1496 
Saurus altlplnnls GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., vol. 
5, 1864, p. 597. China. 
Synodus altlplnnls BLEEKER, Nederland. Tijds. Dierk., 
vol. 4, 1873, p. 147 (reference). 
Trachlnocephalus altiplnnls CHU, Biol. Bull. St. John’s 
University, No. 1, January 1931, p. 83 (reference). 
Depth 7; head 4 1/3. Snout depressed, pointed, rather 
broader than long; eye equals interorbital, slightly concave; 
each frontal with fine, inconspicuous radiating striae. 
Scales 59 in lateral line; 5 above, 7 below; no keel 
on scales of tail; 21 predorsal scales to occiput. 
