FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 723 



Pale brownish generally, Avith silvery reflections on sides. Iris 

 whitish gray due to formalin. Dorsal and anal grayish terminally. 

 Paired fins pale. 



China. Reported from the Philippines by Elera. 



U.S.N.M. No. 47999. Cochinchina. Lyons Museum. Length, 190 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 83983. Soochow, China. N. Gist Gee. Length, 133 mm., caudal 

 ends damaged. 



COILIA LINDMANNI Bleeker 



Coilia lindmanni Bleekee, Act. Soc. Sci. Ind. N6erl., No. 9, vol. 3, p. (7)48, 1858 

 (type locality: Palembang, Sumatra). 



Coilia lindmani Bleekek, Nederland. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 2, pp. 35, 176, 1865 

 (Siam).^GtJNTHER, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 7, p. 405, 1868 (type). — 

 Weber and Beautoet, Fishes Indo-Australiau Archipelago, vol. 2, p. 49 

 1913 (compiled). — Chabanaud, Service Oceanogr. Peches Indo-Chine, 1* 

 note, p. 8, 1926 (Cambodia). — HAEDENBEaiG, Treubia, vol. 13, livr. ^-A, p. 

 411, fig. 1, 1931 (Palembang) ; vol. 14, livr. 2, p. 217, 1933 (Sunsang). 



Coilia (Chaetomtis) lindmani Bleei^eb, Atlas Ichth. lud. Neerland., vol. 6, p. 

 139, pi. (12)270, fig. 2, 1866-72 (Sumatra). 



CoiJa lindmani Suvatti, Index Fish. Siam, p. 16, 1937 (Maeuam Bangpakong) 

 (error). 



Depth 41/^; head about 5. Snout prominent, shorter than eye; eye 

 nearly 4; maxillary rather narrow, reaches below pectoral base, with 

 small nearly equal teeth. Lower gill rakers about 34. 



Scales 50 in medial lateral series. Abdominal scutes 12 + 19. 



D. 1-13, about 2 times nearer snout than caudal base; A. 76, less 

 than twice in body length; pectoral rays 17, 6 uppermost produced 

 slightly or very much beyond anal origin ; ventral rays 7. 



Silvery, back dark, fins clear. Length, 176 mm. (Weber and 

 Beaufort.) 



Siam, Sumatra. 



Family CHIROCENTRIDAE 



Body much elongated, strongly compressed. Eyes small, with adi- 

 pose lids. Mouth large, greatly inclined. Premaxillaries large; 

 maxillaries long and narrow, with 2 supplemental bones, all forming 

 border to mouth. Mandible prominently protruded. Canine teeth 

 in front of premaxillaries and mandibulary bones, other teeth long 

 and pointed; few teeth on palatines and tongue. Gill membranes 

 separate and free. Gill rakers very short and strong. No pseudo- 

 branchiae. Scales thin, small, cycloid, very deciduous. Paired fins 

 with long axillary scales and two long scales on caudal base. Dorsal 

 above front part of long anal. Caudal deeply forked. Pectorals 

 low. Ventrals very small. 



One living genus and several as fossils from the Cretaceous of 

 Europe, Brazil, and Syria and the Eocene of Switzerland. 



