NO. 1575. FISHES FROM B UYTENZORG, J A V A— JORDAN AND SEALE. 541 



Color in spirits whitish below, brownish gray above; a dusky 

 stripe back from angle of month; vertical fins with more or less dis- 

 tinct oblique stripes. 



Three specimens, length, 5 to S.2o inches. 



ig. OPHICEPHALUS GACHNA (Buchanan-Hamilton). 



Ophiccphalus gachna Buchanan-Hamilton, Fishes Ganges, p. G8, ]>1. xxi, lig. 

 21. — GiJNTHER, Cat., Ill, p. 471. 



Head 4; depth 6; eye 7.50 in head; snout 5; interorbital 3.20; 

 D. 33; A. 22; scales 5-43-6. 



Color in spirits, brownish, indications of darker bands over back; 

 vertical fins margined with white; pectorals with dusky stripes. 



Six specimens, length 2.25 to 6 inches. 



Family ANABANTID^. 



20. ANABAS SCANDENS (Daldorff). 



Pcrca scandens Daldorff, Trans. Linn. Soc, III, p. (j2. 



Anabas scandens GiJNTHER, Cat., Ill, p. 375. — Day, Fishes of India, p. 370, pi. 

 LCVIH, fig. 3. 



Head 3; depth 3; eye 4.10 in head; snout 5; D. XVH, S; A. IX, 

 9; scales 30. 



Color in spirits, brownish, black at posterior margin of opercle. 

 One specimen, length 4.50 inches. 



Family OSPHROMENTD^. 



21. OSPHROMENUS STRIATUS (Bleeker). 



Trichopus slnatns Bleeker, Batav. Gen., X>^111, p. 11. 



Osphrovienns sirialus Guntiieh, Cat., Ill, p. 380. 



Head 2.50; depth 3; eye 3.30 in head; snout 3; D. 111,6; A. VII, 

 25; scales 28; outer rays of ventrals greatly prolonged. 



Body with four longitudinal dusk}^ bands; in some specimens the 

 two median bands are more distinct than in others, the bands broad- 

 ening into a dusky blotch at u])])er part of opercles, a dusky spot on 

 caudal peduncle. 



Fifty-seven specimens, length 1 to 2 inches. 



22. OSPHROMENUS TRICHOPTERUS (Pallas), 



Labrus trichopLerus Pallas, Spicilegia, VIII, p. 45. 

 Osphromenus trichopterus GOnther, Cat., Ill, p. 384 (Java). 



Head 3.50; depth 2.60; eye 3.50 in head; snout 4; interorbital 

 2.75; D. VII, 6; A. XI, 36; scales 40; ventrals consisting of two long 

 filaments which extend to caudal fin. 



