex in the adult. Greatest width of head 

 equals half its length. Interorbital space very slightly convex ; 

 snout not overhanging the mouth. Jaws equal in front, or the 

 upper slightly the longer, cleft of mouth slightly oblique. Pre- 

 opercle with some serrations in the young, most developed at its 

 angle, but which become indistinct in adult. Opercular spines 

 indistinct. Three pores across the front of the snout ; free edge 

 of skin of snout with five orifices and a slight lateral lobe. A 

 bluntish knob below symphysis of lower jaw, behind base of which 

 is a large open pore, and two more on the side of either ramus ; 

 a short barbel exists between the central pore and anterior lateral 

 one, and a very minute one at the posterior pore. Teeth inner 

 row in lower jaw enlarged and pointed. Fins dorsal spines in- 

 crease in length to the third, which is higher than rays, and from 



4 to I height of body. Second anal spine strong, nearly as long 



