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Strongylura melanotus FOWLER, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila¬ 
delphia, 1925, p. 200 (Delagoa Bay); 1927, p. 261 (Santa 
Maria; Vigan). 
Tylosurus crocodilus (not LE SUEUR) FOWLER, Journ. Acad. Nat. 
Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 12, p. 501, pi. 11, upper 
figure, 1904 (Padang). — WEBER and BEAUFORT, Fishes Indo- 
Austral. Archipel., vol. 4, p. 120, 1922 (compiled; part). 
Stron gylura crocodile FOWLER, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 
1915, p. 5 (Padang example); Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 
74, 1928 (south east of Tahiti); vol. 11, no. 5, p. 319, 1931 
(compiled); Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1929, p. 603 
(Hong Kong). 
Tylosurus giganteus (not SCHLEGEL) EVEKMANN and SEALE, Bull. Bur. 
Fisher., vol. 26, p. 58, 1906 (1907) (Bacon). 
Belone robusta (not GUNTHER) REGAN, Ann. Natal Govt. Mus., vol. 
1, pt. 3, p. 243, 1908 (Kosi Bay). 
Tylosurus robusta GILCHRIST and THOMPSON, Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 
1, no. 4, p. 310, 1917 (compiled). 
Depth 13*4 to 15, compressed, caudal peduncle tetrahedral; head 
3-1/6 to 3-2/3, width 6-2/5 to 6f. Snout if to 1-4/7 in head from snout 
tip; eye 8—?/8 to 9, 5—7/8 to 7—1/5 xn snout, 1—l/lO to 1—1/5 in inter— 
orbital; maxillary reaches l/6 to l/5 in eye, length, to front angle 2—1/3 
to 2-7/8 in rest of head posteriorly; canines slightly inclined posteriorly; 
interorbital 8-l/8 to 8-3/5 in head from snout tip, level, with broad and 
rather shallow median depression. 
