FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 665 



Pristlgaster tartoor (parf, Bleekeb, Verb. Batav. Genootscb. (Haring.), vol. 24, 

 p. 25, 1852 (Batavia). — Guntheb, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 7, p. 460, 

 186S. 



Opisthoptcrus tartoor Bleekeb, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 6, p. 123, pi. 

 (5)263', fig. 5, 1866-72 (Java).— Webeb and Beaueobt, Fishes Indo-Australian 

 Archipelago, vol. 2, p. 95, fig. 31, 1913 (Batavia; Bagan Api Api). 



Depth 4%, ventral profile more convex than dorsal, especially convex 

 from chin to anal; head 5^4, upper profile concave. Snout shorter 

 than eye, which 3I/5 in head; maxillary reaches i^ in eye, posterior 

 supramaxillary extends almost to end of maxillary; lower jaw very 

 oblique, strongly projecting; ridges on head diverge posteriorly, 

 greatest interspace 3% in eye. Lower gill rakers 24 or 25. 



Scales 52 in medial lateral series. Ventral scutes 31. 



D. 17, origin midway between upper end of pectoral base and 

 caudal base; A. 64, origin midway between mandible tip and caudal 

 base, base length 2i^ in body length ; vertical distance from upper end 

 of pectoral base to thorax edge 2 in head length. (Norman.) 



Silvery, except on back. Dark patch behind upper angle of opercle. 

 Fins hyaline. Caudal with dusky margin. Length over 200 mm. 

 (Weber and Beaufort.) 



East Indies. 



Genus RACONDA Gray 



Raconda Geay, Zool. Misc., vol. 1, p. 9, 1931. (Type, Raconda russeliana Gray, 



monotypic. ) 

 Apterygia Gray, Illustr. Indian Zool. Hardwicke, vol. 2, pi, 92, fig. 11, 1832-34. 

 (Type, Apterygia ramcarate Gray, monotypic.) 



Body oblong, well compressed, belly very convex and abdomen 

 feebly serrated. Maxillary tapering behind and reaches gill opening 

 with age. Lower jaw projects. Teeth minute, single series in jaws, 

 in velvety patches on palatines, pterygoids, and tongue, none on 

 vomer. Pseudobranchiae well developed. Scales moderate, thin, 

 very deciduous, without transverse grooves. No dorsal or ventral 

 fins. Anal very long, rays 83 to 92. Caudal deeply forked, small. 

 Pectoral moderate, uppermost ray enlarged. 



One species. 



RACONDA RUSSELIANA Gray 



Raconda russeliana Gray, Zool. Miscellany, vol. 1, p. 9, 1831 (type locality: 

 Sangar Roads, India).— Fowleb, List Fish. Malaya, p. 30 (247), 1938 

 (reference). 



Raconda russelliana Cantor, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 18, p. 1274, 1849 

 (Pinang, Malay Peninsula, Singapore). — Jebdon, Madras Journ. Lit. Sci., 

 vol. 17, p. 146, 1851.— Blejeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 6, p. 124, 

 1866-72 (Pinang; Singapore).— Day, Fishes of India, pt. 4, p. 646, pi. 163, 

 fig. 4, 1878 (Bengal Bay, Sunderbunds) ; Fauna British India, Fishes, vol. 1, 

 p. 384, fig. 119, 1889. — Webeb and Beaufoet, Fishes Indo-Australian Archi- 

 pelago, vol. 2, p. 97, fig. 33, 1913 (Bagan Api Api ) .— Nobman, Ann. Mag. 

 Nat. Hist., ser. 9, vol. 11, p. 16, 1923 (Bengal Bay, Malay Peninsula and 



