
INDIAN KURTUS. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Body broad, carinated both above and below, 
with greatly elevated back. 
Gill-membr ane two-rayed. 
Gen. Zool. A. p- 185. 
SPECI FI Cc CHARACTER, &Fee 
Silvery Kurtus, with gold-coloured back. — 
Gen. Zool. 4. p. 185. 
Dee FIOCHeHEK en 
; Bloch. pl. 169. 

This fish is a native of the Indian seas, and measures 
from a foot to eighteen inches in length. 

