ELOPIDJE. 
121 
Lutodeira salmonea, Richards. Zool. Voy. Ereb. Terr. Fish. p. 58, pi. 36. f. 1. 
Chanos nuchalis, Cuv. Val. xix. p. 197. 
Pala, Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 278. 
Kiswarra Bay. Seychelles. All Indian seas. 
Family ELOFIDiE. 
ELOPS, L. 
412. Elops machnata. [657, 745.] 
Argentina machnata, Forsk. p. 68. no. 100. 
Russell, pi. 179. 
Elops machnata, Rupp. N. W. Fische, p. 80 ; Richards. Zool. Voy. Ereb. Terr. Fish. p. 59, pi. 36. 
figs. 3-5. 
Elops sanrus, Cuv. Val. xix. p. 365 • Cantor, Mai. Fish. p. 287. 
The outer rays of the caudal fin, forming its upper and lower margin, are strong and 
ensiform ; young specimens show a remarkable difference from old ones as regards the 
structure of these rays. The single joints of which they are composed, in young 
specimens measuring thirteen inches in length, are of a trapezoid shape, and the total 
number of those rays is from thirty-two to thirty-five. In old specimens of upwards of 
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