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Depth nearly 12, body moderately compressed, caudal peduncle 
only little higher than broad; head 2-4/5. Eye nearly 7-l/3 in snout, 
l|r in interorbital, 2-3/5 to 2-4/5 in postorbital; maxillary entirely 
hidden by preorbital; mandible strong, height below pupil about equals 
vertical eye diameter; canines moderate, subulate, straight; tongue smooth; 
head above with deep broad median groove, tapering anteriorly and pro¬ 
longed into narrow median groove on beak; superciliary region with 
numerous fine striae. 
Scales 225 in lateral series; 18 above lateral line to dorsal 
origin, lateral line forms distinct keel on caudal peduncle which is 
not black. 
D. II, 19, median and hinder rays shorter than prolonged anterior 
rays, origin above second anal ray; A. II, 18 to II, 19, rays like dor¬ 
sal only first much longer; caudal forked, lobes pointed; P. I, 13, 
somewhat longer than postorbital; V. I, 5, long as pectoral, base mid¬ 
way between eye center and caudal base. 
Back dark, with green reflection. Belly white or light blue 
gray. Sides with orange spots. Fins dusky. Length 575 ram. 
(ifeber and Beaufort^) 
East Indies. 
Strongp rlura gavialo ides (Castelnau) 
Belone gavialoides CASTELNAU,.Ptoc. Zool. Acclimat. Soc. Victoria, 
vol. 2, p. 142, 1873 (type locality: Freemantle, Western Aus¬ 
tralia). — MACLEAY, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, 
pt. 2, p. 179, 1881 (Yfestern Australia). 
