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more or less silvery. Upper surface of head darker. Back dusky. 

 A fine dark lateral line, a second one above the base of the 

 anal, uniting with that of the other side behind anal. Gene- 

 rally a median dorsal line. Fins hyaline. Length 35 mm. 



Nom. in dig.: Impun (Sundan.), Lundjar (Javanese). 



Habitat: Singapore; Java (Perdana, Tjandjur, Nusa Kem- 

 bangan!); Lombok!. Malacca, China (KAROLI JANOS). 



In fresh and brackish water. 



2. Aplocheilus celebensis M. Web. [Fig. 95, p. 371]. 



Haplochihis celebensis Max Weber, Zool. Ergebn. einer Reise in Niederl. Ost- 



Indien III. 1894, p. 426. 

 Haplochihis celebensis Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 429. 



D. 7 9 (generally 9); A. 17 21 ; P. i.io ii; V. 6; L.I. 

 3 3 2 ; L.tr. 14. 



Compressed, upper part of head and anterior part of back 

 flattened. Height 3.8, 4,5 in length with caudal. Head about 

 4.2, 5.2 in length with caudal. Eye 2.3, much longer than 

 snout, somewhat less than postorbital part of head and inter- 

 orbital space. Cleft of mouth small, horizontal. Corner of mouth 

 much nearer to end of snout than to frontborder of eye. Origin 

 of dorsal separated by 23 scales from large scales on occiput; 

 above last third of anal. Origin of anal midway between base 

 of caudal and pupil. Pectorals shorter than head, but longer 

 than head without snout. Origin of ventrals midway between 

 snout and end of anal. Caudal rounded. Yellow, belly more 

 or less silvery. A very narrow dark lateral line. Generally a 

 similar line above base of anal, uniting with that of the other 

 side behind base of anal. A median dorsal line sometimes 

 present. Length 38 mm. 



Habitat: Celebes (Makassar!, Maros!, Teteadji!). 



Fresh water. 



3. Aplocheilus timorensis n.sp. 



Aplocheilus celebensis Max Weber & de Beaufort, Versl. Vergad. Wis- en Natuurk. 

 Afd. Kon. Akad. Amsterdam 1912, p. 135 (nee M. Weber). 



D. 9; A. 17 19; P. i.io ii; V. 6; L.I. 3 1 34; L.tr. 14. 



Compressed, head flattened above. Height 3.7 3.8, 4.6 4.7 

 in length with caudal. Head 3.3 3.5, 4.1 4.3 in length with 

 caudal. Eye about 3 in head, scarcely longer than snout and 

 scarcely shorter than postorbital part of head, less than inter- 



