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several irregular longitudinal rows. Barbels dusky slate. Iris slate. 

 Dorsal, anal and caudal dusky. Paired fins brown, pale basally. 

 China, Formosa, Philippines. 



685S. Kowloon market, China. October 22, 1908. Length, 128 mm. Dorsal 



rays 56. 

 6859. Kowloon market. October 22, 1908. Length, 125 mm. Dorsal rays 57. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 42463. Hongkong. William Stimpson. Length, 127-133 mm. 5 



examples. 

 1 example. A.N.S.P. San Fernando, Luzon. Rev. Joseph Clemens. 

 8 examples. A.N.S.P. Vigan, Luzon. Rev. Joseph Clemens. 

 5 examples. A.N.S.P. Philippines. Commercial Museum of Philadelphia. As 



Clarias hatracJms. 



CLARIAS DUSSUMIERI Valenciennes 



Clarias dussumieri Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 15, p. 382, 1840 (type 

 locality: Malabar; Pondicherry). — Jerdon, Madras Journ. Lit. Sei., vol. 15, 

 p. 342, 1849 (Malabar).— Day, Fishes of Malabar, p. 197, 1865 (fresh 

 water) ; Fishes of India, pt. 3, p. 484, 1877 (Wynaad in Malabar) ; Fauna 

 British India, Fishes, vol. 1, p. 117, 1889. 



Clarias melanoderma Bleeker, Nat. Geneesk. Arch. Nederl. Indie, vol. 3, pt. 2, 

 pp. 178, 288, 1846 (type locality: Java) ; Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 2, 

 p. 102, pi. (49) 97, fig. 2, 1862 (Java, Banka, Borneo).— Gxjnther, Cat. Fish. 

 Brit. Mus., vol. 5, p. 19, 1864 (no locality). — Vincigtjekra, Ann. Mus. Civ. 

 Stor. Nat. Genova, vol. 14, p. 386, 1879 (Kaju Tanam, Sumatra ) .—KAroli, 

 Termesz. Fiizetek, Budapest, vol. 5, p. 177, 1881 (Macao). — MEYi^m, Anal. 

 Soc. Espaii. Hist. Nat. Madrid, vol. 14, p. 40, 1885 (Laguna de Bay). — 

 Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, p. 566, 1895 (Luzon, Camarines Sur, Laguna 

 de Batos, Laguna de Bay). — Volz, Zool. Jahrb. Abth. Syst. vol. 19, p. 381, 

 1904 (Palembang, Sumatra). — Weber and Beaufort, Fishes Indo-Australian 

 Archipelago, vol. 2, p. 188, 1913 (East Indies, Philippines, Siam, China). — 

 RoxAs and Martin, Dept. Agr. Comm. Manila, Tech. Bull. 6, p. 47, 1937 

 (reference). — Herre and Myers, Raffles Mus. Bull., No. 13, p. 66, 1937 

 (Singapore I.; ISIawai District, Johore). — Fowleb, List Fish. Malaya, p. 44, 

 1938 (reference). 



Clarias meladerma Suvatti, Index Fish. Siam, p. 84, 1937 (reference). 



Clarias melasoma Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederland. Indie, vol. 3, p. 427, 1852 

 (type locality: Prabrekarta, south east Borneo, in Kusan River; Palem- 

 bang, south east Sumatra, in Mussi River). 



Clarias melanosoma Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederland. Indie, vol. 3, p. 427, 

 1852 (Borneo). 



Clarias iatrachus (not Linnaeus) Bleeker, Atlas IcMh. Ind. Nderland., vol, 2, 

 p. 103, 1862 (part). 



Depth 5I/2 to 7 ; head to hind opercle edge 5 to 5%, 4 to 4^/4 meas- 

 ured to occipital process, long as wide. Eye 10 to 12 in head, eye 

 distance nearly equals mouth width, II/2 to 1% in head; nasal barbels 

 reach dorsal, maxillary surpass pectorals and extend to ventrals, man- 

 dibular extend to top of pectorals or nearly so and mental somewhat 

 shorter; teeth small, sharply pointed, in 2 more or less confluent 

 patches which very little curved and 4 times broad as long; mandib- 

 ulary teeth in 2 contiguous quadrangular patches with posterior, 

 exterior corner laterally produced ; vomerine teeth in crescentic band ; 



