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•Snout 4 in head from snout tip; 
on figure), greater than snout, equS’l^jaterorbital; maxillary 
reaches opposite hind eye edge, expansion at last V 4 jfe eye, length 2 in 
head; lower jaw slightly longer; teeth villi form, out«- 0 w above little en- 
larged, likewise inner lower row; interorbital low; jjf orbital depth much 
• suw 
less than eye; preopercle edge denticulate# 
Scales 60 ? in lateral line to caudajjPase; 6 above (figure shows 
7 rows above anal origin); caudal base witypTne scales, soft dorsal and 
a^ial with low basal scaly sheaths, fins jM^ferwi se naked# 
^ or 29, second smB iq 2 in total head length, first ray 
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st, 2^/g in head or 1^/g in postocular; 
>f caudal peduncle 3 3 / 4 ; pectoral l 2 / 5 ; 
2 7 / 8 ; A. I_I, 7 or 8, second spine 
caudal iV 5 , cuneate; least dep 
ventral l 1 /?* 
Above bluish or gree« gray, sides and below silvery. Iris 
yellowish. Fins yellowish. LenglU2 to 90 n©. (Bleeker.) 
oiain. East Indies, Indo ChirufS^^Bleeker had but two small examples. 
Johnius ophiceps (Alcockl 
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Sciaena ophiceps ALCOGK, Journ. As^atjRs. Bengal, vol. 58, pt. 2, 
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188§, p. 300# Off Mahanaddi delti 
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5 to 9 fathoms and off Godavari 
delta in 4 or 5 fathoms; vol. ggpt. 2, 1896, p. 315 (Orissa coast). 
