374 



orbital ^pace. Cleft of mouth small, horizontal. Corner of mouth 

 much nearer to end of snout than to frontborder of eye. 

 Origin of dorsal separated by about 26 scales from large scales 

 on occiput; above or somewhat behind the middle of the 

 anal. Origin of anal nearer to base of caudal than to hind- 

 border of eye. Origin of ventrals nearer to end of anal than 

 to snout. Pectorals shorter than head ? (damaged in all specimens 

 examined). Caudal rounded. Brownish, belly darkish (peritoneum 

 shining through). A fine dark lateral line ending in a more 

 or less conspicuous black blotch at end of caudal. A similar 

 line runs above base of anal and unites with that of the other 

 side behind anal. A median dorsal line present in young 

 specimens. A row of darkish blotches on middle of sides of 

 trunk generally present. Length 37 mm. 



Habitat: Mid-Timor (Mota Talau !). 



Fresh water. 



2. Panchax Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



(CuviER cS: Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons XVIII. 1846, p. 380.) 

 Haplochilns aiictt. p.p. 



Elongate, compressed. Head and anterior part of back flattened 

 above. Mouth moderate, with a sharp bent downwards near 

 corner of mouth. Upper jaw protractile. Bands of teeth in the 

 jaws. Teeth on vomer. Head scaly above and on operculum. 

 Scales rather large. Dorsal short, its origin behind that of 

 anal. Pectorals originating in lower half of body. Ventrals far 

 from pectorals. Caudal rounded. Five branchiostegals. Gill- 

 membranes free from each other. Pseudobranchiae present. 



Distribution: Fresh and brackish water of Africa, Asia, 

 Sumatra, Java and Borneo. 



I. Panchax panchax (H.B.) [Fig. 96, 97, p. 375]. 



Esox panchax Hamilton Buchanan, Fishes Ganges 1822, p. 211 & p. 380. 

 Panchax Buchanani Cuvier & Valenciennes. Hist. Nat. Poissons XVIII. 1846, p. 383. 

 Panchax Kuhlii Cuvier & Valenciennes, ibid. p. 384. 



Panchax panchax Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal XVIII. 1850, p. 1234. 

 Panchax melanotopierus Bleeker, Verh. Bat. (^en. XXIII. 1850, Bijdr. kennis 



ichthyol. fauna Midden- en Oost-Java, p. 22. 

 Panchax BiichananiWLe.e)s.e.x^ ibid. XXV. 1853, Nalez. Ichthyol. fauna Bengalen, p. 144. 

 Panchax Buchanani Bleeker, Ichth. Arch. Ind. Prodr. II. Cyprini i860, p. 488. — 



Atl. ichth. III. 1863, p. 141. 

 Haplochilus panchax Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VI. i866, p. 311. 



