382 LABYBrNTniCI. 



1 . Macropus viridi-auratus. 



Macropodus viridi-fvuratiis, Lacep. iii. p. 417. pi. IG. fig. 1; Car. Sf Vdl. 



vii. p. 373; Cur. Il('(jne Anim. III. Pois.s. pi. 74. fig. 2. 

 venustus, Cuv. ^- Val. vii. p. 375. pi. 197. 



B. 4. D. -^. A. ^'*. Csec. pylor. 2. Vert. 9/18. 



Minute deuticulations at the prteorbital and at the angle of the 

 prffiopcrculum. Body with some obscure cross-bands. 

 China. Cochinchina. 



7. OSPHROMENUS. 



Osphronemus, (Covmiers.) Lacep. iii. p. 117; Cuv. fy Val. vii. p. 377. 

 Trichopus, Lacip. iii. p. 120 ; Cuv. Sf Val. vii. p. 388. 



Body compressed, more or less elevated ; operculum without spine 

 or serrature ; cleft of the mouth small, oblique, protractile. Small 

 fixed teeth in the jaws, none on the palate. Dorsal spines in small 

 or moderate number (2-13), anal spines in moderate or great number 

 (7-14) ; ventral fins with the outer ray very long, filiform, the other 

 three or four being small and rudimentaiy (except in 0. striatus). 

 Lateral line not interrupted or absent. Air-bladder present ; pyloric 

 appendages two. 



Fresh waters of the East Indies. 



1. Osphromenus olfax. 



Osphronemus goiu'ami, Lacep. iii. p. 117. pi. 3. fig. 2. 

 Ti-ichopodus mentum, Lacip. iii. p. 125. pi. 3. fig. 3, 

 Trichopus goramy, Shaw, Zool. iv. p. 388. pi. 55. 



satyrus, SJiaw, Zool. iv. p. 391. pi. 35. 



Osplirouenius olfax, {Coiumers.) Harchv. Zool. Journ. iv. p. 309. pi. 36. 



suppl. ; Cuv. Sf Val. vii. p. 377 ; Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 251 ; Blevk. 



Verh. Bat. Genootsch. xxiii. p. 10 ; Cant. Catal. p. 88. 

 gom-ami, Cur. lir Val. vii. p. 377. pi. 198 (lialf-grown) ; Cue. Regne 



Anim. Ill Poiss. pi. 73. fig. 1 (yoimg). 



satyvus, Bleek. Topogr. Batar. (adult). 



Superbranchial organ : Cuv. i^ Val. pi. 206 (adult) ; Pders in Miill. 



Arch. 1853, taf. 13. fig. A. (inmiature). 



B. 6. D. J-|^,. A. J_',',. L. lat. 30-33. L. transv. 5/13. 

 '' Cajc. pylor. 2. Vert. 12/18-19. 



Tlie height of the body is contained twice in the total length (the 

 caudal fin not included), the length of the head twice and a half in 

 young specimens, or thrice and a quarter in adult ones. Prjeorbital 

 denticulated. The upper profile of the snout is concave. Adult spe- 

 cimens uniformly coloured ; yovmj ones with seven or nine oblique 

 blackish bands ; a black spot at the root of the pectorals, and another 



* The formula of tliese fins is given by Valenciennes twice (p. .'573) as it is 

 stated above, and once (p. -374) as follows: D. — . A. — 



