260 



Origin of first dorsal or nearly so. Caudal emarginate, scaly 

 at its base. Axillary scales short. Olivaceous above, silvery on 



sides and below. Length 

 230 mm. 



Habitat: Simalur! ; Su- 

 matra (Benkulen, Trussan); 

 Timor; Ambon!; Biaru ! ; 

 Salibabu!. Red Sea, An- 

 damans. 



2. Ces traeus 

 Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



(CuviER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. 

 Poissons XI. 1836, p. 156). 



Agonostoma Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. 

 III. 18591861, p. 461 (p. p.) 

 [nee Agonostomus Bennett]. 



Aeschrichthys Macleay, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. New South Wales VIII. (i 883) 

 1884, p. 5 & 270. 



Mouth not transverse but 

 longitudinally cleft and ex- 

 tending on sides of snout to 

 below eye. Upperlip thick. 

 Mandible included, its marg- 

 in not sharp but rounded 

 by the fleshy lower lip, on 

 each side provided with a 

 cushion-like oval prominen- 

 ce with numerous closely 

 set membranaceouslamellae. 

 A narrow band of small 

 true teeth in intermaxilla- 

 ries, which may be also pre- 

 sent in one series in the 

 mandible of young speci- 

 mens. Vomer with or with- 

 out a roundish patch of teeth 



on both sides. Other exterior characters as in Mugil. 

 Living in rivers up to 350 M. above sea in the indo-austra- 



Han Archipelago, New Guinea, Philippines, New Hebrides, 



New Caledonia, (China?). 



Fig. 68. Cestraeus goldiei (Macl.) 



