much shorter than eye. Teeth small, conical, in bands, the 

 band in the upper jaw is broader than that in the lower jaw. 

 Origin of anal about below third dorsal ray. Base of anal 

 2 2.4 in length of dorsal. Dorsal rounded in females, in males 

 more pointed, the 4^, 5th and 6th ray being prolonged and 

 the 4 th or 5th moreover thickened. Anal of females slightly 

 concave, in males the 6th and /th ray are enormously enlarged 

 and thickened, especially the 6th ra y, which often reaches to 

 the end of the caudal. Pectorals equal to or somewhat longer 

 than head without snout. Ventrals half as long as pectorals. 

 Base of ventrals about twice nearer to caudal than to corner 

 of mouth. Caudal obtusely rounded. Colour of preserved 

 specimens brownish above, lighter below, with a silvery lateral 

 band bordered above by a black line, which broadens to a 

 regular band below the dorsal. Fins more or less dusky. 

 Length 165 mm. 



Nom. in dig. : Ikan kadjangan (Malay Bantam). 



Habitat: Sumatra (Benkulen, Trussan, Padang, Siboga, 

 Upper Langkat); Simalur!; Engano ; Nias!; Batu Islands; 

 Biliton ; Java (Batavia, Labuan); Borneo (Balikpapan !); Celebes 

 (Tanawanko); Sangir Islands; Ambon!; Nusa Laut!; Goram; 

 Kei-Islands; Waigeu; New Guinea. Torres Straits, Caroline 

 Islands, Fiji Islands, Guam, Philippines, Siam, Andamans, 

 British India, Seychelles, Madagascar. 



In sea and rivers. 



9. Zenarchopterus buffoni (C.V.) 



Hemiramphus Bu/onis Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons XIX. 1846, p. 48. 

 Hemiramphus /fo/^w'-rBleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. III. 1852, p. 711. 

 Hemirhamphus striga Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 1859, XXVII. p. 288. 

 Zenarchopterus btiffonis Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. III. 1866, p. 162. 

 Hemirhamphus buffonis Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VI. 1866, p. 273. 

 Zenarchopterus Buffoni Bleeker, Atl. ichth. VI. 18661872, p. 62. 

 Hemirhamphus buffonis Day, Fishes of India 4, 18781888, p. 516. 

 Zenarchopterus buffonis Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philadelphia (2) LVII. 



'905, p. 494- 

 Zenarchopterus buffonis Scale, Philippine Journ. Science V. 1910, p. 267. 



D. II 12; A. II 12; P. 1.8 9; V. 1.5 ; L.I. 40 45. 



Compressed, the breadth of the body going 1.3 1.6 in its 

 height. Height 7.5 10, 9.713 in length with caudal. Head 

 from tip of upper jaw to branchial opening 2.43 in trunk. 

 Entire head a little more or less than 2, 2.3 2.4 in length 



