basally more elongate; circuli mostly complete, about 40 
and little coarser apically. Several of larger median 
dorsal spines very slightly overlapping, Soft dotsal ine 
serted about midway between front eye edge and caudal base; 
first branched ray 11/3 in head, Soft anal origin little 
more advanced or abour midway dead nandtine tip and caue 
dal base; first branched ray 1 1/5 in head; pectoral 1%; vent- 
ral 14/5. ‘tn alcohol leaden-brown on back, sides and below 
white with stivery tints. Head white below eye, Iris browne 
ish, Fins pale brownish. Length 270 mm, (caudal tips damaged). 
Manila, 
Compared with Sumatran examples of S. toloo (Cuvier) in 
the Academy, this species differs in the lanceolate infraorbi-. 
tal extending down behind along maxillary and the latter ex» 
tending much behind eye. Much larger examples of S. toloo 
show elongated and Aatased diamond-shaped scales, the apical 
portion quite narrowly pointed, though less slender than the 
basal and the circuli about 25 to 30, 
Scomberoides toloo-parah(Ruppell) ban 100; 
Head 4 to 4 7/8; depth 3 1/5 to 4; D. I. VIIe#I, 20; 
A. IIeI, 18; snout 3 1/5; maxillary 1 3/4 to 23; interorbi-«# 
tal 3¢ to 3 3/4; rakers 7 or 8 17 or 18; length 92 to 449 
mn, Five examples of which 2 ffrom Hilo and the others 
without locality, though exec Polynesian? ee 
bee neo Lh pomp Lh, w: a Te, (hi 
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