Depth 15-1/3 to 16-1/5, body little compressed, caudal peduncle 
well compressed; head 2-l/3 to 2^, width 8-l/5 to 8^, Snout 1-2/5 to l£ 
in head from snout tip; eye 11^- to 12, 8-5- to 9-l/5 in snout, slightly 
greater to 1-1/8 in interorbital; maxillary reaches \ in eye, length from 
front point 2-7/8 to 3 in head posteriorly; canines slightly inclined 
backward; interorbital 11-2/5 to 12j|-, level, with rather deep median groove. 
Scales 124 to 143 in median lateral or axial series to caudal 
base; 85 to 103 predorsal forward to occiput; 14 or 15 postocular to hind 
preopercle ridge; 14 or 15 above lateral line to dorsal origin. Scales 
with 16 to 30 circuli, usually obsolete or absent apioally. 
D. II, 11 or II, 12, first branched ray 44 to 5 in total head; 
A. II, 14 to II, 12, first branched ray 4-l/8 to 4-3/5; least depth of 
caudal peduncle l-l/6 to 1^- in eye; caudal 3§ to 4 in total head, truncate; 
pectoral 4-g- to 5-l/8; ventral 6^f to 7-2/3, reaches 2% to 2-2/5 to vent. 
Brown on back and upper surface of head, lower and under surfaces 
paler. Usually silvery lateral to axial band, most evident posteriorly 
and often defined above by dark gray line. Blue-black round spot about 
size of pupil at caudal base medially. Fins otherwise all pale brownish. 
Iris silvery white. 
India, Burma, Malaya, East Indies, Siam, Philippines, China, 
Formosa, Horth Australia, Queensland. 
Belone saigonensis Sauvage seems to be this species, with the 
following: 
Head 2-2/3. Eye 3?r in postorbital, equals interorbital; 2/3 
of maxillary below preorbital; jaws equal; teeth pointed, strong, none 
on palate or tongue; supraocular region striate. 
