182 TELEOSTEI; ACAOTHOPTEKTGII. 



These fishes appear to alter considerably with age, their anterior 

 profile becoming more obtuse and their fins comparatively short. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



I). 5/31-33, A. 3/24-27, L. 1. CO- 65. Snout 



obtuse, profile from snout to above eyes 



vertical. Young with an ocular band as 



wide as the eye, a second from dorsal 



spines to between ventral and anal fins ; 



a broad one covers the last half of the back 



and sides 1. P. teira, p. 182. 



D. 5/35-37, A. 3/26-28, L. 1. 5o. Snout not 



quite vertical. Young with a narrow 



ocular band 5 as wide as eye ; a second 



from dorsal spines to just before anal ; 



another at commencement of free portion 



of tail 2. P. vespertillo, p.183. 



948. (1.) Platax teira. (Fig. 03.) 



Chaetodon teira, Forsk. Descr. Anim. p. 60, no. 82.' 

 Platax teira, Day, Fish. India, p. 235, pi. li B, fig. 4. (see synon.). 

 Kahi sandawa, Teb ; Kavala, Marathi. 



D. 5/31-33. P.] 7. A. 3/24-27. C. 17. L. 1. 80-85/60-65/75. 



Fig. 63. Platax teir 



