ZO()LO(>Y OF THK I-AR EAST. 
in having larger eyes, oblique and wide mouth and short and stout anal spines. 
The length of the head is contained 375 times and the depth of the body 3 9 times 
in the total length including caudal. The diameter of the eye is contained 51 times 
in the length of the head. The snout is slighth^ longer than the eye and the inter- 
orbital width is about one and a half times the diameter of the eye. The maxillaries 
are considerably longer than half the length of the head. The dorsal commences 
above the base of the pectoral. The anterior dorsal consists of g spines, of which the 
third is the longest. The third spine is almost as long as the head in front of the 
posterior border of the eye. The second dorsal contains one spine and 29 flexible 
rays. The anal possesses two strong spines and 9 branched rays, the second anal 
spine is one-sixth the length of the head and is considerably shorter than the dia- 
meter of the eye. The pectorals are long and pointed and are shorter than the head 
Trxt-kig. 4. — Lateral view of Sciuoia stamensis. sj). nov.' 
by a diameter of the eye. The ventrals are thoracic and are separated from the 
anal by a distance equal to their length. The caudal is well developed and is almost 
rounded posteriorly. 
The .scales are present all over the body except the lips ; the}' are C3'cloid on the 
head, feebly ctenoid on the anterior part of the body and markedly so in the poste- 
rior region. The series are obliquely arranged. The scales along the lateral line are 
provided with anastomosing canals. There are fifty scales along the lateral line and 
9 series of longitudinal rows of scales between the lateral line and the ba.se of the 
anterior dorsal fin. The lateral line is continued to the posterior end of the caudal 
fin. The vertical fins are covered with thin scales. 
In the upper jaw there is an outer series of sharp, pointed, recurved and widely 
set canine-like teeth. A series of similar teeth directed inwards and backwards is 
present on the mandibles also. The tongue is strong and muscular and is rounded 
Figures 1-3 of this series have already appeared in part I of the report on the fish of the Tale Sap. 
