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equal to or shorter than interorbital space and about equal 

 to postorbital part of head. Origin of first dorsal opposite to 

 14 th , usually 15 th scale, and about opposite to anus; its vertical 

 much nearer to origin of ventrals than to that of anal. Anus 

 about i or 2 scales distant from end of ventrals. Origin of 

 second dorsal opposite to (2 5 A) 26^ scale and to first '/ 4 of 

 anal; its distance from origin of first dorsal somewhat shorter 

 than length of head; both fins separated by 7 interdorsal 

 scales. There are 17 19, usually 18 scales between first dorsal 

 and occiput. Pectorals 6.6 to 7.7 in total length, their tip 

 reaching 8*h or Qth scale. Distance of origin of second dorsal 

 from root of caudal equal to or somewhat longer than head. 

 Scales entire. Caudal peduncle measured behind second dorsal 

 about 2 / 3 of length of head. About 21 22 gillrakers on lower 

 limb of first arch, the longest somewhat shorter than pupil. 

 Teeth in jaws very small and in narrow bands, those on vomer, 

 palatines and pterygoids more conspicuous and stronger. Lateral 

 band silvery, about i ] / 2 times as broad as pupil, its upper 

 border with a blackish hue; the scales above it with bluish 

 email-coloured points on a dark ground ; they may be con- 

 fluent along the border of the scales; fins hyaline, the upper 

 border of the pectorals and the caudal with a dark hue. Length 

 100 mm. [Specimens of BLEEKER'S collection seen by us]. 



Habitat: Pulu Weh!; Sumatra (Priaman) ; Pulu Babi (Telok 

 Berandang!); Java (Batavia); Island Kawassang (Paternoster 

 Islands!); Flores!; Adonare!; Timor; Sumba ! ; Celebes (Ma- 

 kassar, Badjoa, Menado); Saleyer!; Siao ! ; Ternate; Gisser!; 

 Ceram (Kawa!); Island Fau near Gebe!; Kei Islands (Tual!); 

 Kur Island !. Philippines, ? Samoa (Atherina nisila Jordan 



& Scale). 



2. Atherina eendrachtensis Q. & G. ] ). 



Atherina endrachtensis Quoy & Gaimard, Voyage de Freycinet, Zoologie 1824, p. 334. 

 Atherina endrachtensis Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons X. 1835, p. 456. 

 ? Atherina bimanensis Bleeker, Journ. Indian Archipelago II. 1848,. p. 6372). 



1) We have changed the original specific name endrachtensis in eendrach- 

 s^ as it is derived from the old dutch name "het land Eendracht" for Australia ; 



endrachtensis does not belong to any language. 



2) The type of this species is lost and the diagnosis very incomplete, but it 

 contains characters, which make it possible, that it was based on a specimen or 

 specimens of A. eendrachtensis Q. G. (see M. Weber, Revision etc. 1. s. c. p. 46). 



