BELONINAE, new subfamily 
71a 
Gill rakers present. Jaws comparatively slender. 
Upper enlarged teeth moderate, lower small and close set. 
Belone. 
Genus Belone Cuvier 
Belone CUVIER, Regne Animal, vol. 2, p. 185, (Dec. 
1816) 1817. (Type Esox belone LINNAEUS, monotypic.) 
Belona L E SUEUR, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 
vol. 2, pt. 1, p. 124, 1821. (Type Esox belone 
LINNAEUS.) 
Acus P. L. S. MULLER, Linn. Nat. Syst., vol. 4, p. 
341, 1774. Atypic. (Type Esox belone LINNAEUS.) 
L. C., Supplement, p. 7 in register, 1776. (Inad¬ 
missible. ) 
Mastacembelus (not GRONOW 1763) KLEIN, Neuer 
l . M l Mjin i mmnn rr' T " r r mnri - m—m hu h u ri*i] inrfff r ^ 7 
Schauplatz, vol. 3, p. 271, 1776. (Type Esox 
belone LINNAEUS, designated by BLEEKER, Nederland. 
Tijdschr. Dlerk., vol. 3, p. 214, 1866.) (Inad¬ 
missible. ) 
