than to base of caudal. Caudal fin forked. Scales large or 

 moderate, rather deciduous. Lateral line running low down. 

 Gillopenings wide. Gillrakers present. 



Fig. 59. Arrhamphus brevis (Scale). X 5 /v 



Distribution: New Zealand?, Australia, Indo-australian 

 Archipelago, Palawan Islands. 

 In freshwater (and sea?). 



i. Arrhamphus brevis (Scale) [Fig. 59, p. 172]. 



Oxyporhamphus brevis Scale, Philippine Journ. of Science IV. 1909, p. 495. 



D. 1517; A. 15; P. i.i i; V. 1.5; L.I. about 58. 



Somewhat compressed, the breadth of the body going about 

 1.4 in its height. Height 7.5 8.5, about 9 in length with 

 caudal. Head 4.1 4.4, about 5 in length with caudal. Upper 

 profile of head sloping gradually down from eye to tip of 

 snout. Eye 3.75 in head, equal to interorbital space, shorter 

 than snout, 1.25 in postorbital part of head. Teeth rather large, 

 conspicuously tricuspid, in about 4 5 rows in both jaws. 

 Triangular part of upper jaw, formed by intermaxillaries, broader 

 than long. Mandible projecting by about the length of the 

 pupil beyond snout. Origin of anal opposite to third ray of 

 dorsal. Dorsal and anal concave, the anterior rays being the 

 longest. Pectorals 1.75 in head. Ventrals 2.45 in head, their 

 origin midway between base of caudal and hindborder of prae- 

 operculum. Caudal forked. Colour in alcohol specimens yellowish. 

 Sides with a narrow silvery band, bordered above by a dark 

 line. Dorsal, anal and caudal broadly tipped with black. A 

 black spot on upper base and axil of pectorals. Length 147 mm. 



Habitat: Indo-australian Archipelago! Palawan Islands. 



Note. Among specimens of Hemirhamphus melanurus C.V. 

 in BLEEKER'S collection in the Leiden Museum we found a 

 specimen of the species described above. There was no locality 

 on the label, but it is without doubt that the specimen came 

 from the Indo-australian Archipelago. 



