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 2. Dussumieria hasseltii Blkr. 



Dussumieria Hasseltii Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie I. 1851, p. 422 (pro parte). 

 Dussumieria Hasseltii Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. XXIV. 1852. Chiroc. etc., p. 13. 

 Dussumieria elopsoides Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 466 (nee Bleeker). 

 Dussumieria Hasseltii Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. 1866 1872, p. 95. 

 Dussumieria Hasseltii Day, Fishes of India 4. 1878 1888, p. 647. 

 Dussumieria elopsoides Jordan & Richardson, Bull. Bur. Fish. XXVII. 1908, p. 236. 

 Dussumieria hasseltii Jordan & Richardson, Bull. Bur. Fish. XXVII. 1908^.236. 



B. 15; D. 18 19; A. 16; P. 1415; V. 8; L.I. 5256; 

 L. tr. 12 13. 



Elongate, dorsal and ventral profile evenly convex. Height 

 4 about 5, head 3 2 / 3 , eye about 4, i' 2 / 5 times in postorbital 

 part of head. Snout acute, about V 3 longer than eye. Maxil- 

 lary nearly reaching below frontmargin of eye. Jaws equal. 

 Origin of dorsal more than diameter of eye nearer to caudal 

 than to snout. Origin of anal far behind dorsal, about as long 

 as postorbital part of head. Origin of ventrals below the 

 middle of dorsal. Pectorals pointed, about as long as posto- 

 cular part of head. Caudal deeply incised. Distinct teeth on 

 jaws, palatines, pterygoids and tongue. Gillrakers about 22 24, 

 slightly longer than branchial filaments, about 3 / 4 of eye, spi- 

 nous at the innerside. Scales very deciduous. Elongated scales 

 in the axil of pectorals and ventrals. Upper half dark greenish, 

 silvery below. A golden lateral band from opercle to caudal. 

 Fins hyaline, distal part of caudal black. First ray of dorsal 

 and pectorals with a dark spot. Length 170 mm. 



Nomen in dig. : Tamban bines (Banjuwangi). 



Habitat: Java (Batavia!, Cheribon, Samarang, Surabaya, 

 Banjuwangi!); Madura; West and East coast of Sumatra; 

 Singapore; Borneo (Balikpapan!); Celebes (Macassar); Lombok!; 

 Batjan; Halmahera; Obi-major; Ambon. Philippines; For- 

 mosa; China; India westward to Canara. 



In sea. 



3. Subfam. Dorosornatinae. 



Body short and deep, strongly compressed. Scales thin, 

 moderate, more or less adherent. Keeled and spiny abdominal 

 scutes. Conical snout not very prominent. Mouth small, inferior 

 (Fig. 14, m), transverse, bordered by the praemaxillaries only; 

 above and behind them lie the narrow maxillaries which have 

 a single supplemental bone. No teeth. Eyes with an adipose 

 eyelid. Dorsal opposite to ventrals. Anal rather long. Pecto- 



