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2, Dussumieria hasseltii Blkr. 
Dussumieria Hasseltii Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indié I. 1851, p. 422 (pro parte). 
Dussumieria Hasseltii Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. XXIV. 1852. Chiroc. etc., p. 13. 
Dussumieria elopsoides Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 466 (nec Bleeker). 
Dussumieria Hasseltii Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. 1866—1872, p. 95. 
Dussumieria Hasseltii Day, Fishes of India 4%. 1878—1888, p. 647. 
Dussumieria elopsoides Jordan & Richardson, Bull. Bur. Fish. XX VII. 1908, p. 236. 
Dussumieria hasseltii Jordan & Richardson, Bull. Bur. Fish. XX VIL. 1908, p. 236. 
Bers, Ds to—-19; A. 16; Pe 1415; V8: Le 1, 5256; 
L. tr. 12—13. 
Elongate, dorsal and ventral profile evenly convex. Height 
4—— about 5, head 37/,, eye about 4, 1°/; times in postorbital 
part of head. Snout acute, about '/, longer than eye. Maxil- 
lary nearly reaching below frontmargin of eye. Jaws equal. 
Origin of dorsal more than diameter of eye nearer to caudal 
than to snout. Origin of anal far behind dorsal, about as long 
as postorbital part of head. Origin of ventrals below the 
middle of dorsal. Pectorals pointed, about as long as posto- 
cular part of head. Caudal deeply incised. Distinct teeth on 
jaws, palatines, pterygoids and tongue. Gillrakers about 22—24, 
slightly longer than branchial filaments, about 3/, of eye, spi- 
nous at the innerside. Scales very deciduous. Elongated scales 
in the axil of pectorals and ventrals. Upper half dark greenish, 
silvery below. A golden lateral band from opercle to caudal. 
Fins hyaline, distal part of caudal black. First ray of dorsal 
and pectorals with a dark spot. Length 170 mm. 
Nomen indig.: Tamban binés (Banjuwang)). 
Habitat: Java (Batavia!, Cheribon, Samarang, Surabaya, 
Banjuwangi!); Madura; West and East coast of Sumatra; 
Singapore; Borneo (Balikpapan!) ; Celebes (Macassar); Lombok!; 
Batjan; Halmahera; Obi-major; Ambon. — Philippines; For- 
mosa; China; India westward to Canara. 
In sea. 
3. Subfam. Dorosomatinae. 
Body short and deep, strongly compressed. Scales thin, 
moderate, more or less adherent. Keeled and spiny abdominal 
scutes. Conical snout not very prominent. Mouth small, inferior 
(Fig. 14, m), transverse, bordered by the praemaxillaries only; 
above and behind them lie the narrow maxillaries which have 
a single supplemental bone. No teeth. Eyes with an adipose 
eyelid. Dorsal opposite to ventrals. Anal rather long. Pecto- 
