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1. Chirocentrus Cuvier. 
(Cuvier. Régne animal. 1817. p. 178). 
For characters of single genus see those of the family. 
1. Chirocentrus dorab (Forsk.). 
Clupea dorab Forskal. Descript. Animal. 1775. p. 72. 
Clupea dentex Bloch, Schneider. Systema Ichth. 1801, p. 428. 
Esox chirocentrus Lacépéde. Hist. Nat. Poiss. V. 1803, p. 296. 
Chirocentrus dorab Cuvier & Valenciennes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. XIX. 1846, p. 150. 
Chirocentrus hypselosoma Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indié. III. 1852, p. 71. 
Chirocentrus dorab Giinther. Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 475. 
Chirocentrus dorab Bleeker. Atl. Ichth. VI. 1866—1872, p. 92. 
Chirocentrus hypselosoma Bleeker. Atl. Ichth. VI. 1866—1872, p. 93. 
Chirocentrus dorab Day. Fishes of India. 4°. 1878—1888, p. 652. 
Chirocentrus dorab Jordan & Herre. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XXXI. 1906, p. 641. 
Chirocentrus dorab Ginther. Fische der Siidsee. Heft V!II. 1909, p. 388. 
Fig. 11. Chirocentrus dorab (Forsk.). 
B. 8; D. 16—17; A. 26—36; P. 12—14; V. 6—7. 
Height 6'/,—o9, head 5—6, eye 4—5. Bluish black above, 
gradually silvery to sides and abdomen. Fins hyaline, dorsal 
and pectorals dusky, caudal brownish. Length r1ooo mm. 
and more. 
Nom. indig.: Parang (Mal.), Terak (Jav.), Dentobu (Buru). 
Habitat: Java (Batavia!, Cheribon!, Semarang, Tegal, 
Surabaya); Madura!; Sumatra (Benkulen, Padang, Under Lang- 
kat); Singapore; Bintang (Rio); Banka; Borneo (Singkawang, 
Sampit); Celebes (Macassar, Bonthain, Sindjai); Buru (Kajeli) ; 
Batjan; Obi major; Ambon; New Guinea. — New Brittain; 
Queensland; Philippines; Formosa; China; Japan; Siam; British 
India; Red Sea; along the coast of Africa to Natal. 
In sea. 
