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third anal spines nearly equal, almost as long as the second of the 

 dorsal fin. Cuudalis deeply forked. Ycllo^vish ; the first dorsal 

 blackish at the tip. (Bl.) 

 Rivers of Borneo. 



6. Ambassis batjanensis. 

 Bleeker, Batjan, ii. p. 196. 



^•A^.' ^-s-To- L-lat.28. L. transv. f 

 The height of the body is 2| in the total length (without caudal 

 fin). Praiorbital entire ; inferior limb and angle of the pKcoperculum 

 denticulated ; the length of the dorsal spine is five times in the total ; 

 the third spine of the anaUs longer than the second. Shining yel- 

 lowish, \vith a bluish longitudinal streak ; root of the caudal fin more 

 or less violet. 



Fresh waters of Batjan ; Amboyna. 



a. Adult. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



7. Ambassis diissumieri. 



Ambassis dussumieri, Cui\ Sf Val. ii. p. 181, vi. p. 503, ix. p. 431 ; 



Bleeker, Perc. p. 30 ; Quay <§- Gaim. Voij, Astrol. Poiss. p. 650. 



pi. 1. f. 3. 

 Chanda dussumieri, Cantor, Catal. p. 6. 



I>.7|J^. A.A 



The height of the body is more than three times in the total 

 length (Avithout caudal fin) ; the second spine of the first dorsal one- 

 fifth of the same length ; the diameter of the eye is nearly one-third 

 of the length of the head ; lateral line interiiipted. Coloration of 

 body imiform. 



Malabar ; Sea of Pinang ; Javanese and Chinese Seas ; Celebes ; 

 AmbojTia ; Isle de France ; Seychelles. 



a. Half-grown. China. 

 6. Half-grown. China. 

 c. Half-grown. China. 



8. Ambassis thernialis. 

 Cm: ,§■ Val iii. p. 493. 



D.7|f A.I. 



The height of the body is not fully three times in the total length 

 (without caudal fin). Greenish, with a silvery lateral band ; on each 

 lol)e of the caudal fin a blackish longituchnal streak. (Les ecailles 

 sent grandcs et fortes. — Cvv.) 



Wai-m springs of Cania (Ceylon). 



0. Ambassis nalua. 



Ambiissia nalun, Citr. ^- ]'iil. ii. p. 182. 



