.1 
Follow— 
ijoadoo 
1 5 8 
146 
m 
shore fishes of mo derate ske in the Indo-Pacific, largely in the 
Indian Ocean and Western PapgpU. Valued as food. They are distinguished 
from Dent ex chiefly by thfparge scales on the cheek never in more than 3 
.dir 
rows Bleaker* s desigrrfon (Arch. Neerland. Sci. hat. Harlem, vol. 11, 
l\ Ka &&****& *■ . '**» 
• P * of P ^- t ex vu M^ ris Cuvier s Sparus dent ex Linnaeus as that species is 
not contained in Gather’ s Synagris . The following is largely tentative so 
aMSP 
that I 
emura and .authyopteroma 
Analysis of Species \. o b%f 
/ 
Synagris,OSpinous dorsal edge entire, membranes not 
l m* 
“ (X 
filaments llexcept in 
(^J) 27* Bo ^y without dark transverse blotche 
d*» Body uniform rosy. 
rt’f- Suborbital edge entire 
jr 
/ 
>r £ * Fins uniform rosy. 
L 
n milAirr-* 
£ 1 . Dorsal rays 0, anal rays 8 _ 
| 9 Jjp 
_ [£. * dorsal rs.y£f'9, anal rays 7 
p • Dorsals witypn&rginsl yellow .band 
i v 
y. 
1* without yellow bands 
l 
Dorsals without basal long- 
itudinal band; suborbital 
depth V2 of 1 eye 
I ,0 _ stsmlmlP' 
1 • Dorsals wi hh yellow 
al band; suborb- 
e. - V" 
exodon^ / 
JJworcester^ 
ital depth 2/3 of eye 
C, l ^ 
is acanthus, A ( 
