7. HAPLOCHIIUS. 311 



a. Indian species, 



1. Haplochilus pauchax. 



Esox pancliax, Buck. Ham. Fish. Gatig. pp. 211, 380, pi. 3. fig. 69. 

 Aplocheilus chiysostigmus, McClell. As. Res. xix. 2. pp. 301, 426, 



pi. 42. fig. 2. 



pancliax, McClell. I. c. p. 302. 



Panchax lineatum, Cuv. 8f Val. x-vdii. p. .381. 



buclianani, Cuv. Sf Val. xviii. p. 383 ; Bleeker, Cypriti. p. 488, 



or Atlas Ichthyol. Cyprin. p. 141, tab. 43. fig. 3 ; Blyth, Journ. As. 



Soc. Beng. 1859, xxvii. p. 288. 



kulilii, Cuv. 4' Val. xviii. p. 384. 



panchax, Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 252. 



melanotopterus, Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxiii. Midd. 



<5- Oost-Java, p. 22, and xxiv. Stioek. p. 23, and xxv. Nalez. Ichth. 



Bern/, p. 144. 

 rubrostigma, Jei-don, Madr. Journ. xv. p. 331. 



D. 8. A. 15-16. V. 6. L. lat. 32. L. transv. 9. 



The length of the head is two-sevenths of the total (without 

 caudal), and more than the height of the body. Snout rather 

 longer than the eye. 



East Indies. 



a. Adult. Ganges. From Dr. McClelland's Collection. 



l}-c. Adult and young. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



d. Adult. From Dr. Bleeker 's Collection. 



2. Haplochilus latipes. 



Poecilia latipes, Schley. Faun. Jap. Pise. p. 224, pi. 102. fig. 5. 

 Aplocheilus latipes, Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Neerl. vii. Japan, vi. p. 99. 



B. 5. D. G. A. 19. L. lat. 29. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is about 

 one-fifth of the total length (with the caudal). Dorsal fin opposite 

 the last third of the anal ; ventrals much nearer to the operculum than 

 to the vent (which they reach if laid backwards). Coloration nearly 

 uniform. 



Japan. 



a. Adult. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



3. Haplochilus javanicus. 



Aplocheilus javanicus, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ltd. vii. p. 323, and 

 Cyprin. p. 490, reprinted in Atl. Ichthyol. Cyprin. p. 141, tab. 43. 

 fig. 2. 



B. 5. D. 7. A. 25. L. lat. 30. 

 The height of the body is one-fourth or two-ninths of the total 

 length (with the caudal), the length of the head two-ninths or one- 

 fifth. The diameter of the eye is more than one-third of the length 

 of the head. Dorsal fin opposite the posterior part of the anal. 

 Greenish olive ; a narrow violet streak from the head to the caudal fin. 

 Java. 



a. Type of the species, li inch long. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



