u 
675 
& 
I < /X. f { j 
f ^ ' l KJ 
\ 
• 4 iX 
*rus carHta LACKEDE* Hist. Hat. Poiss., vol. 3, 1802, p. 447 (descrip¬ 
tion ir. key). J$ 
P JF 
Corvina carutta-CUVIER, Hist. tat. Poise., vol. 5, 1830, p. 124 (Por.di- 
- 
chery; Mai^aT). - GATHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1860, p. 302 
j|f / • , 
(Sea oifff’inang). - DAY, Fishes of'Mal&bar, 1865, p, 51. - KARO LI, Ter- 
• > S* 
\ 
mesz =. 
,ek, Budapest, vol. 5, 1881, p. 159 (Canton). 
Sciaena carutta BAY, 
pt. 2, 1876, p. 192, pi. 44, fig. 1 
(Madras): Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, vol^, p. 122,- TIRALT, Service 
I v ' ~ i - -m “"W* - 
Oceanogr. Pech. Indo-Chine, 6® Kotb, 1929,|p. 169 (Cochin China). K 
Corvina carouna CUVIER, Hist. hat. Foiss., 
- - *~ 
- “r • 
, . — . r 
•’ - 
■ r>’ > •*' ' 
. 5, 1830, p. 125* Malabap. 
VAiIlC 
U- i: , 
s 
Depth 3 2 / 5 to 2 1 / 2 ’> head width b /2 to l 3 /g* Snout 
3 2 / 5 to 3 V 5 in head; eye 4 V 4 to 5V4j|||r/5 to 1 V 2 in snout, 1 V 3 to lV 5 in 
JfF ifngth • 
interorbital; maxillary reaches V^pb eye,/2'/ 5 to 3 in head; 5 pores on chin; 
' 
teeth in jaws in villifom ba^pfonly upper outer row enlpu-ged; interorbital 
3^/p, broadly convex; preojg§l%le edge membranous# Gill rakers 4-^9, short. 
It 
low tubercles# 
Scales 50 oi|§51 along above lateral line to caudal base; tubular 
m 
: t 3-£ 
scales 45 or 46 to caud%L base and 4 or 5 more on latter; 6 or 7 scales above. 
irjj.h'-' 1 •' n'.' . 
10 below, 25 to 30 pro dorsal.^ 
8 to 12 basal radiating striae; 
• 't ‘.* 1 ^ , . 
0 to 22 epical denticles, wit h 8 transverse^pies of basal elements; circuli 
very fine. 
D. XI, 26, I, to 29, I, third spirit in head, first ray 2 ( /q to 3 4 /, 
3F — ^ 1 
A. II, 6, I or 7, I, second spine 3 3 /s y0$ /§> second ray 2 V 4 to 2 V 3 ; caudal 
^ •* - 
T >1 
IV? to 1 V 5 , obliquely convex behir^^"'with lower median ray longest; least 
fc>« v » asy. 
depth of caudal peduncle 3^/, 
to l 4 / c * 
t 1 1 3 / 
/ K ; pectoral l 1 /^ to 1 ^/ 3 ; ventral 1 V 4 
