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13191. Makassar market, Celebes. December 22 1909. Length, 182 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 6701. Hongkoug. William Stimpsou. Length, 465 mm. Depth 7%, 

 U.S.N.M. No. 47842. Fiji. Australian Museum (A9399). Length, 330-477 mm., 



caudal broken. Depth 6Vt> to ly^. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 47990. Cochin China. Lyons Museum. Length, 320 mm., caudal 



broken. Depth 7. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 55989. Mindanao, Philippines. Bureau of Fisheries (4233). 



Length, 520 mm. Depth 7. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 56201. Bureau of Fisheries (4179). Length, 402 mm. Depth 



6% mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. No. 57484. Japan. P. L. Jouy. Length 270 mm. Depth 6%. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 63658. Bureau of Fisheries (4181). Length, 415 mm., caudal 



broken. Depth 6%. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 72490. Batavia, Java. Bryant and Palmer. 1909. Length, 165 



mm. Depth 7. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 72491. Batavia, Java. Bryant and Palmer. 1909. Length, 325 



mm. Depth 7%. 



U.S.N.M. No. 84210. Philippines. Dr. Fred Baker. Length, 154 mm. Depth 

 6% mm. Very poor example. 



1 example A.N.S.P. Padang, Sumatra. A. C. Harrison and H. M. Hiller. 

 Length, 391 mm. When in arrack deep dusky bluish green on back and 

 head above. Body, sides, and lower surface silvery white. Dorsal, caudal 

 and pectorals dusky greenish. Anals and ventrals white. Peritoneum pale. 



CHIROCENTRUS NUDUS Swainson 



Chirocentriis nudiis Swainson, Nat. Hist. Animals, Fishes, vol. 2, 1839, p. 294, 

 1839 (on Wahlah Russell, Fishes of Coromandel, vol. 2, p. 78, pi. 199, 1803 

 (type locality: Vizagapatam). — Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 

 vol. 86, p. 410, 1934 (Natal). 



Vhirocentrus Jiypselosoma Bleekee, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederland. Indie, vol. 3, 

 p. (54) 71, 1852 (type locality: Singapore; Samarang) ; Nederland. Tijdschr. 

 Dierk., vol. 1, p. 240, 1863 (Obi) ; Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerl'and., vol. 6, p. 93, 

 pi. (11) 269, fig. 3, 1866-72 (Java, Pinang, Singapore, Banka, Borneo, 

 Celebes, Batjan, Obi Major). — Delsman, Treubia, vol. 12, livr. 1, p. 46, 

 1930 (egg and larva). — Hardenbeeq, Treubia, vol. 12, livr. 1, p. 51, 1930 

 ( Bagan-sI-Api-Api, Sumatra, Batavia) ; vol. 13, livr. 1, p. 99, 1931; vol. 15, 

 livr. 3, p. 226, 1930 (Padang Tikarbar, Borneo). 



CJiirocentrns dorab (not ForskSl) Cantoe, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 18, 

 p. 1259, 1849 (part).— GtJNTHEB, Cat. Fi.shes British Mus., vol. 7, p. 475, 

 1868 (part).— Day, Fishes of India, pt. 4, p. 652, 1878 (part).— GiJnthee, 

 Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, pt. 16, p. 388, 1909 (part). — Webek and Beaufoet, 

 Fishes Indo- Australian Archipelago, vol. 2, p. 18, 1913 (part). — Fowlek, 

 Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 32, No. 2, p. 253, 1927 (ofC Bombay).— 

 McCui.LOCH, Australian Mus. Mem., vol. 5, p. 36, 1929 (part). — Fowleb, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, vol. 89, p. 130, 1937 (Tachin) ; List 

 Fish. Malaya, p. 23, 1938 (part). 



Depth 5 to 514 ; bead S% to 4, width d% to 4. Snout 31/2 to 32/3 

 in head from snout tip; eye 4l^ to 41/2, li/s to II/5 in snout, greater 

 than interorbital ; maxillary reaches 1^ in eye, slender, 1% to 2 in 

 head from snout tip; interorbital 5 to 514, scarcely elevated, level; 



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