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or head and upper half of body ohvaceous or silvery with 

 15 — 20 irregular, oblique, partly confluent crossbands, which 

 may be broken up into spots; lower half brownish. A round 

 black spot on the middle of the side and an other at the base 

 of the caudal, sometimes united by a blackish band from eye 

 to caudal; soft dorsal and caudal, and sometimes also soft 

 anal with alternating light spots, sometimes forming reticula- 

 tions. Length 112 mm. 



Nom. indig. : Sappe (Malay Sumatra), Sepat (Djambi, 

 Falembang, Balikpapan, Java). 



Habitat: Singapore; Sumatra (Palembang, Bagan Api Api !, 

 Muara Enim, Ringat I, Taluk !, river Kwantan, Gunung Sahilan !, 

 Sungei Mahe, Deli, Serdang!, Djambi!, Upper and Lower 

 Langkat, Benkulen, Pagar Alam!, Padang, Ulakan, Solok !, 

 Singkarah!, Priaman, Lahat, Padang Pandjang, Manindjau !, 

 Fort de Kock !, Pajakombo!, Telok betong) ; Banka; Java (Bui- 

 tenzorg!, Batavia!, Bandung!, Garut!, Tjipanas!, Palabuan, Lebak, 

 Mount Gedeh, Tjiandjur, Ngawi, Gombong, river Brantas); 

 Madura; Bali; Borneo (Sinkawang, Jvlontrado, Kapuas: Lake 

 Danau Sriang, Pontianak, Sebruang, river Kahajan, Bandjer- 

 massin, Pengaron, Mandhor, Balikpapan !). — Pinang, Malay 

 Peninsula, Cochin China, Cambodja, Siam, Bengalen. 



2. Trichopodus leeri (Blkr.) 



Trkhopodtis trichoptcrus Cantor, Jouin. Asiat. Soc. Bengal XVIII. 1850, 



p. 107 1 (p.p.). 

 Tric/ioptis Lcerli Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie III. 1852, p. 577. 

 Osphromenus triclioptcriis var. y. Icer'ti Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. III. i86i,p. 384. 

 Tiichopodiis trichopteriis Bleaker, Verb. Akad. Amsterdam XIX. Mem. Poiss. 



Pharyng. Labyrinth. 1879, p. 21 (p. p.j. 

 Tiichopodtis h'eri Tate Regan, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1909, p. 783. 



D. V— VIL 8— 10; A. XII— XIV. 25— 30; P. 9; V. (I). 3— 4; 

 L.l. 30 — 37; Sq. lat. 44 — 50 ; L.tr. 20. 



Height about 2.4 in length, 3.2 — 3.3 in length with caudal. 

 Head acute, 3.1 — 3.4 in length, about 4.4 in length with caudal. 

 Rostro-frontal line concave or nearly straight. Diameter of eye 

 3.4 — 3.8 in head, much less than twice (1.4) in postorbital 

 part of head. Origin of dorsal opposite to end of spinous anal, 

 to about lo^h or ii^h spine. Body and vertical fins with pale 

 greenish spots enclosed in a reddish-brown network; a black 

 longitudinal band from snout through eye, ending in a spot 

 at the base of the caudal. Lensth 1 10 mm. 



