74 Smith and Scale Fishes from the Island of Mindanao. 



DOROSOM ATID AE. 

 2. Anodontostotna chacunda (Hamilton). 



"CABASHI." 



Two specimens, length, 7.75 and 8 inches. Head, 3.45 ; depth, 2.50 ; 

 posterior dorsal ray not prolonged. Color in spirits silvery, the back with 

 about 6 longitudinal dusky lines ; a brown spot above axis of pectorals ; 

 tip of anterior dorsal rays dusky; the interior rays of each caudal lobe 

 with an indistinct dusky wash. These specimens represent the form 

 called by Dr. Bleeker var. selangkat. 



ENGRAULIDAE. 

 3. Anchovia boelama (Forskal). 



Two specimens, length, 2.50 and 3.75 inches. Head, 3.75 ; depth, 4.10 ; 

 dorsal, 14 ; anal, 33 ; scales, 34 ; snout projecting. Color in spirits silvery 

 bluish above ; no silvery band ; fins uniform. 



CLARIIDAE. 



4. Clarias gilli Smith & Scale, sp. nov. 



Head, 7 ; depth, 8.50 without caudal ; vertical fins united to caudal ; 

 dorsal, 93 ; anal, 87 ; head with two fontanelles ; barbules, 8, the lower 

 maxillary and upper mandibular pairs very long, extending to middle of 

 pectoral fin ; teeth in jaws small, sharp-pointed ; vomerine teeth small, 

 rounded, in a somewhat crescent-shaped patch ; top of head formed of 

 21 bony plates, three of which are anterior to the large plate bearing 

 the anterior fontanelle; pectorals short, .5 head, their spines serrated ; 

 ventrals .33 head, their tip reaching to origin of anal ; the vertical fins 

 extend only about one-third the length of the caudal, to which they are 



a 



uitulioji, after Bleeker. 



b. Uunas gilli Smith & Seale. 



firmly united ; length of caudal equal to head ; distance from origin of 

 dorsal to tip of snout 3.90 in length without caudal ; height of dorsal about 

 3 in head, the anal slightly deeper. Color in spirits uniform dull brown, 

 with a slightly bluish tint ; fins similar to body in color, except pectorals 



