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Tylosurus annulatus (not VALENC 3ENNES) SEALE, Occas. Pap. 
Bishop Mus., vol. 1, no. 3, p. 64, 1900 (1901) (Guam). 
Strongylura leluroides (not BLEEKER) FOWLER, Copeia, no. 58, 
p. 62, June 18, 1918 (part). 
Depth 16ijr to 18-2/3, compressed, caudal peduncle usually 
deeper than wide; head 3 to 3^-, width 9 to 9g-. Snout 1-2/5 to lg- in 
headj eye 11-g- to 12, ?-l/3 to 8-l/5 in snout, l-l/8 to l-l/5 in inter¬ 
orbital j maxillary reaches ■J in eye, length.to maxillary point 2-2/5 
to 3-2/3 rest of headj canines slightly inclined posteriorly; inter¬ 
orbital 10 to 10| in head to snout tip, level, with broad deep median 
depression. 
Scales 180 to 190 in lateral axial series to caudal base; 170 
to 176 predorsal forward to occiput; 5-4 above lateral line to dorsal 
origin; 12 to 14 rows on postocular to vertical preopercle ridge* Scales 
24 to 28 circuli, obsolete apically. 
D. II, 17 or II, 18, first branched ray 5-l/5 to &g in head to 
snout tip; A. II, 21 or II, 22, first branched ray 3-3/5 to 3-7/8; least 
depth of caudal peduncle l-l/8 to lijr- in eye; caudal 2-4/5 to 3^ in head 
to snout tip, hind edge little concave convex; pectoral 3-2/5 to 4; ventral 
- >. 
5 to 5-l/3, reach 2 to 2-3/5 to vent. 
Brown, paler to silvery white below. Well defined silvery lateral 
band wide as pupil. Iris silvery white. Vertical fins brownish, dorsal 
and caudal grayish terminally. Other fins whitish. Pectoral dusky to 
blackish terminally. 
India, Ceylon, Nieobars, Malaya, East Indies, Philippines, 
Hainan, Formosa, Micronesia. 
