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el. Jaws short and stout; hind dorsal rays elevated.

c. Jaws long, slender; hind dorsal rays short,

indica.

crocodila.

a3. Caudal truncate; dorsal rays 14, anal 16; dark spot at middle of caudal base.

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strongylura.

Figure 8. Strongylura anastomella (Valenciennes).

Strongylura anastomella (Valenciennes). Figure 8.

Belone anastomella Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 18, 1846, p. China. Günther, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., vol. 6, 1866, p. 249 (Shang- hai, China); Ann, Mag. Nat. Hist., series 4, vol. 13, 1874, p. 158 (Chefoo).

Mastacembelus anastomella Bleeker, Nederl. Tijds. Dierk., vol. 4, 1873, p. 149 (compiled).

Tylosurus anastomella Wu, Biol. Contr. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, vol. 5, No. 4, 1929, p. 63, fig. 51 (Amoy).—Sowerby, Nat. in Manchuria, vol. 4. 1939, p. 161 (Pei Tai Ho and Chin Wan Tao; Dalny and Antung).

Belone ciconia Richardson, Ichth. China and Japan, 1846, p. 264 (Chinese seas; Canton).

Belone esocina Basilewsky, Nouv. Mem. Soc. Nat. Moscou, vol. 10, 1855, p. 260. Mari prov. Shandun.

Mastacembelus esocina Bleeker, Nederl. Tijds. Dierk., vol. 4, 1873, p. 149 (compiled).

Tylosurus esocina Chu, Biol. Bull. St. John's Univ., No. 1, January 1931, p. 86 (compiled).

Depth 14; head 31/5; snout tip to eye 1 2/5 in head; eye 16; in- terorbital 13; postocular 44. Dorsal fin 19; anal 22; pectoral 11; ventral 6. Brown above, scales edged black. Below white. Median blue black band along predorsal with parallel black line each side. Another bluish band along upper part of side of body. Dorsal and caudal tips dark. Reaches 567 mm.

(Wu.)

Chinese Seas, Canton, Amoy, Chefoo, Shanghai.

Belone esocina is very imperfectly described:

Body with small deciduous scales. Head and snout like Esox belone Linnaeus. Fins short. Dorsal and anal opposite, similar, former little larger. Caudal emarginate. Back green, abdomen white. Length 475 mm.

The Hong Kong Naturalist.

A Synopsis of the Fishes of China

Strongylura indica (Le Sueur). Figure 9.

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Belona indica Le Sueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol, 2, 1821, p. 130. Indian Ocean.

(China).

Belone annulata Günther, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., vol. 6, 1866, p. 240

Mastacembelus annulata Bleeker, Nederl. Tijds, Dierk., vol. 4, 1873, p. 149 (Hong Kong; name only).

Mastaccembelus annulatus Bleeker, Nederl. Tijds. Dierk., vol. 4, 1873, P. 154 (Hong Kong).

Tylosurus giganteus Chu, Biol. Bull, St. John's Univ., No. 1, 1913, p. 86 (reference).

Figure 9. Strongylura indica (Le Sueur).

KWF

Depth 15 to 18 2/5; head 3 to 4; snout 1 3/5 in rest of head; eye 7 3/5 to 92, 2 to 21⁄2 in postorbital, 1 to 2 in interorbital. Scales 337 to 350 in lateral line, 255 predorsal, Dorsal rays 22 or 23; anal 20 or 21; pectoral 13 or 14; ventral 6. Dusky above, silvery white below. Lower lip with flap in young dark brown. Fins yellowish, dusky terminally, posterior half of dorsal dusky or blackish. Reaches 1216 mm.

China, Hong Kong*.-(Seychelles, India, East Indies*, Philippines, Japan, North Australia, Micronesia*, Polynesia*, Hawaii*).

Strongylura crocodila (Le Sueur).

Belone crocodila (Peron and Le Sueur) Le Sueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 2, pt. 1, 1821, p. 129. Mauritius.

Strongylura crocodila Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1929, p. 603 (Hong Kong).

Depth 132; head 3; snout 13/5 in head; eye 9, 24 to 2% in postocular; interorbital 134 in head. Dorsal rays 22 or 23; anal 21 or 22; pectoral 14; ventral 6. Dark bluish above, silvery white below, back sharply contrasted. Dorsal and caudal dusky terminally, other fins pale, Said to reach over 1,000 mm.

Hong Kong*.-(Red Sea, East Africa, Mauritius, India, East Indies*, Tonkin, Formosa, Japan, Melanesia, Polynesia*).

Strongylura strongylura (Van Hasselt). Figure 10.

Ho tsin (stork's bill), Hok tsam,

Belone strongylura Van Hasselt, Algem, Konst Letterbode, 1823, p. 131. Batavia, Java.-Günther, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., vol. 6, 1866, p. 246 (China).

December 1937.