1428 
Synodus sageneus Waite 
Svnodus sageneus WAITE, Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 6, 
pt. 2, Sept. 15, 1905, p. 58, pi. 8, fig. 1. Be¬ 
tween Freemantle and HoutiiJaii 1 ^ Abrolhos, Western 
Australia. 
Depth 7 2/3; head 3 2/3. Snout 4 7/8 in head; eye 
7 1/10, 1 1/2 in snout; 1 in interorbital; maxillary extends 
2 eye diameters behind eye, length 1 2/3 in head; interorbital 
low, orbit cutting in profile. 
Scales 52 in lateral line; 4 above, 4 below, 7 rows on 
cheek. 
D. II, 10, first branches ray 1 7/8 in head; adipose fin?; 
A. 15, third ray 4; caudal 1 2/5, deeply forked; least depth 
of caudal peduncle 4 7/8; pectoral 2 2/5, 1 7/8 in postocular; 
ventral 1 1/10 in head. 
Yellow above, silvery beneath. All scales broadly mar¬ 
gined with yellowish brown, especially on lower surface. 
Length 265 mm. (Waite.) 
Western Australia. 
