9. PELLONA. 459 



12. Pellona leschenaultiL 

 Cttv. <§■ Val. XX. p. 311, 



D. 21. A. 42. L. lat. 70. 

 The height of the body is contained a little less than four times 

 in the total length (-with the caudal). Pectoral fins reaching bejxmd 

 the root of the ventrals, which are small, and inserted eight or nine 

 scales in advance of the dorsal. ( Vcd.) 

 Pondicherry. 



This species, although apparently well characterized, appears to 

 be very uncertain, as it is founded on a single dried example. 



c. Dorsal Jin cntirchj opposite to the anal. 



13. Pellona pristigastroides. 



Bleck. VerJi. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Ilariny, p. 20. 



D. 17. A. 49. L. lat. 50. 



The height of the body is contained thrice and one-third in the 

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

 one-fourth. The diameter of the eye is one-fourth of the length of 

 the head. Profile of the nape concave, that of the abdomen very 

 convex, with the spines very prominent. The posterior halves of the 

 ridges on the upper surface of the head slightly divergent behind. 

 Dorsal fin nearly entiiely opposite to the anal, its origin being nearer 

 to the root of the caudal than to the end of the snout. Yentral fins 

 rudimentaiy. 



Java; Borneo. 



a. Type of the species. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



14. Pellona amblyuroptera. 



Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Having., p. 21. 

 D. 17. A. 44 (49, Bllcr.). L. lat. 54. L. transv. 16. 



The height of the body is contained thrice and one-third in the 

 total length (■without caudal), the length of the head thrice and 

 three-fourths. The diameter of the eye is two-ninths of the length 

 of the head. Profile of the nape slightly concave, that of the abdo- 

 men scarcely more convex than the dorsal. The posterior halves of 

 the ridges on the upper surface of the head divergent beliind. 

 Dorsal fin nearly entirely opposite to the anal, its origin being 

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

 Ventral fins rudimentary. 



Java ; Sumatra ; 8iam. 



a. Adult. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



