4*7 



Symbranchus bengalensis Day, Fishes of India 4. 1878 1888, p. 657. 

 Symbranchus bengalensis Max Weber, Zool. Ergebn. Reise Niederl. Ost-Indien 



Heft 2, 1894, p. 428. 



Symbranchus bengalensis Volz, Revue Suisse Zool. XII. 1904, p. 481. 

 Symbranchus bengalensis Regan, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, XX. Prt. 6, 1914, p. 275. 



Height 27 30; head 10.5 to more than ii; 8 times in trunk. 

 Tail nearly 4 times in head and trunk. Eye 20 or more, 

 situated above anterior third of cleft of mouth, which goes about 

 4 times in head. Origin of dorsal somewhat before anus. Dark 

 brown, somewhat lighter below. Length 530 mm. 



Nomen indig. : Putjuk-Kirai (Bantam). 



Habitat: Sumatra (Lake Tador, Upper Langkat); Java 

 (Batavia, Perdana); Borneo (Banjermasin); Celebes (Makassar, 

 Palima at mouth of river Tjinrana!); New Guinea (Mimika 

 river!). Dampier Archipelago, Philippines, Cochin, Siam, 

 Peninsula of India. 



In fresh and brackish water. 



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