50 
THE FISHES OF MALABAR. 
same length anteriorly. Two dorsal fins, the soft portion more developed than the spinous or than the 
anal. Anal fin with two spines of varying strength, the second the longest, and not above two-thirds 
the length of the first ray. Teeth villiform in both jaws, with an external conical row, but without large 
canines; no teeth on the palate. Scales ctenoid. Air bladder with appendages. Caeca pylorica in 
small numbers. 
SdiENA MACULATA. 
Johnius maculatus, Bl. Schn. 75. 
Sari kullaii, Bussell , pi. 123. 
CoRVINA MACULATA, CuV. & Veil, V. p. 126. 
Sci^ena maculata, Giintlier , Catal. ii. p. 291. 
Cutlah, Mai, 
B. vii. D. 10 I 2 3-W P. 16. V. J, A. f. C. 17. L. 1. 45. L. tr. jl. 
Length of head of pectoral of caudal if, of base of first dorsal of base of second dorsal 
f, of base of anal T X g of total length. Height of head of body Ir, of first dorsal of second 
dorsal yg-, of ventral of anal ^ of total length. 
Eyes—Close to profile, oval, horizontal diameter nearly y, vertical diameter -1 in length of 
head, 1 diameter from end of snout, f of a diameter apart. 
Upper jaw the longest, overlapping the lower. Two large pores on either side of the symphysis 
of lower jaw. Maxilla small, extending nearly to beneath centre of orbit. Preopercle with 
its posterior margin nearly vertical, its angle rounded and with about six strong teeth: inferior 
border only half the length of the vertical one, and with its edges erenated. Opercle with two 
feeble spines. Interorbital space slightly convex. Preorbital large and rather inflated. Shoulder 
bones entire. 
Teeth—In upper jaw villiform, with an external curved band of conical ones : villiform in lower 
jaw, none on palate. 
Fins—The first dorsal and pectoral commence opposite each other, the ventral slightly behind, 
the anal beneath centre of second dorsal, extending from about the tenth to sixteenth rays. Spines 
of first dorsal ending in elastic points : second to fifth of nearly equal lengths : membrane rather 
deeply cleft. Ventral spine weak, first ray prolonged. First anal spine very short, second 
moderately strong and two-thirds the length of rays. Caudal rhomboidal. 
Air bladder with fourteen or fifteen lateral processes on either side. 
Scales—Cover the whole of the body, head, and lower jaw. A row exists at the base of the 
second dorsal and anal, also over base of pectoral and caudal fins. Their longest diameter is 
vertical. 
Lateral line—Has a very slight curve for little more than the first half of its extent; it is 
continued on the caudal fin nearly to its termination. 
Colours—Silvery grey, abdomen whitish. Five broad black bands extend over the back, the 
first from the nape passes backwards and downwards, and shortly after crossing the lateral line 
terminates abruptly. The second commences opposite from fifth to seventh spines of dorsal, passes 
backwards and downwards, and terminates opposite base of ventral fin. The third commences oppo¬ 
site second and third rays of second dorsal, and passes downwards parallel to the secondhand. The 
fouith commences below centre of second dorsal, and passes downwards as low as the lateral line. 
