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than long. Teeth stout, in the upper jaw in 2 or 3 series, in 

 the lower jaw in about 4 series, the bands of teeth do not 

 taper conspicuously anteriorly or posteriorly. Origin of anal 

 below about ^ dorsal ray. Origin of dorsal separated by 32 34 

 scales from occiput and by 6 scales from lateral line. Dorsal 

 and anal concave, the anterior rays the longer. Length of base 

 of dorsal about twice that of anal. Pectorals longer than head 

 without snout. Ventrals half as long as pectorals, their origin 

 twice nearer to base of caudal than to tip of upper jaw. Caudal 

 forked. Colour of preserved specimens yellowish, darker above, 

 with a well defined silvery lateral band, bordered above by 

 a bluish one. On each side dorsally 4 9 aequidistant black 

 blotches. Fins hyaline, dorsal and caudal more or less dusky. 

 Length 500 mm. 



Nom. in dig. : Djulong djulong (Malay Batavia); Tratjas 

 (Javan. Tjilatjap); Bolobo (Menado); Roja, Mowaru (Batjan). 



Habitat: Singapore; Sumatra (Siboga, Padang, Priaman, 

 Benkulen); Banka; Java (Batavia!, Bantam, Semarang, Pasu- 

 ruan, Tjilatjap) ; Madura! ; Java Sea ! ; Borneo (Sarawak) ; Celebes 

 (Makassar, Bulukomba, Badjoa, Sindjai, Menado, Tamani bay !); 

 Halmaheira; Ternate; Batjan; Obi-major; Ambon!; Ceram ! ; 

 New Guinea (Atjatuning!, British N. Guinea). From East 

 Africa and the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean and the 

 Pacific to the Riu-Kiu Islands in the North and the Society 

 Islands in the East. 



In sea. 



9. Hemirhamphus marginatus (Forsk.) 



Esox marginatus Forskal, Descript. Animal, 1775, p. 67. 



? Hemiramphtis brevirostris Cuvier, Regne Animal 3ieme. Ed. Poissons, p. 235. 

 HemirampJms Lutkd Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. nat. Poissons XIX. 1846, p. 49. 

 Hemiramphus Rtisseli Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. XXIV. 1852, Snoekachtige 



Visschen, p. 17. (nee C.V.) 



Hemiramphus fasciatus Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie, V. 1853, p. 89. 

 Hemiramphus russellii Kner, Novara-Exp. Fische, 1865 1867, p. 323. 

 Hemirhamphus marginatus Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VI. 1866, p. 270. 

 Hemiramphus fasciatus Giinther, 1. c. p. 271. 

 Hemirhamphus marginatus Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. III. 1866, p. 148. 



Atl. ichth. VI. 1866 1872, p. 54. 

 Hemirhamphus fasciatus Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. III. 1 866, p. 152. 



Atl. ichth. VI. 18661872, p. 57. 



Hemiramphus marginatus Klunzinger, Abh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien XXI. 1871, p. 583. 

 Hemirhamphus brevirostris Steindachner, Abhandl. Senckenb. naturf. Ges. XXV. 



1901, p. 450. 

 Hemiramphus fasciatus Max Weber, Siboga-Expeditie, Fische. 1913, p. 131. 



