Note. Under the name Exocoetus javanicus K. v. H. pfd- 

 bably a manuscript name of KuHL and VAN HASSELT 

 BLEEKER mentions a flying fish in Nat. & Geneesk. Arch. Ned. 

 Ind. II. 1845, p. 512, one of the first ichthyological papers of 

 the author. In his later papers he never mentioned the name 

 again and as no description is given, Ex. javanicus has to 

 stand as a nomen nudum. 



4. Cypsilurus Swainson. 



(SWAINSON, The Nat. Hist, of Fishes etc. II. 1839, p. 296). 



Elongate, more or less compressed. Jaws equal. Teeth small 

 or very small, in the jaws and sometimes on the palatines. 

 No teeth on vomer, pterygoids and tongue. Dorsal beginning 

 opposite to or far before that of anal, generally longer than 

 lastnamed fin. Pectorals long, reaching base of caudal or not 

 so far. Ventrals well developed, often very long, their origin 



Fig. 63. Cypsilurus poecitopterus (C. V.) X '/2- 



much nearer to base of caudal than to tip of snout. Scales 

 large or moderate. Lateral line running low down. Gillrakers 

 moderately developed. Gillopenings wide. 



Distribution: Tropical and subtropical parts of Indie, 

 Pacific and Atlantic. 



Key to the i ndo-australi a n species of Cypsilurus. 



I. Second pectoral ray divided, first undivided. 



A, Origin of anal opposite to that of dorsal {Exonautes). 



