2 12 



father coarsely serrated in small specimens, less so in larger 

 ones; the inferior spine more or less longer and coarser than 

 the others. Angle of praeoperculum somewhat rounded and 

 produced. Upper lip absent, lower lip well developed but not 

 continuous at symphysis. Rather narrow bands of teeth in jaws, 

 on vomer and on palatines. Origin of dorsal between that of 

 ventrals and pectorals. First dorsal spine of first dorsal minute, 

 second one thick, stronger but shorter than third, somewhat 

 shorter or longer than postorbital part of head. Origin of 

 second dorsal slightly in advance of that of anal, its spine 

 comparatively strong, ^/^ or somewhat more of second spine 

 of first dorsal. Third anal spine rather strong, ~l^ of that of 

 second dorsal. Caudal deeply forked, the lobes pointed. Pectorals 

 much longer than head, reaching on anal or not so far. Middle 

 pectoral filaments longest, reaching almost to tip of caudal. 

 Ventrals equal to or longer than postorbital part of head. Distance 

 between origin of ventrals and anal conspicuously less than 

 length of head. Colour of alcohol specimens golden, brownish 

 above. Pectorals usually black. Length 170 mm. [Specimens of 

 Bleeker's collection in the Leiden Museum seen by us]. 



N o m. i n d i g. : Kuru (Malay Batavia). 



Habitat: Sumatra (Benkulen, Trussan, Padang, Tiku, Pria- 

 man, Siboga); Nias; Java (Batavia, Krawang ! [Leiden Museum], 

 Palabuan Batu !) ; Duizend Islands. 



9. Polynemus heptadactylus C.V. 



Po/ynemus /tep^adaciy /us Cuv'iev &YalenciQQnes^'Hist. Nat.Poissons, III. 1829, p. 300. 

 Polynemtts heptadactylus Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen. XXII. 1849, Bijdrage Pev- 



coi'den, p. 60. 

 Polynemus heptadactylus Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, XVIII. 1850, p. 1016. 

 Polynemus heptadactylus Day, Fishes of India 4°. 1878 — 1888, p. 177. 

 Trichidion heptadactyhtni Jordan & Staiks, Ann. Carnegie Mus. XI. 1917, p. 455. 



D'. VIII; D-. I. II — 12; A. III. II — 12; P. i 3—1 5+7 ; V. I. 5 ; 

 5 

 L.l. 48 — 50; L.tr. j_. 

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Height 3 — 3.1, 3.7 — 4 in length with caudal. Head 3.4 — 3.7, 

 4.4 — 4.5 in length with caudal. Eyes 3.4, about twice in post- 

 orbital part of head and equal to the somewhat convex inter- 

 orbital space. Snout much shorter than eye, prominent. Mouth 

 large, reaching far behind eye. Maxillaries scaly, about twice 

 in head. Head covered with scales to end of snout. Anterior 



