281 



Rather compressed, elongate. Height 3.3—3.5, ^-^ — 4*- ^^ 

 length with caudal. Head 3.1 — 3.2, 3.4 — 3.9 in length with 

 caudal. Eye more than 3, longer than snout and less than 

 interorbital space, which is equal to postorbital part of head. 

 Mouth small, reaching somewhat farther than half length of 

 snout. Intermaxillaries gently curved, the symphysial part more 

 or less horizontal. Jaws equal in front. Minute teeth in a narrow 

 band in the jaws. No teeth on palate. A patch of teeth on 

 tongue. Praeoperculum with one row of scales. One very large 

 and several smaller scales on operculum. Dorsal separated by 

 12 scales from head, the foremost scale on occiput larger than 

 the others. Origin of dorsal more or less behind that of ventrals. 

 Origin of second dorsal behind that of anal. None of the rays 

 prolonged in the two small specimens examined. Anal spine 

 short, about equal to that of ventrals, shorter than eye. Pec- 

 torals shorter than head without snout. Caudal forked. Colour 

 of alcohol specimens yellowish, somewhat darker above, where 

 the scales are pigmented along their margins. A faint lateral 

 black band, running from below dorsal to base of caudal. 

 Length 60 mm. 



N o m. indig. : Bonti-bonti (Towuti). 



Habitat: Celebes (Lake Towuti!). 



Note. One of us draw already attention to the fact, that 

 the specimens called do?tU by the inhabitants at lake Towuti, 

 differ by having less anal rays from typical 7\ celebensis. We 

 find some other differences (lateral line, length of pectorals) 

 which seem us sufficient to describe them here as a separate 

 species. 



3. Telmatherina abendanoni M. Web. [Fig. 73, p. 281]. 



Tilmcitherina Abendanoni Max Weber, Bijdragen Dierkunde, Afl. 19, Amsterdam, 

 1913, p. 208. 



D'. 4— 6; D-. L9— 10; A. L 12—13; p. I. 12; V. L5; L.l. 

 33—34; L.tr. /',. 



Compressed, elongate. Height 3.7—3.8, 4.6—4.8 in length 

 with caudal. Head 3.1 — 3.5, 3.8—4.4 in length with caudal. 

 Eye 3.7 — 4, shorter than snout, which is pointed and some- 

 what shorter than interorbital space, which is equal to post- 

 orbital part of head. Mouth rather small, reaching scarcely to 

 vertical through middle of snout. Intermaxillaries gently curved, 

 their symphysial part somewhat expanded horizontally. Narrow 



