764 BULLETIN 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



U.S.N.M. No. 72536. Palaboean Ratoe, Java. October 1909. O. Bryant. Length, 



143 mm. 

 2 examples. A.N.S.P. Bombay, India. Prof. F. Hallberg. 1925. Length, 108- 



120 mm. 



Subgenus Netuma Bleeker 



TACHYSURUS THALASSINUS (Ruppell) 



Bagrus thalassinus Ruppell, Neue Wirbelth., Fische, p. 75, pi. 20, fig. 2, 1835 

 (type locality: Massaua, Red Sea). 



Netuma thalassina Bleekek, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 2, p. 28, 1862 (Java, 

 Sumatra, Nias, Bin tang, Celebes). — Fowlee, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, ser. 2, vol. 12, p. 500, 1904 (Padang) ; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil- 

 adelphia, 1915, p. 204 (Padang example ) .—Ogilby, Commercial Fish. Fisher. 

 Queensland, p. 47, 1915.— Fowler, Copeia, No. 58, p. 62, 1918 (Philip- 

 pines). — McCuLLOucH, Fishes New South Wales, ed. 2, p. 22, pi. 7, fig. 74a, 

 1927. — Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 62 (compiled) ; vol. 11, p. 318, 

 1928 (reference). 



Netuma thalassinus Eveemann and Se^vle, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26 (1906), 

 p. 56, 1907 (San Fabian; Bulan ; Philippines). — Jordan and Richardson, 

 Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 27 (1907), p. 242, 1908 ( Philippines ) .—Weber 

 and Beaufort, Fishes Indo Australian Archip., vol. 2, p. 286, fig. 114 (upper 

 teeth), 1913 (Batavia, Singapore, Sumbawa, Timor, Rotti, New Guinea). 



Arius thalassinus Gunther, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 5, p. 139, fig. (teeth 

 and occiput), 1864 (East Indies, Singapore, Red Sea, Java). — Kner, Reise 

 Novara, Fische, p. 310, 1865 (no locality). — Gxjnthbsi, Fishes of Zanzibar, 

 p. 114, 1866 (Aden; Zanzibar). — Klunzinger, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 

 vol. 21, p. 589, 1871 (Red Sea ) .— Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South 

 Wales, vol. 1, p. 348, 1876 (ofe Katow, New Guinea ) .—Day, Fishes of India, 

 pt. 3, p. 463, pi. 104, fig. 4, pi. 106, fig. 1, 1877 (Andamans).— Axleyne and 

 Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 1, p. 348, 1877 (Torres 

 Straits, New Guinea, Katow). — Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 

 vol. 2, p. 363, 1878 (Port Darwin ) .—Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 7, 

 p. 56, 1879 (Tonga Islands). — Klunzinger, Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss., Wien, 

 math.-nat. CL, vol. 80, p. 409, 1880 (Queensland). — Macleay, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. New South Wales, vol. 6, p. 212, 1881 (Torres Strait and Port Dar- 

 win). — Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espaii. Hist. Nat. Madrid, vol. 14, p. 41, 1885 

 (Macassar, South Celebes; Kordo, Mysore) .—Bouxenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, 1887, p. 665 (Muscat). — Day, Fauna British India, Fishes, vol. 1, 

 p. 181, 1889.— Kent, Great Barrier Reef, p. 298, 1893 (Moreton Bay).— 

 DtJNCKER, Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hamburg, vol. 21, p. 174, 1904 (reference). — 

 Steindachner, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss., Wien, math.-nat. Kl., vol. 71, pt. 1, 

 p. 156, 1907 (Aden).— Weber, Nova Guinea, vol. 9, p. 536, 1913 (Ostbai).— 

 ZuGMAYFJS, Abh. Bayer Akad. Wiss., math.-phys. Kl., vol. 26, p. 9, 1913 

 (Mekran, Oman). — Weber and Beaufort, Fishes Indo-Australian Archi- 

 pelago, vol. 2, p. 286, fig. 114 (dentition), 1913 (Batavia, Singapore, Sumba, 

 Timor, Rotti, New Guinea). — Herre, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 31, p. 407, 

 pi. 1, fig. 7 (dentition), 1926 (Manila Bay, Bulan, Laguna de Bay, CuUan) ; 

 Fishes Herre Philippine Exped. 1931, p. 22, 1934 (Laguna de Bay; 

 Manila). — Roxas and Martin, Dept. Agr. Comm. Manila Tech. Bull. 6, p. 45, 

 1937 (reference). 



Tachysurus thalassinus Suvatti, Index Fish, Siam, p. 64, 1937 (Gulf of Siam; 

 Phuket).— Fowler, List Fish. Malaya, p. 50 (249), 1938 (reference). 



