150 



Teeth conspicuously tricuspid, in bands of 4 — 5 rows in the 

 jaws, that of the lower jaw widening posteriorly. Origin of 

 anal about opposite to that of dorsal, which is separated by 

 32 scales from occiput and by 5 scales from lateral line. Dorsal 

 and anal concave, their anterior rays the longer. Base of dorsal 

 not much longer than that of anal. Pectorals about equal to 

 head without snout. Length ofventrals about 7s that of pectorals, 

 their rays subequal. Base of ventrals midway between base 

 of caudal and frontborder or middle of eye. Caudal deeply 

 emarginate. Colour of preserved specimens yellowish or brown, 

 with a rather narrow lateral silvery band, bordered above by 

 a black line. Fins hyaline, dorsal and caudal more or less 

 distinctly bordered by blackish. Length 300 mm. [Specimens 

 of Bleeker's collection seen by us]. 



Habitat: Sumatra (Padang) ; Java Sea!; Java (Batavia, 

 Samarang!); Timor I; Amboina. — Philippines, British India, 

 East coast of Africa, Atlantic coasts of Tropical America, 

 Pacific coast of Panama. 



3. Hemirhamphus gaimardi C.V. 



Heiniramphtis Gaiviardi Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss. XIX. 1846, p. 36. 

 \ H emir amp hus limbatus Cuvier & Valenciennes, I.e. p. 44. 



^. Hemiraniphus tridentifer Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, XVIII, 1850, p. 1231. 

 Hemiramphus Gahnardi Bleaker, Verb. Bat. Gen. XXIV. 1852, Snoekacht. Vissch. 



p. 20. — Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. III. 1866, p. 158. 

 Hemirhamplms gaimardi Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VI. 1866, p. 263 (partim). 

 Hemiramphiis gaimardi Kner, Novara Exp. Fische, 1865 — 1867, p. 323. 

 Hemirhamphus Gaimardi Bleeker, Atl. ichth. YI. 1866— 1872, p. 60. 

 Hemirhamphus limbalns Day, Fishes of India 4°. 1878 — 1888, p. 516. 

 Hemirhamphus gaimardi Scale, Philippine Journ. Science V. 1910, p. 267. 

 'i H emir amp hus Hmbattis Fowler, Proc. Ac. N. Sc. Philadelphia LXX. 1918, p. 3. 

 Hemirhamphus gaimardi Mc CuUoch, Check list of fish of N. S. Wales, Prt. II. 



1919. p. 31. 



D. 2.12— 13; A. 2.12 — 14; P. 1. 10 — II ; V. 1.5; L.l. about 50. 



Somewhat compressed, the breadth of the body going 1.2 — 1.4 

 in its height. Height 8.2 — 11, 10 — 13 in length with caudal. 

 Head from tip of upper jaw to branchial opening 3.5 — 3.7 in 

 trunk. Entire head 2.5 — 2.8, 3 — ^.-i, in length with caudal. 

 Length of lower jaw beyond extremity of upper jaw 5.6 — 6 

 in length, 6.4 — 7 in length with caudal. Eye about 1.5 in 

 postorbital part of head and about equal to interorbital space. 

 Triangular part of upper jaw, formed by intermaxillaries, 

 broader than long. Praeorbital somewhat longer than high, 



