THE FISHES OF MALABAR. 
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* CORYINA SEMILUCTUOSA. 
Corvina semiluctuosa, Cuv. & Val. v. p. 97, pi. 106 ; Gunther, Catal. ii. p. 304. 
B. vii. D. 10 | 31. P.18. Y.\. A. f. C. 17. 
Length, of head f- of total length. Height of body nearly equal to length of head. 
Upper jaw convex, overlapping the lower. The membraneous border of preopercle very in¬ 
distinctly crenulated. Opercle ending in two points. 
Fins—Second anal spine very strong and one fourth shorter than the first ray. Caudal rounded 
or slightly rhomboidal. Pectoral of moderate size, semi-oval. Ventral with first ray rather pro¬ 
longed. 
Colours—Of a silvery ground colour with oblique brown-black lines passing backwards and 
upwards along the centre of each row of scales. There are about forty above the lateral line, and 
twenty or twenty-one below it. All the fins are blackish brown. 
Is good eating. Grows to six inches in length. 
Habitat—Seas of India and Malaysia. 
* Corvina carutta. 
Johnius carutta, Bloch , t. 356 ; Cantor , Catal. p. 66. 
Corvina carutta, Cuv. & Val. v. p. 124; Gunther , Catal. ii. p. 302. 
? Corvina carouna, Cuv. & Val. v. p. 125. 
B. vii. D. 10 | gylas- P - 16 * V - b A - t- C - 17 - L - 1- 59- 
Length of head ^ in total length. Height of body nearly of total length. 
Eyes—Diameter of length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout. 
Snout convex, upper jaw overhanging the lower. Preopercle indistinctly crenulated : posterior 
limb vertical. Four pores on lower surface of mandibles. 
Teeth—Villiform, with the external row slightly enlarged in the upper, whilst the band of 
teeth is wider in the lower jaw. 
Fins—Second anal spine very strong, and two thirds the length of the first ray. Caudal 
rounded or rhomboidal. 
Colours—Upper surface of head and back dark brown claret colour, lighter and silvery on the 
cheeks, sides, and abdomen. Scales minutely dotted with black, and their margins of a deeper 
brown than the ground colour. Fin membranes pale yellowish white, minutely dotted with black, the 
upper half of spinous dorsal—from second to seventh spines—black, the soft dorsal with four equi¬ 
distant, large, oblique black spots : the marginal half of caudal, ventral and anal fins blackish. 
Iris golden, orbital half, bluish black. 
Grows to one foot in length. 
Habitat—Seas and rivers of Malabar and Malaysia. 
* Corvina axillaris. 
Corvina axillaris, Cuv. & Val. v. p. 113; Gunther , Catal. ii. p. 302. 
B. vii. D. 10 | 2 T- 28 - A - ?• 1- 52. L. tr. Caec. pylor. 9. 
Length of head ^ of total length. Height of body to qL in total length. 
Eyes—Diameter |j of length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout, \\ diameters apart. 
Mouth short and rounded, jaws nearly equal in front; cleft of mouth very oblique, maxilla 
