4. APOCRYPTES. 81 



Apocryptes changua, Cud. 8f VaJ. xii. p. 145 ; Bleek. Verhand. Batav. 



Genootsch. xxii., Blenn. en Gob. pp. 5, 36. 

 lanceolatus, Cantor, Catal. p. 187. 



D. 5 I 31. A. 30. 



Scales exceedingly small. The height of the body is one-ninth 

 of the total length. Snout obtuse, rounded, somewhat longer than 

 the eye, which is small. Jaws equal. Teeth of moderate size, 

 those of the lower jaw horizontal ; a pair of small canines near the 

 symphysis ; the maxillary reaches to the vertical from the posterior 

 margin of the eye. Caudal fin lanceolate, its length being two- 

 ninths of the total. Greyish-brown, indistinctly marbled with 

 darker ; caudal brown-dotted. 



Shores of the East Indian Seas. 



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

 d, e. Adult: skins. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. Cantor's Col- 

 lection 

 /, g-h. Adult. Madras. 



2. Apocryptes dentatus. 

 Cuv. ^ Val. xii. p. 148. 



D. 5 I 32. A. 31. Vert. 12/15. 



Scales exceedingly small. The height of the body is one • 

 fourteenth of the total length ; snout rounded, longer than the eye, 

 which is one-sixth of the length of the head. Gape horizontal, 

 with the jaws equal anteriorly, extending to behind the vertical 

 from the posterior margin of the eye. Teeth large, those of the 

 lower jaw horizontal ; a pair of canines near the symphysis. Cau- 

 dal fin lanceolate, its length being two-ninths of the total. Bi'ownish ; 

 caudal brown -dotted. {Val.) 



Coasts of Pondichcny. Bengal. 



3. Apocryptes bomeensis. 



Bleeker, Borneo, ix. p. 421. 



D. 5 I 28-30. A. 26-27. 



Scales exceedingly small. The height of the body is one-tenth 

 or one-twelfth of the total length ; snout obtuse, very convex, 

 shorter than the eye, which is one-fourth or one-fifth of the length 

 of the head. Gape nearly horizontal, reaching to below the poste- 

 rior part of the orbit. Teeth of moderate size, those of the lower 

 jaw horizontal ; a pair of large canines near the symphysis of the 

 mandibula. Caudal fin lanceolate, its length being nearly one- 

 fourth of the total. Greenish, dotted Avith black ; tail with angular 

 transverse streaks, the angles being directed forwards. The anterior 

 dorsal with a small spot anteriorly and with a large one posteriorly ; 

 the second dorsal and the caudal black-dotted. {Bleek.) 



Rivers of Bandjermassing. 



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