1497 
/ 
D. 11, higher than long; A. 12, front rays longer 
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than posterior; pectoral reaches eleventh scale of lateral 
line, rays 13; ventral reaches thirteenth or fourteenth of 
median series of scales beginning behind its base, rays 8. 
Silvery band along side of body and tail, below lat¬ 
eral line and broad as a scale. Length 255 mm. (Gunther.) 
China. Imperfectly described, perhaps it may belong 
in Trachlnocephalus. 
