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nearer to v end of snout, half as high as body, acute, emar- 

 ginate, its last ray thickened and setiform in adults, reaching 

 caudal. Anal 4 4 ! / 2 m length. Ventrals opposite to middle 

 of dorsal, their origin nearer to anal than to suboperculum. 

 Pectorals about as long as head, nearly reaching to ventrals. 

 Caudal scaly, deeply incised, 4 4 2 / 5 in length. Scales with or 

 without transverse lines, their hindmargin serrated. About 30 

 keeled spiniferous abdominal scutes, 9 10 of which are post- 

 ventral. About 140 short gillrakers. Silvery, above greenish, 

 with indistinct brown longitudinal lines running along the 

 rows of scales. A black spot on the shoulder. Length over 

 220 mm. (A specimen of Bleeker's collection seen by us). 



Habitat: Java; Singapore; Banka ; Celebes (Bulucomba); 

 Batjan; Obi-major; Ambon; Ceram (Wahai); New-Guinea. 

 Australia, Philippines, Formosa, China, British India, west- 

 ward to South Arabia and Sokotra. 



In sea. 



2. Dorosoma chacunda (H. B.). 



Fig. 14. Dorosoma chacunda H. B., upper figure underside of head, 

 m mouth. 



Clupanodon chacunda Hamilton Buchanan, Fishes Ganges 1822, p. 246. 

 Gonostomajavanicum Kuhl, van Hasselt, Algemeene Konst en Letterbode 18231 



p. 329. 



Chatoessus chacunda Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons XXL 1848, p. ill. 

 Anodontostoma Hasseltii Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. XXII. 1849. Bijdr. ichth 



Madura, p. 15. 



Chatoessus chacunda Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal XVIII. 1850, p. 1293. 

 Chatoessus chacunda Bleeker, Verh' Bat. Gen. XXIV. 1852. Haring. p. 46. 

 Chatoessus selangkat Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. XXIV. 1852. Haring. p. 47. 



