4. CHATOKSSrs. 411 



10. Chatoessuff chacunda 



Olupanodon chacuiida, Ham. liiich. Fisli. Gautj. p. 24G. 



Chatoessus chacundci, Cuv. 4'- Val. xxi. p. Ill ; Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 311 ; 



Block. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Having, p. 47. 

 Anodontostoma hasseltii, Blcek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxii. Madura, p. 15. 

 Chatoessus selantrkat, Bleek. I. c. xxiv. p. 47 ; or Nat. Tydschr. Ned. 



Ind. iii. p. 458*. 



B. 6. D. 17-18. A. 20. L. lat. 40. L. transv. 13-14. 



No dorsal filament. Scales regularly arranged. The height of the 

 hody is contained from twice to twice and a half in the total length 

 (without caudal), the length of the head four times or thrice and 

 three-fourths. Snout much projecting beyond the cleft of the 

 mouth, which is nearly transverse. Origin of the dorsal fin much 

 nearei" to the end of the snout than to the root of the caudal, tlie 

 vcntrals being inserted below its middle. A round black spot on 

 the shoulder. 



East Indies. 



n. The height of the hodtj is one-half, or a little less than one-half, 

 of the total lene/th {luithout caudal) : var. altior. 



a. Adult : skin. Cochin. Purchased. 



h-d. Adult. Ganges. Presented by G. 11. Waterhouse, Esq. 

 e-f. Fine specimens. Siam. Purchased of Mr. Jamrach. 

 g. Half-grown. Borneo. Presented by the Marquis Doria. 



ft. The height of the body is contained about twice and two-fifths in 

 the total length (ivithout caudal) ; var. chacunda. 



h. Half-grown. Ganges. Presented by G. P. Waterhouse, Esq. 



?'. Adult : skin. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



/.•. Adult. Sumatra. 



I, m, n. Adult. East-Indian archipelago. 



y. The height of the hody is two-fifths of the total length 

 {ivithout caudal) : var. selangkat, 



0. One of the typical specimens of Ch.selangJcat. From Dr. Bleeker's 



Collection. 



* The fish described bj Kner (Novara, Fisch. p. 337) under this name is evi- 

 dently a very different species. 



