1447 
Synodus indicus (Day) 
_■ II . I I ~~1 Cl I ■ || IB ■ 1 1 1 
Saurus Indicus DAY, Journ. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 
11, Zool., 1873, p. 526. Madras; Fishes of India, 
pt. 3, 1877, p. 503, pi. 117, fig. 4; Fauna Brit. 
India, vol. 1, 1889, p. 409. 
Depth 6 1/2; head 3 2/5. Snout 4 in head; eye 5, 1 1/3 
in snout; maxillary extends 1 2/5 in head; Interorbital low, 
concave. 
Scales 55 to 57 in lateral line; 4 above, 4 below, 17 
predorsal, 5 rows on cheek. 
D. 13, third simple ray 1 7/8 in head; adipose fin 1 1/2 
in eye; A. 9, third ray 3; caudal 1 2/5, well forked; least 
depth of caudal peduncle 3 5/6; pectoral 2 3/5, 1 2/5 in 
postocular; ventral 1 1/3 in head. 
Brownish in upper 2/3, dirty white beneath. Numerous 
bluish irregular spots or blotches along back and sides, in 
places almost form horizontal bands. Dorsal and caudal white, 
with grayish spots, forming Irregular horizontal bands. 
4 
Length 178 mm. (Day) 
India. 
