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bels; gill rakers short, less than 10 on lower hmb; origin of dorsal 

 behind ventrals, slightly nearer tip of snout than base of caudal; 

 longest dorsal ray 2.50 in distance from tip of snout to origin of dorsal; 

 origin of anal nearer to origin of ventral than base of caudal ; base of 

 anal 2.50 in head; ventrals midway between posterior margin of oper- 

 cles and origin of anal, their length 1.30 in head; pectorals about equal 

 to length of head; caudal emarginate, slightly longer than head. 



Color in spirits, yellowish white, a brown stripe on middle of sides, 

 broad and distinct on posterior half of body and fading out anteriorly, 

 scarcely showing on anterior third of body; fhis uniform. None of 

 our specimens show any trace of a dark spot above the vent. This 

 is probably to be seen on adults only. Nineteen specimens, length 

 1.25 to 3.75 inches. 



Family PCECILIID^. 



i6. APLOCHEILUS PANCHAX (Buchanan-Hamilton). 



Esox panchax Buchanan-Hamilton, Fishes, Ganges, pp. 211, 380, pi. iii, fig. 69. 

 Panchax buchanani Cuvier and Valenciennes, Poiss; XVIII, p. 283. — Bleeker, 



Atl. Ich., Ill, p. 141, pi. XLiii, fig. 3 (Buytenzorg, Java). 

 Haplochilus panchax Gunther, Cat., VI, p. 311. 



Head 3.10; depth 4; eye 3.10 in head; snout 2.50; interorbital 

 2; D. 7; A. 14; scales 24; fine teeth in jaws; snout flat and some- 

 what spatulate. 



Color in spirits, yellowish brown, a large distinct black ocellus on 

 base of dorsal, caudal rounded. 



Numerous specimens, length 1-1.40 inches. 



Family EXOCCETIDyE. 



17. DERMATOGENYS FLUVIATILIS (Bleeker). 



Eemirhamphus fluviatilis Bleeker, Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind., 1, p. 95. — Gun- 

 ther, Cat., VI, p. 275. 



Head 4; depth 7.50; eye 4 in head; snout 2.50; its length 

 greater than width, length of the projecting under jaw from tip of 

 upper 1.75 in head; D. 9; A. 14; origin of dorsal over 5th ray of 

 anal. 



Ten specimens, very young, length 1 to 2 inches. 



Family OPHICEPHALID^. 



18. OPHICEPHALUS STRIATUS Bloch. 



Ophicephaliis striatus Bloch, Ichth., p. 359.— Bleeker, All. Ich., IX, pi. 

 cccxcix, fig. 1.— GiJNTHER, Cat., Ill, p. 474 (Java). 



Head 3.10; depth 5.75; eye 8 in head; snout 5.50; interorbital 

 4; D. 42; A. 27; scales 5-57-8. 



