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fins continuous. The hindmost part of the dorsal fin and the caudal 

 brown-dotted. 



Madras. Coast of Pondicherry. 



a, b. Half-grown. Madras. Presented by T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



7. Apocryptes macrolepis. 

 Bleeker, Borneo, iii. p. 66. 



D. 6 I 29. A. 28. 



Scales small anteriorly, becoming larger on the tail. The height 

 of the body is one-eleventh of the total length, the length of the 

 caudal fin one-fourth. Snout obtuse, as long as the eye, which 

 occupies the second fifth of the length of the head. The anterior 

 teeth of the upper jaw enlarged, those of the lower horizontal ; a 

 pair of large canines near the symphysis. The gape reaches to 

 below the posterior margin of the eye. Doi-sal fins continuoiLs at 

 the base. Green, clouded with brown ; dorsal fins black-spotted ; 

 caudal blackish, with the rays greenish, (Bleek.) 



Rivers of Ban djer massing. 



8. Apocryptes nexipinnis. 

 Cantor, Catal. p. 1 88. 



D. 6 I 20. A. 26. 



Scales rather small anteriorly, becoming large posteriorly. The 

 height of the body is one-eleventh of the total length, the length of 

 the caudal fin one-fifth. Snout rounded, longer than the eye, which 

 occupies the third seventh of the length of the head. Gape very 

 wide, the maxillary extending far beyond the vertical from the eye. 

 Teeth in the jaws horizontal ; the upper jaw ^vith a pair of strong 

 fangs anteriorly, the lower with a smaller canine tooth on each side. 

 Dorsal fijis continuous. Slate-coloured; dorsal and caudal fins 

 minutely dotted with brown. 



Sea of Pinang. 



a, 6. Skins. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection . — Tyi^es 

 of the species. 



9. Apocryptes henlei. 



Bleeker, Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxii., Blenn. en Gob, p. 37. 



D. 6 I 27. A. 28. 



Scales small anteriorly, becoming larger posteriorly. The height 

 of the body is one-tenth or one-eleventh of the total length ; the 

 eye occupies the second fifth of the length of the head. The gape 

 reaches behind the eye. Anterior teeth of the upper jaw enlarged, 

 those of the lower horizontal ; two canines near the symphysis. 

 The length of the caudal is one-fourth of the total. Uniform 

 greenish. (Bleeh.) 



Coasts of Ja^a and Madura. 



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