194 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTEfirQII. 



964. (1.) Gazza minuta. (Fig. 66.) 



Scomber minutus, Bl Ich.t. 429, fig. 2. 



Gazza minuta, Day, Fish. India, p. 244, pi. liii, fig. 1 (see synon.). 

 Kotoo kare, Tarn. ; Komah-karah, Tel. ; Gar-chum, Belooch. 

 D. 8/16. P. 17. V. 1/5. A. 3/14. C. 19. 



Length of head 3|, of caudal fin 4| to 5, height of body 2| to 

 2j in the total length. Eyes diameter 2| to 2| in length of head, 

 diam. from end of snout, and f apart. Supraorbital edge ser- 

 rated, two spines above anterior third of eye. Lower edge of 

 preopercle coarsely serrated, especially anteriorly. Teeth a 

 pointed row in premaxillaries, and two canines opposite the sym- 

 physis ; villiform in the lower jaw, with an outer row of large 

 conical ones, increasing in size with age. Fins dorsal spines 

 weak, the second and third about the same height, and f of that 



Fig. 66. Gazza minuta. 



of the body Ventral reaches f of way to the anal. Second anal 

 spine from f to height of body. Scales on body, but absent 

 iroin chest or very inconspicuous. Lateral line on a row of plate- 

 like scales and in about 60 tubes, it ceases either below end of 

 dorsal or close to base of caudal fin. Colour silverv, with irregular 

 bluish or yellowish lines descending from back to lateral line, the 

 axilla black ; anterior portion of dorsal fin dark. 



Hah. beas of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



965. (2.) Gazza equulsBformis. 



Gazza equulaeformis^,. N . W., Fische, p. 4, t. i, fig. 3; Day, 

 fish. India, p. 244 (see synon.). 



B. v. D.8/16. P. 15. V. 1/5. A. 3/14. C. 17. 

 Length of head 3J to 4, of caudal fin 4$, height of body 2^ to 



