210 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOrrEUYGII. 



in length. Caudal with deeply pointed lobes. Lateral line con- 

 taining about 200 plate-like rounded scales, each having a simple 

 tube; Straight until it arrives opposite middle or end of base of 

 second dorsal, where it curves to below third finlet and then be- 

 comes rather wavy, its central keel well developed. Colour 

 bluish above, becoming silvery on the side and below. After 

 death the sides assume a dark hue and have neither bands nor spots. 

 First dorsal black ; second dorsal and anal with dark bases ; pec- 

 toral with a light outer edge, tips of caudal dark. 

 Hab. Seas of India. This fish attains a large size. 



981. (2.) Cybium interruptum. 



Cybium interruptum, CUD. $f Val. II. N. Poiss. viii, p. 172; Day, 

 Fish. India, p. 254, pi. Ivi, fig. 3 (see synon.). % 



Wingeram, Tel. ; liuk-ku, Gwadar ; Towar, Marathi. 

 D. 16 | 4/15-16 4- viii-ix. P. 21. V. 1/5. A. 2/17 + viii-ix. C.21. 



Length of head 5| , of caudal fin 5, height of body 5| in the total 

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

 of snout and also apart. Vertical limb of preopercle emarginate. 

 Teeth comparatively small, equal sized, conical and somewhat 

 compressed, about 28 or 30 in the upper, and 24 rather larger 

 ones in the lower jaw, placed close together; a patch, rounded 

 anteriorly and slightly emarginate laterally, on the vomer, and a 

 band along the palatines. Fins dorsal spines weak ; second 

 dorsal commences midway between anterior nostril and base of 

 caudal fin, it is | height of body, its upper edge concave ; anal 

 commences below first third of second dorsal, which fin it resembles. 

 Lateral line with a gradual descent. CWoit/- bluish along the 

 back, becoming white on the sides and below ; three rows of elon- 

 gated blotches along the sides, almost forming interrupted bauds, 

 the two upper sets of blotches cross the lateral line below the 

 second or third finlet ; first dorsal dark, its outer edge nearly black. 

 Hab. Seas of India. This species attains at least 3 feet in 

 length. 



982. (3.) Cybium guttatum. 



Scomber guttatus, Bl. Schn. Syst. Ich. p. 23, fig. v. 

 Cybium guttatum, Day, Fish. India, p. 255, pi. Iv, fig. 1 (young), and 

 pi. Ivi, tig. 4 (adult) (see synon.). 



1). 16-17 | 4-5/14-15 -f-viii-x. P. 21. A.3/17-19 + vii-ix. C. 26. 

 Length of head 5 to 5^, of caudal fin 4% to 5, height of body 5 in 

 the total length. Eyes diameter 5| to 5| in length of head, 2 

 diam from end of snout, and 1 1 apart. Vertical limb of preopercle 

 slightly emarginate. Teeth lancet-shaped, laterally compressed, 

 and somewhat wide apart, about 10 to 12 in either jaw, and 

 frequently some smaller ones intercalated, they are much longer 



