226 PEECID.F.. 



Chanda nalua, Ham. Buck. Ganq. Fish. p. 107. t. 6. f. 36 ; Cantor, 

 Catal. p. 6. 



I lO-U 9-10 



The height of the body is one-half of the total length (without 

 caudal fin) ; the second spine of the fijst dorsal is one-fourth of the 

 same length ; no spinous teeth on the hinder part of the orbit (?) ; 

 interoperculum entire (?). Coloration of body imiform. 



A rather doubtful species. 



Javanese Seas ; Sea of Piaang ; Rivers of Lower Bengal. 



10. Ambassis interrupta, 



BlceJicr, Ceram, ii. p. 696. 



D-7l^„. A.^-1,. L.lat.28. 



The height of the body is one-half of the total length (without 

 caudal fin). Above the eye a small spine, dii'ected backwards; orbit 

 denticulated beneath ; interoperculum denticulated ; the lateral line 

 interrupted beneath the second dorsal fin ; the second spine of the first 

 dorsal one-thiixl of the total length (mthout caudal fin) ; the third 

 anal spine longest, but much shorter than the second of the dorsal fin. 

 Coloration imiform, with a silvery lateral band ; fins yellowish, the 

 interspace between the second and third dorsal spines blackish. 



Seas of Bata^ia and Wahai (Ceram). 



11. Ambassis buruensis. 



Blceker, Booroe, p. 396. 



I^-'ls-,- A- 9^- L-lat.aS. L.transv.g. 



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

 fin). Above the eye a small spine, dii'ected backwards ; orbit not den- 

 ticulated beneath ; interoperculum vnih. a small spine at the angle ; 

 the lateral line interrupted beneath the front end of the second 

 dorsal ; the second spine of the first dorsal is 34- in the total length 

 (without caudal) ; the third anal spine not much longer than the 

 second, and shorter than the second of the dorsal fin. Coloration 

 uniform, 'witli a silvery lateral band ; fins yellowish, the interspace 

 between the second and thii-d dorsal spines blackish. {BJ.). — Closely 

 allied to the preceding species. 



Rivers of Boeroe. 



12. Ambassis wolffii. 



Blceker, Borneo, i. p. 9. 



D. 7 I ^. A. f-. L. lat. 3G. 



The height of the body is rather more than one-half of the total 

 Icngtli (without caudal fin) ; the second dorsal spine is nearly one- 

 fourth of the same length, and equal to the second of the anal fin ; 



