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tod Ca9 8 
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r- 
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lv 
SciaenafmRuata (Day) »- 
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Umbrina sinuata DAY, Fi 
fi S» 1 f„ ^urrache^j; 
' 
> 
Vi 
BOULENGER as sy: 
/? 
109, fig. 48 
South Afri 
TH 
r 
■ U\ 
tppi 
of India, pt. 2, ~t&¥^ p. 182, pi. 46, 
., ,1888, p. 788 (places Ifebrina striata 
! .y ——— -~ r m ii 
); Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, vol. 241-889, p. 
j j 
rarachi; Muscat). - GILCHRIST and THOMPSON, Ann. 
/ /h\ ^ — - * 
^ ^ 
**»**■” 
. 9 vol* 6* (1908-1911* p* 182^(26 fathoms Amatikulu 
«hvv^ w *•'* **■ 
ConicalriJKll Ni ■*. 7-*-/£ miles). - ZUGMAYER, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., 
a iro 
ath 
0 M& 
J 
iys. Kl., vol. 26, 1913, p. 12 (Mekran). - GILCHRIST and 
J ,:, 4 mx*** 0 ’ - -^rn^m 
Oh* Ann* Durban Mus.* vol* 1* pt* 4* 1917, p* 351 (compiled)* 
ARB, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 21, pt. 2, 1927, p, 579 
%* / V v r 
S 
■WJiwmmk 1 
fK 
\ \ 
y 
Depth 3 or 
/ 
/ 
in head* equals snout or 
1 
less; head 3 or little more. Eye 3^/3 to 5^/2 
A 
tal; maxillary reaches 1 /„ in eve: barbel 
6 
/4 in eye; preorbital depth 2 /g 
lowest mere knobs. 
2 /flii 3 / . 
|j /4 in eye* Lower gill rakers 8 or 9, 
eral line with bifurcate tubes 
/ 
X 
’/ in head or in body 
2 /^ in body depth; 
Mr 
Scales ctenoid, 44 to 5|iFin lateral line; 7 above, 12 below. Lat- 
.nder ones simple, at least in young. 
D. X, I, 27 to 29j|§§liird spine or third and fourth longest, 2 /r to 
; A. II, 7, second spine strong, V? of head or 
rounded or cuneate. 
Grayish,|jj||>l>rownish, with silvery sheen. Nine wide, sinuous. 
i v * * 
oblique dark bjmfr, wider than interspaces. Opercle and pectoral axil 
r,;i 
blackish. Sj||nous dorsal and ventrals black. Soft dorsal and anal with 
black edges 
* with dusky edge. According to Day bands m 
... . . IptotiM. . . ... 
with age, being o 
more numerous 
.R-VM,- 
.<■'. • "• ; 
’A 
g• Length 420 mm* (Bar¬ 
nard* ) 
Katal coast* Persian Gulf* Indian Seas* 
