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Norn, i n d i g. : Djulong-djulong (Malay Batavia), Kadjang 

 or Langsar (Malay Bantam), Toda palpia (Riouvv). 



Habitat: Fulu Weh ! ; Singapore; Sumatra (Benkulen, Pa- 

 dang, Ulakan, Priaman); Nias ! ; Riouvv; Biliton ; Java (Batavia!, 

 Kravvang!, Bantam, Semarang !, Prigi) ; Bali; Flores 1 ; Ambon !; 

 Batjan; Aru Islands. — Philippines, Formosa, British India, 

 Ceylon. 



5. Tylosurus incisus (C. V.) 



Bcloiic iin'isa Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. nat. Poissons XVIII. 1846, p. 451. 

 Bcloiie leiuroidL's Bleeker, Nat. Tijdsclir. Ned. Indie I. 1851, ]). 479: \'eihand. 



Bat. Genootsch. XXIV. Snoekaclitigc Visschen, 1852, p. 25. 

 '^. Beloue bracliyrhynchos Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie VI. 1854, p. 61. 

 Mastaceiiihcliis leiuroides Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. III. 1866, p. 233. 

 Beloiic liuioides (lunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VI. 1866, p. 243. 

 ? Maslaccmbelus hrachyrhynclnis Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. Ill, 1866, p. 232. — 



Atl. Ichth. VI. 1866— 1872, p. 49. 

 MastaccDtbclus Iciiiroidcs Bleeker, Atl. ichih. VI. 1866 — 1872, p. 50. 

 } Bcloiie (Mastacembclus) liiiroidcs Sleindachner, Sitzb. Math, naturw. CI. Akad. 



Wien LX. I. 1870, p. 570. 

 ? Ty/osuriis lehiroides Fowler. Proc. Acad. nat. Sc. Philad. (2) I. VII. 1905, p. 493. 

 Belone liwoidcs Giinther, Siidsee-Fische, Heft VIII. 1909, p. 352. 

 Bclonc incisa Max Weber, Siboga-Exp. Fische, 191 3, p. 123. 

 Stroiigylni a lehiroides Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philadelphia LXXI. I9i9,p. 5. 



D. 2.17 — 18; A. 2.20; P. 1. 10— I I ; V. I.5 ; L. 1. + 180 — I90. 



Subcylindrical, the height being equal to or a little more 

 than the breadth of the body. Caudal peduncle as high as 

 broad or somewhat broader than high. Height 15 — 22, 17 — 25 

 in length with caudal. Head 2.5 — 2.7, 2.7 — 2.9 in length with 

 caudal. Eye 2 — 2.5 in postorbital part of head, 1.2 or some- 

 what less in interorbital space and 6 — 8 times in snout. Upper 

 surface of head flat, with a rather shallow scaly median groove, 

 which does not widen anteriorly. Supraorbital region, frontals 

 and parietals densely striated. The upper surface of the beak 

 is also provided with deep longitudinal furrows. Height of 

 mandible below pupil scarcely equal to half diameter of eye. 

 Maxillary only just visible below praeorbital, when the mouth 

 is closed. Operculum scaly. Canines well developed, slender, 

 straight. Tongue smooth. Pectorals somewhat longer than post- 

 orbital part of head. Base of ventrals midway between base 

 of caudal and middle or frontborder of eye. Length of ventrals 

 about 74 of t^i'^t of pectorals. The middle and hinder dorsal 

 and anal rays subequal in length and much shorter than the 



