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than long. Teeth stout, in the upper jaw in 2 or 3 series, in 

 the lower jaw in about 4 series, the bands of teeth do not 

 taper conspicuously anteriorly or posteriorly. Origin of anal 

 below about 5th dorsal ray. Origin of dorsal separated by 32 — 34 

 scales from occiput and by 6 scales from lateral line. Dorsal 

 and anal concave, the anterior rays the longer. Length of base 

 of dorsal about tlvice that of anal. Pectorals longer than head 

 without snout. Ventrals half as long as pectorals, their origin 

 twice nearer to base of caudal than to tip of upper jaw. Caudal 

 forked. Colour of preserved specimens yellowish, darker above, 

 with a well defined silvery lateral band, bordered above by 

 a bluish one. On each side dorsally 4 — 9 aequidistant black 

 blotches. Fins hyaline, dorsal and caudal more or less dusky. 

 Length 500 mm. 



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

 (Javan. Tjilatjap); Bolobo (Menado); Roja, Mowaru (Batjan). 



Habitat: Singapore; Sumatra (Siboga, Padang, Priaman, 

 Benkulen); Banka; Java (Batavia!, Bantam, Semarang, Pasu- 

 ruan, Tjilatjap) ; Madura! ; Java Sea ! ; Borneo (Sarawak) ; Celebes 

 (Makassar, Eulukomba, Badjoa, Sindjai, Menado, Tamani bay !) ; 

 Halmaheira; Ternate ; Batjan; Obi-major; Ambon!; Ceram ! ; 

 New Guinea (Atjatuning!, British N. Guinea). — From East 

 Africa and the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean and the 

 Pacific to the Riu-Kiu Islands in the North and the Society 

 Islands in the East. 



In sea. 



9. Hemirhamphus marginatus (Forsk.) 



Esox marginatus Forskal, Descript. Animal, 1775, P- 67. 



} H emir amp hus brevirostris Cuvier, Regne Animal 3ieme. Ed. Poissons, p. 235. 

 Hemiramphus Lutkei Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. nat. Poissons XIX. 1846, p. 49. 

 Hemiramphus Russeli Bleaker, Verb. Bat. Gen. XXIV. 1852, Snoekachtige 



Visschen, p. 17. (nee C.V.) 

 Ilcmiramplnis fasciatus Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie, V. 1853, p. 89. 

 Hemiramphus russeliii Kner, Novara-Exp. Fische, 1865 — 1867, p. 323. 

 Hemirhamphus marginatus Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VI. 1866, p. 270. 

 Hemiramphus fasciatus Gunther, 1. c. p. 27 1. 

 Hemirhamphus marginatus Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. III. 1866, p. 148. — 



Atl. ichth. VI. 1866—1872, p. 54. 

 Hemirhamphus fasciatus Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. III. 1866, p. 152. — 



All. ichth. VI. 1866— 1872, p. 57. 

 Hemiramphus marginatus Klunzinger, Abh. zool. hot. Ges. Wien XXI. 1871, p. 583. 

 Hemirhamphus brevirostris Steindachner, Abhandl. Senckenb. naturf. Ges. XXV. 



1901, p. 450. 

 Hemiramphus fasciatus Max Weber, Siboga-Expeditie, Fische. 1913, p. 131. 



