42. AUBAssis. 225 



third 'anal spines nearly equal, almost as long as the second of the 

 dorsal fin. Caudalis deeply forked. Yellowish; the first dorsal 

 blackish at the tip. (Bl.) 

 Rivers of Borneo. 



6. Amhassis batjanensis. 

 Sleeker, Batjan, ii. p. 196. 



^•7|ri^- ^'^.' I'-lat.28. L.transY.f 

 The height of the body is 2^ in the total length (without caudal 

 fin). Prseorbital entire ; inferior limb and angle of the praeoperculum 

 denticulated ; the length of the dorsal spine is five times in the total ; 

 the third spine of the analis longer than the second. Shining yel- 

 lowish, with a bluish longitudinal streak ; root of the caudal fin inore 

 or less violet. 



Fresh waters of Batjan ; Amboyna. 



a. Adult, Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



7. Ambassis dussiuuieri. 



Ambassis dussumieri, Cuv. 8f Vol. ii. p. 181, vi. p. 503, ix. p. 431 J 

 JBleeker, Perc. p. 30 ; Quoy 4* Gaim. Voy. Astrol. Poiss. p. 650. 

 pi. 1. f. 3. 



Chanda dussumieri, Cantor, Caial. p. 6. 



D.7|5^. A.i. 



The height of the body is more than three times in the total 

 length (without caudal fin) ; the second spine of the first dorsal one- 

 fifth of the same length ; the diameter of the eye is nearly one-third 

 of the length of the head ; lateral line interrupted. Coloration of 

 body uniform. 



Malabar ; Sea of Pinang ; Javanese and Chinese Seas ; Celebes ; 

 Amboyna ; Isle de France ; Seychelles. 



a. Half-grown China. 

 h. Half-grown, China. 

 c. Half-grown. China. 



8. Ambassis thenualis. 

 Cut. (§■ Val. iii. p. 493. 



D.7|f A.|. 



The height of the body is not folly three times in the total length 

 (without caudal fin). Greenish, with a silvery lateral band ; on each 

 lobe of the caudal fin a blackish longitudinal streak. (Les eeaUles 

 sent grandes et fortes. — Cuv.) 



Warm springs of Cania (Ceylon). 



9. Ambassis nalna. 

 Ambassis nalua, Cuv. 8f Val. ii. p. 182. 



