154 

 6. Hemirhamphus quoyi C.V. 



Hemiramphiis Quoyi Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. nat. Poissons XIX. 1846, p. 35. 

 Hemirhamphus Quoyi Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. II. 1851, p. 491. — 



Verh. Bat. Gen. XXIV. 1852, Snoekacht. Vissch. p. 26. — Ned. Tijdschr. Dieik. 



III. 1866, p. 153. 

 Hemirhamphus quoyi Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VI. 1866, p. 267. 

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

 Hemirhamphus quoyi Bleeker, Atl. ichth. VI. 1866 — 1872, p. 57. 

 Heiniramphus quoyi Jordan & Seale, Bull. Bur. Fish. Wash. XXVI. 1907, p. 8. 

 Hyporhamphtis quoyi Evermann tK: Seale, 1. c. p. 58. 



D. 2.13— 15; A. 1. 12— 13 or 2.12; P. 1. 10— II; L.L50— 55. 

 Slightly compressed, the breadth of the body going about 



1.2 in its height. Height 8— 10, 9.3 — 13 in length with caudal. 

 Head from tip of upper jaw to branchial opening 3.1 — },.6 in 

 trunk. Entire head 2.7 — 3.3, 3.2 — 3.8 in length with caudal. 

 Length of lower jaw beyond extremity of upper jaw 6.2 — 9.8 

 in length, j.-^ — 11.4 in length with caudal. Eye 1.2 — 1.9 in 

 postorbital part of head and somewhat less than or equal to 

 interorbital space. Praeorbital somewhat longer than high, itS* 

 length much less than diameter of eye. The triangular part 

 of the upper jaw, formed by the intermaxillaries, is nearl)'- 

 twice as broad as long. Teeth conspicuously tricuspid, rather 

 strong, in broad bands of 6 — 7 rows in upper and lower jaw. 

 Origin of anal opposite to first or second divided ray of dorsal. 

 Origin of dorsal separated by ^^ — 38 scales from occiput and 

 by 6 or 7 scales from lateral line. Dorsal and anal concave, 

 the anterior rays the longer. Length of base of anal about 



1.3 in that of dorsal. Pectorals somewhat shorter or longer 

 than head without snout. Ventrals about ^\/g of length of pec- 

 torals, their first ray the longest. Origin of ventrals midway 

 between base of caudal and head or somewhat nearer to former. 

 Caudal forked. Colour of preserved specimens yellowish, back 

 darker, each scale having a dark brown spot. A silvery lateral 

 band, broadest below origin of dorsal, bordered above by a 

 bluish black one. Fins hyaline, caudal and upper part of dorsal 

 more or less dusky. Ventrals and pectorals often with a black 

 base in young specimens. Length over 300 mm. 



Nom. indig. : Djulong djulong (Malay Batavia) ; Puput 

 (Riouw). 



Habitat: Singapore; Sumatra (Benkulen, Padang, Ulakan, 

 Trussan, Siboga) ; Nias; Riouw; Banka; Java (Batavia, Sema- 

 rang!, Bantam); Borneo (Bandjermassin, Sinkawang, Matang); 



