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spinous fin and median part of soft fin dusky, fin with pale border 

 all around. Pectoral pale. Ventral pale, with large anterior dark 

 brown area. 



India, East Indies, Philippines, Queensland. The young differ 

 from the adults in the dark brown longitudinal or horizontal bands, 

 becoming obscure with age. They are well shown in Bleeker's 

 figure. Variation is noticed as sometimes the second dark band on 

 the back may be broken or irregular. 



Bleeker gives the dimensions as 275 mm. and his figure is without 

 the median dark areas on the ventrals and anal. Day does not give 

 the origin of his figure. He saj^s " I never obtained it in India, 

 saw it in a local collection there, or observed any figure of it amongst 

 drawings of Indian fishes, but as it is found in the Malay Archi- 

 pelago, stray ones may verj^ possibly be occasionally captured on 

 the coast of India." 



22650. Basud River, Luzon. January 15, 1909. Length 90 mm. 



20089. Iwahig River and tributaries, Puerta Princesa, Palawan. April 4, 1909. 



Length 89 mm. 

 19875. Maagnas, Lagonoy Gulf, Luzon. June 17, 1909. Length 96 mm. 

 5893, 5894. Malaga River. July 30, 1909. Length 97 to 110 mm. 

 11938. 21793. Nonucan River, Camp Overton, IMindanao. Aui?ust 6, 1909. 



Length 83 to 203 mm. 3 examples, of which one taken from stomach of 



large eel. 

 11432 [1092]. Pucot River, Manila Bay, Luzon. January 29. 1909. Length 97 



mm. 

 5860 to 5863. Small stream, San Roque, Leyte. Length 78 to 87 mm. [1745.] 

 12307. Stream at Maagnas, Lagonoy Gulf, Luzon. June "22, 1909. Length 



129 mm. 

 8042. Tumindao Reef, Sulu Group. February 26, 1908. Length 248 mm. 

 9245 and 9246. Varadero Bay. Luzon. July 23, 1908. Length 233 to 267 mm. 



17227. Yaua River, Legaspi, Luzon. June 7, 1909. Length 81 to 179 mm. 19 

 examples. 



9742, 13495. Uki, river at village, Boero Island, Dutch East Indies. December 



9, 1909. Length 155 to 158 mm. 

 A1288. Uki River. December 9, 1909. Length 193 to 197 mm. 2 examples. 



The following examples are all dull, thougli with rather obscure 

 dark longitudinal bands : 



11695. Capunuypugan Point, Generate Island, off east Mindanao. May 10, 1908. 



Length 123 mm. 

 5331, 5333, 5334, 5336, 6349, 6350, 11962, 11963, 11964, 21791. Nonucan River, 



Camp Overton, Mindanao. August 6, 1909. Length 112 to 161 mm. 

 11431 [1091]. Pucot River, Manila Bay, Luzon. January 29, 1909. Length 



165 mm. 

 7262. 7264, 7265, 11571, 11572. 12302 to 12306. Stream at Maagnas, Lagonoy Gulf, 



Luzon. June 17, 1909. Length 118 to 160 mm. 



17228. Yaua River, Legaspi, Luzon. June 7, 1909. Length 165 mm. 



