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TOXOTES CHATAREUS (Buchanan-Hamilton) 



Coins chatareus Buchanan-Hamilton, Fishes of Ganges, 1822, pp. 101, 370, 



pi. 14, fig. 34. Ganges mouths. 

 Toxotes chatareus Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 117, pi. 29, fig. 6 



(Irrawaddi). — Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 9, 1877, p. 2, pi. 



(1)363, fig. 5 (Pinang, Singapore, Borneo). — Klunzinger, Sitz. Ber. Akad. 



Wiss. Wien, vol. 80, Heft 1, 1879, p. 364 (Queensland and Cleveland 



Bay). — Day, Fauna Brit. India, vol. 2, 1889, p. 23. 

 Toxotes jaculator (not Pallas) Cuvibr, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 7, 1831, p. 314 



(Malacca).— GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 2. 1860, p. 67 (part). — 



Day, Fishes of Malabar, 1865, p. 37. 

 Toxotes jaculator var. malaccensis Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (Cat. 



Malay. Fish.), vol. 18, pt. 2, 1849, p. 1159. Pinang, Malayan Peninsula, 



Singapore. 



Depth 2^; head 2%. Eye 4 in head. Scales 33 or 34 in lateral 

 line, 4 above, 11 or 12 below, 22 predorsal. D. V, 12 to 14; A. Ill, 

 17 or 18. Irregular longitudinal row of 6 to 8 dusky to blackish 

 blotches on back. Length 152 mm. (Bleeker.) 



India, Burma, Malay Peninsula, East Indies, Queensland. 



TOXOTES MICROLEPIS GUnther 



Toxotes microlepis Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1860, p. 68. 

 Siam.— Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 117, pi. 30, fig. 1 (Irra- 

 waddi). — Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 9, 1877, p. 2, pi. 

 (1)336, fig. 1 (Sumatra and Borneo). — Day, Fauna Brit. India, vol 2 

 1889, p. 22, fig. 9. 



Depth 2; head 2^. Eye 3}4 in head. Scales 40 to 42 in lateral 

 line, 9 above, 15 below. D. V, 13 or 14; A. Ill, 17 or 18. Back with 

 3 or 4 large dusky blotches, also dark band across caudal peduncle 

 posteriorly and another at caudal base. Soft dorsal with 2 dark 

 blotches. Anal broadly bordered darker. Length 130mm; (Bleeker.) 



Burma, Siam, East Indies. 



TOXOTES CARPENTARIENSIS Castelnau 2 



Though very imperfectly noticed, may apply to T. microlepis. 

 The following sets forth the few items given by Castelnau : 



Snout less than % of interorbital, little more than orbit. Dorsal 

 more advanced than in Toxotes microlepis, spines longer or 3^ in 

 depth, all slender, 6 in number and third and fourth longest; dorsal 

 rays 12. A. Ill, 16. Caudal forked. Four broad transverse dark 

 bands. 



TOXOTES LORENTZI Weber 



Toxotes lorentzi Weber, Notes Leyden Mus., vol. 32, No. 4, 1910, p. 232. 

 Merauke, Dutch South New Guinea. 



Depth 2^; head 3. Eye 3% to 4 in head. Scales 46 in lateral 

 line, 7 above, 13 below. D. V, 13 or 14; A. Ill, 15 or 16. Back dark 

 gray brown, pale to yellowish below. Vertical fins dark. Paired fins 

 transparent, with dark dots. Length 115 mm. (Weber.) 



« Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 3, 1878, p. 47. Norman River, Queensland. 



