42, AMBASSIS, 227 



several small spinous teeth above the orbit ; interoperculum slightly 

 denticulated. Coloration uniform ; the first dorsal above black. (Bl.) 

 Kivers of Borneo. 



13. Ambassis vachellii. 

 Richardson, Ichthyol. China, p. 221. 



D.7|f A.|. 



The height of the body is 1|- in the total length, without caudal 

 fin {Rich, states the length of fish 2-50 inches ; height of body 1-68 

 inch) ; foiu' teeth, recUning backwards on the hinder part of the 

 orbit. 



Sea of Canton. 



14. Ambassis macracanthus. 

 Bkeker, Perc. p. 30, and Batavia, p. 455. 



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

 caudal fin) ; the second spine of the first dorsal is 2 L in the same 

 length. Sub- and interoperculum entii'c ; lateral lino continuous ; 

 the third anal spine longest. Coloration of body uniform ; the in- 

 terspace between the second and third dorsal spines blackish. 



Sea of Batavia. 



L 15. Ambassis macrolepis. 



W^ Bogoda macrolepis, BIceJi. Act. Soc. Nederl. ii., Borneo, p. 13. 



D. 7|i. A.^. L.lat.70. 



Pra5orbital denticulated ; the second anal spine longest, not shorter 

 than the second of the doi'sal. 

 River Kapuas (Borneo). 



B. Species with the analfm rather elomjate (14-17 rajs). 



10. Ambassis alta. 



Cur. Si Val. ii. p. 183. 



The height of the body is 2^ in the total length (caudal fin in- 

 cluded) ; the second .spine of the first dorsal is one-half of the height 

 of body. Both the inferior edges of pra^operculimi and pra)orbital 

 beautifully serrated. 



Bengal. 



a-c. Adult. India. Presented by G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. 

 d-h. Half-grown. India. Presented by G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. — 

 Body with three darker cross-bands. 



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