THE 
INDIAN KURTUS. 
GENERIC CHARACTER, 
Body broad J carinated both above and below^ 
with greatly elevated back. 
GUI-membrane two-rayed. 
Gen, Zool. 4. p. 185. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, ^c. 
Silvery Kurtus, with gold-coloured back. 
Gen. Zool. 4. p. 185. 
Der Hochrucken. 
Block. pL 169. 
This fish is a native of the Indian seas, and measure? 
from a foot to eighteen inches in length. 
