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Tachysurus falcarius Jordan and Evkbmann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 25, 

 p. 321, 1902 (Suwata, Formosa). — Jordan and Richardson, Mem. Car- 

 negie Mus., vol. 4, p. 168, 1909 (copied). 



Bagrus crinalis Richardson, Ichth. China Japan, p. 282, 1846 (type locality: 

 Canton). 



Pimelodus guttatns Richardson, Ichth, China Japan, p. 286, 1846 (type locality: 

 Canton). 



Pimelodus mong Richardson, Ichth. China Japan, p. 286, 1846 (type locality: 

 Canton). 



Arius schlegeli Bteeker, Nederland. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 1, p. 146, 1863 (type 

 locality: Amoy, China) ; vol. 2, p. 56, 1865 (reference). 



Arius hoakeii Turner, Journ. Anat. Phys., vol. 1, p. 78, 1867 (type locality: 

 Ceylon). 



Depth 4; head Z%, width I1/3. Snout 21/2 in head; eye 614, 2% 

 in snout, 3 in interorbital ; mouth broadly crescentic ; maxillary barbel 

 reaches pectoral, outer mental %, inner % of outer; teeth villiform, 

 broad bands across jaws, upper of 8 to 10 irregular series and lower 

 6; each palatine with large and nearly equilateral triangular patch; 

 interorbital 2^5, moderately elevated but broadly level medianly; 

 narrow occipital fontanel as groove from opposite middle of eye to 

 base of occipital plate; occipital bridge continuous to dorsal. Gill 

 rakers 7+11, lanceolate, short, % gill filaments or 11^4 in eye. 



Cranium and occipital plate rugose striate, rather smooth to touch. 



D. I, 6, first ray 1% in head; adipose fin 2%', A. v, 14, i, second 

 branched ray 2^^ ; caudal ly^, upper lobe longer ; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 4 ; pectoral 1% ; ventral V-^. 



Back neutral dusky or slate black, more gray on sides and entire 

 under surface whitish. Iris grayish. Maxillary barbel and terminal 

 end of outer mental barbel blackish, otherwise mentals white. Lips 

 white. Spinous dorsal slate black terminally, whitish basally. Adi- 

 pose fin dusky gray. Caudal grayish, dusky terminally. Pectoral 

 dusky above, whitish beneath. Aiial and ventral whitish. 



India, Burma, China, Formosa. 



U.S.N.M. No. 44794. Rangoon, Burma. M. Fea. Length, 148 mm. As Arius 



falcarius. 

 1 example. A.N.S.P. Hongkong. Henry W. Fowler. 1929. Length, 358 mm. 



TACHYSURUS CAELATUS (Valenciennes) 



Arius caelatus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 15, p. 66, 1840 (type locality: 

 Bombay). — Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. (Nal. Ichth. Bengal), vol. 25. 

 p. 56, 1853 (reference) ; Atlas Ichth. lud. N^erland., vol. 2, p. 35, pi. (5) 53, 

 1862 (Java, Madura, Sumatra, Borneo). — GOnther, Cat. Fishes British 

 Mus., vol. 5, p. 158, fig. (teeth), 1864 (Siam).— Day, Fishes of India, pt. 3, 

 p. 459, pi. 105, fig. 5, 1877 (Moulmeiu). — Vinciguerra, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. 

 Nat., Geuova, vol. 16, p. 173, 1880 ( Borneo ) .—Karoijc, Termesz. Fiizetek, 

 Budapest, vol. 5, p. 178, 1881 (Siam). — Day, Fauna British India, Fishes, 

 vol. 1, p. 174, 1889.— Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, p. 571, 1895 (Samar, 

 Jolo).— Bartleot, Sarawak Gazette, vol. 26, No. 368, p. 181, 1896 (Mora- 



