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 3. Dermogenys ebrardti Popta. 



Hemiramphus (Dermatogenys) ebrardtii Popta, Notes Leyden Museum XXXIV. 

 1912, p. 187. 



D. 1012; A. 15; P. 12; V. 6 ; L.I. 54. 



Compressed, the breadth of the body going 1.8 2 in its 

 height. Height 5 5.5 in length without projecting part of 

 lower jaw, 6 2 / 3 7 in length with caudal. Head from tip of 

 upper jaw to branchial opening 2 } / 5 2 5 / 8 in trunk. Entire head 

 3 3.2 in length with caudal. Length of lower jaw beyond 

 extremity of upper jaw 7.6 8.4 in length, 8.9 9.5 in length 

 with caudal. Eye almost twice in postorbital part of head, 

 1.2 1.5 in interorbital space. Triangular part of upper jaw 

 longer than broad. Teeth small, pointed. Origin of dorsal above 

 fourth anal ray. Fifth dorsal ray the longest, somewhat less 

 than the second and longest anal ray. Pectorals 6*/ 4 7 in 

 length with caudal, twice as long as ventrals. Base of ventrals 

 a little nearer to head than to caudal. Caudal rounded. Colour 

 of alcohol specimens yellowish. A dark blotch at base of 

 pectorals. Length about 90 mm. [Type seen by us]. 



Habitat: South east Celebes (Kabaena!, Penango!, Rumbia 

 valley!). 



Fresh water. 



4. Dermogenys sumatranus (Blkr.). 



Hemiramphus sumatramis Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie V. 1853, p. 526. 

 Dermogenys sumatranus Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. III. 1866, p. 167. 



Atl. ichth. VI. 18661872, p. 65. 

 Hemirhamphns sumatramis Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VI. 1 866, p. 275. 



0.9 10; A. 15; P. 1.8 9; V. 1.5; L.I. circa 4550. 



Somewhat compressed, the breadth of the body going about 

 1.5 in its height. Height 8 8.3, 9 10 in length with caudal. 

 Head from tip of upper jaw to branchial opening 2.7 3.3 in 

 trunk. Entire head 2.5 2.7, 2.8 3.1 in length with caudal. 

 Length of lower jaw beyond extremity of upper jaw 5.1 6.6, 

 7.3 7.5 in length with caudal. Eye 1.52 in postorbital part 

 of head, somewhat less than interorbital space. Triangular part 

 of upper jaw truncate in front, longer than broad. Praeorbital 

 rounded, about equal to half diameter of eye. Teeth small, 

 pointed. Origin of dorsal above 5 th or 6 th anal ray. Dorsal 

 higher than anal, both fins rounded. Pectorals inserted rather 



