with a feeble spine and u 13 branched rays. Ventrals with 

 a weak spine and 5 rays situated far behind origin of pectorals. 

 Pectorals without spine. Caudal forked. Anus below first dorsal, 

 at some distance before anal. Scales cycloid, with faint crenula- 

 tions at their hindborder. Lateral line absent, indicated by 

 some of the scales having a pit. Gillmembranes free[[from 



Fig. 72. Telmatherina celebensis Blgr. X 1 '4- 



isthmus and from each other. 15 20 gillrakers on lower branch 

 of first arch, slender, denticulated, almost as long as gillfringes. 

 Distribution: Lakes Matano and Towuti in the interior 

 of Celebes. 



Key to the ind o-a ustralian species of Telmatherina. 



A. Snout equal to or shorter than eye. Less elongate, when 

 specimens of equal length are compared. 



1. A. I. 13 15. L. tr. 71/2 8. Pectorals as long as 



head without snout T. celebensis p. 279. 



2. A. I. u. L.tr. 6 1 / 2 . Pectorals shorter than head 



without snout T. bonti p. 280. 



B. Snout longer than eye. More elongate, when specimens 



of equal length are compared. A. I. 12 13. L.tr. 7'/ 2 . T. abendanoni p. 281. 



I. Telmatherina celebensis Blgr. [Fig. 72, p. 279]. 



Telmatherina celebensis Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1897, p. 428. 

 Telmatherina celebensis Max Weber, Bijdragen Dierkunde, Afl. 19, Amsterdam, 

 1913, p. 206 (pro parte). 



