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dark brown above, lighter below. A dark patch on operculum, 

 according to SteindaCHNER green, with a red patch above 

 it. Fins more or less darkish, dorsal with a dark border. 

 Length 189 mm. 



Habitat: Sumatra (Palembang, Taluk!, Gunung Sahilan!, 

 brook in Simbolong mountains); Banka ; Biliton ; Borneo (Sara- 

 wak, river Kapuas, river Baram). — Malay Peninsula. 



In fresh and brackish water. 



4. Hemirhamphus Cuvier. 



(CuviER, Regne Animal, tome II. 1817, p. 186). 



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U/- 



Very elongate, body cylindrical or compressed. Mandibles 

 prolonged into a long beak, which has no teeth except in the 



F"ig. 55. Hcinira7nphus far Riipp. X Vs- 



part opposite to the intermaxillaries, and is bordered by 3 

 more or less conspicuous folds of the skin, one along each 

 edge and a median one, beginning on the chin. Intermaxillaries 

 forming a triangular plate, which has a band of teeth, similar 

 to that of the lower jaw. The teeth are small, often tricuspid. 

 Origin of dorsal far backwards, somewhat before or opposite 

 to anal, which is generally shorter than the well developed 

 dorsal. Pectorals inserted high up, not longer than head. Ventrals 

 differently placed : nearer to head than to caudal, equidistant 

 from both, or nearer to caudal than to head. Caudal fin more 

 or less deeply forked, the lower lobe the longer. Scales large 

 or moderate, rather deciduous. Lateral line running low down. 

 Gillopenings wide. Gillrakers well developed. Third upper 

 pharyngeals ankylosed (see fig. 56 p. 148). 



Distribution: Tropical and subtropical seas. Generally 

 near shore, going in schools. 



Indo-australian 1-ISHES IV. 



