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Bhamo).— Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26 (1906), p. 8, 1907 



(Philippines) ; Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 33, p. 535, 1908.— Fowlek, Mem. 



Bishop Mus., vol. 11, p. 318, 1931 (note on Pohl's record). 

 Clarlas fuscus (not Lacepede) Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 15, p. 383, 



1840 (Sumatra). 

 Clarias punctatus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 15, p. 384, 1840 (type 



locality: Java). — Cantok, Jouru. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 18, p. 1245, 



1849 (Pinang). 

 Cossyphus afer McCleixand, Calcutta Journ. Nat. Hist., vol. 4, p. 403, pi. 22, 



fig. 3, 1844 (type locality: Chusan, China); vol. 5, p. 225, 1845 (errata) 



(mutilated specimen). 

 f Clarias assamensis Day, Fishes of India, pt. 3, p. 485, 1877 (type locality: 



Goalpara and as high as Suddya) ; Fauna of British India, Fishes, vol. 1, 



p. 117, 1889 (copied). 

 Clarias olivaceus Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 12, 



p. 499, pi. 28, lower fig., 1904 (type locality: Padang, Sumatra). 



Depth 5% to 7; head 5 to 54^^, wide as long. Snout 2% in head 

 to hind edge of opercle; eye 10; mouth width 2%; nasal barbel 

 reaches base of pectoral spine, maxillary not quite to tip of pectoral 

 spine, outer mental half its length and inner reaches base of pectoral 

 spine; teeth fine, in rather broad bands in jaws; narrow band of 

 fine vomerine teeth; interorbital 1%, flattened, fontanel like plumb 

 bob, length equals space between 2 nasal barbels; predorsal length 

 to occiput 334 to 4^ in head measured to hind opercle edge. 



Skin smooth. 



D. 58, origin above depressed pectoral tip, fin separate from caudal ; 

 A. 50, similar, origin much nearer caudal base than snout tip ; caudal 

 11/2 in head measured to hind opercle edge, fin rounded behind; 

 pectoral spine li/^, nearly smooth, fin reaches nearly half way to 

 ventral ; ventral 2% in head to hind opercle edge, reaches anal. 



In arrack dark brown, vertical fins somewhat darker. Along 

 lower side, from abdomen to caudal base an irregular series of small 

 round pale brown spots. Below dorsal base on back about dozen 

 vertical series of similar spots extending down to middle of side. 



India, Ceylon, Burma, Pinang, East Indies, Philippines. 



12105. Manila market. June 11, 1908. Length, 235. D. 65 ? A. 50. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 72550. Buitenzorg, Java. March 10, 1909. Bryant and Palmer. 



Length, 20 to 24 mm. 5 examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 72551. Buitenzorg, Java. March 16, 1909. Length, 185 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 72551. Java. Bryant and Palmer. Head 95 mm. lond, doubtfully 



as Clarias hafrachus. 

 2 examples. A.N.S.P. Padang, Sumatra. A. C. Harrison and H. L. Hiller. 



Length, 200-204 mm. 

 2 examples. A.N.S.P. Batu Sangkar, Sumatra. A. C. Harrison and H. L. Hiller. 



Length, 233-249 mm. 



CLARIAS TEIJSMANNI Bleeker 



Clarias teijsmanni Bleekeb, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 13, p. 344, 1857 

 (type locality: Java) ; Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 2, p. 104, pi. (51) 99, 

 fig. 1, 1862 (Java; Borneo).— Fowler, List Fish. Malaya, p. 44 (247), 1938. 



