382 LABYRTNTIIICI. 



1. Macropus viridi-auratus. 



Maci'opodus viridi-auratus, Lacep. iii. p. 417. pi. IG. fig. 1; Ciiv. ^" Vol. 



vii. p. 373; Cuv. Regne Anim. III. Pom. pi. 74. fig. 2. 

 veuustus, Cuv. <§• Val. vii. p. 375. pi. 197. 



B. 4. D. -i|-. A. 1^^*. Ctec. pylor. 2. Yert. 9/18. 



Minute denticulations at the praeorbital and at the angle of the 

 prseoperculum. Body with some obscure cross-bands, 

 China. Cochinchina. 



7. OSPHKOMENUS. 



Osphronemus, (Commet's.) Lacep. iii. p. 117; Cuv. Sf Val. vii. p. 377. 

 Trichopus, Lacep. iii. p. 129 ; Cuv. ^ Val. vii. p. 388. 



Body compressed, more or less elevated ; operculum without spine 

 or serrature ; cleft of the mouth small, oblique, protractile. Small 

 fixed teeth in the jaws, none on .the palate. Dorsal spines in small 

 or moderate number (2-13), anal spines in moderate or great number 

 (7-14) ; ventral fins with the outer ray very long, filiform, the o^ther 

 three or four being small and rudimentary (except in 0. striatus). 

 Lateral line not interrupted or absent. Air-bladder present ; pyloric 

 appendages two. 



Fresh waters of the East Indies. 



1. Osphromenus olfax. 



Osphronemus gourami, Lavcp. iii. p. 117. pi. 3. fig. 2. 

 Trichopodus mentum, Lac6p. iii. p. 125. pi. 3. fig. 3. 

 Tricliopus goramy. Share, Zonl. iv. p. 388. pi. 55. 



satyrus, Sliaiv, Zool. iv. p. 391. pi. 35. 



Osphronemus olfax, (Commcrs.) Jlardiv. Zool. Journ. iv. p. 309. pi. 36. 



suppl. ; Cuv. Sf Val. vii. p. 377 ; Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 251 ; Bleek. 



Verh. Bat. Genootsch. xxiii. p. 10 ; Catit. Catal. p. 88. 

 gourtmi, Cuv. ^- Val. vii. p. 377. pi. 198 (half-gTown); Ciiv. Rbgno 



Anim. Id. Poiss. pi. 73. fig. 1 (young). 



satyrj.s, Bleek. Topogr. Batav. (adult). 



Superbranchial organ: Cuv. df Val. pi. 200 (adult); Peters in Mull. 



Arch. 1853, taf. 13. fig. A. (immature). 



11-13 A 9-12 



12* ■ 19^21' 



CfEC. pylor. 2. Vert. 12/18-19. 



The height of the body is contained twice in the total length (the 

 caudal fin not included), the length of the head twice and a half in 

 young specimens, or thrice and a quarter in adult ones. Praeorbital 

 denticulated. The upper profile of the snout is concave. Adult spe- 

 cimens uniformly coloured ; young ones with seven or nine oblique 

 blackish bands ; a black spot at the root of the pectorals, and another 



B. 6. D.;i4|. A. ,^' L.lat. 30-33. L. transv. 5/13. 



'* The formula of these fins is given by Valenciennes twice (p. •{73) as it is 

 stated above, and once (p. 374) as follows: D. — . A. '-Ir. 



