4. cHAXoKssrs. 411 



10. Chatoessus chacimda. 



Clupanodon chacuuda, Ham. liuch. Fish. Guny. p. 240. 



Chatoessus chacunda, Ciiv. ^- Val. xxi. p. Ill ; Cani. Mai. Fish. p. ."^ll ; 



Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Ilarinf/, p. 47. 

 Anodontostoma hasseltii, Bleeh. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxii. Madura, y)- 1'5- 

 Chatoessus selangkat, Bleek. I. c. xxiv. p. 47 ; or Nat. Tydschr. Ned. 



Ind. iii. p. 4o8*. 



B. 6. D. 17-18. A. 20. L. lat. 40. L. transv. 13-14. 



Kg dorsal filament. Scales regularly arranged. The height of the 

 body is contained from twice to t^vice and a half in the total Icngtli 

 (without caudal), the length of the head four times or thrice and 

 three-fourths. Snoiit much projecting beyond the cleft of the 

 mouth, which is nearly transverse. Origin of the dorsal fin much 

 nearer to the end of the snout than to the root of the caudal, the 

 ventrals being inserted below its middle. A round black spot on 

 the shoulder. 



East Indies. 



a. The lieigJd of the body is one-half, or a little less than one-half, 

 of the total length (ivithout caudal) : var. altior. 



a. Adult : skin. Cochin. Purchased. 



b-d. Adult. Ganges. Presented by G. K. Waterhouse, Esq. 

 e-f. Fine specimens. Siam. Purchased of Mr. Jamrach. 

 g. Half-grown. Borneo. Presented by the Marquis Doria. 



ft. Theheight of the body is contained about twice and two-fifths in 

 the total length (luithout caudal) : var. chacunda. 



h. Half-grown. Ganges. Presented by G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. 



i. Adult : skin. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



1-. Adult. Sumatra. 



I, m, 11. Adult. East-Indian archipelago. 



y. The height of the body is two-Jifths of the total length 

 (ivithout caudal) : var. selangkat. 



0. One of the typical specimens of C/i. se?fm^/ta<. From Dr. Bleeker's 

 Collection. 



* The fisli described bv Kner (Xovara, Fisch. p. 337) under this name is eri- 

 dently a very different species. 



