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of head, and 1.5 to 2.5 times in inter-orbital space; the lower 

 jaw prominent; the maxillary extends to below middle of eye 

 or stops just before posterior margin; the acute teeth in villi- 

 form bands, the outer row in upper jaw subequal and longer 

 than the rest; in the lower jaw the posterior teeth of outer row 

 and the inner row unequal, longer than the others, and in part 

 subcanine; the groove from eye above operculum conspicuous; 

 two or three grooves run obliquely from eye downward and 

 backward across cheek; above two widely separated longitu- 

 dinal grooves, united by two vertical, widely separated grooves ; 

 the scales on head, nape, and belly cycloid, those on sides ctenoid ; 

 the scales on preopercle and front of snout smaller than the 

 rest of the scales on head; the anal papilla compressed and 

 oblong ; the first dorsal anteriorly obtuse, the depth of body twice 

 or more than twice the shortest spine, the second and third 

 spines longer than the others; the second dorsal obtuse, poste- 

 riorly rounded to angulate ; the anal shorter but not or scarcely 

 lower than second dorsal, and rounded to angulate posteriorly; 

 the ventrals much shorter than the pectoral ; the caudal obtusely 

 rounded, longer than that part of the head behind eye. 



The color above dusky green to dark olive brown, paler be- 

 neath ; the iris green, the margin of pupil golden ; the lower half 

 of head irregularly spotted with pale rose; the forward part 

 of body irregularly clouded and banded; posterior with three 

 irregular transverse rosy or yellowish bars or stripes; the first 

 dorsal very dark brown above, and sometimes also pale rose be- 

 low; the other fins pale rose variegated with dark brown to dusky 

 violet ; the second dorsal and anal marked by longitudinal brown 

 stripes, the pectorals, ventrals, and caudal with crossbars. 



The above is taken from Bleeker's description in his Revision 

 des Especes Eleotriformes. Giinther states that alcoholic speci- 

 mens are yellowish, largely marbled with brown and with brown 

 stripes along the series of the scales. 



This handsome species reaches a length of 460 millimeters and 

 inhabits the rivers and river mouths from Borneo to Sumatra. 

 Meyer collected specimens in Laguna de Bay, but there is no 

 other Philippine record. 



Genus 17. VALENCIENNEA Bleeker 



Valenciennea BLEEKER, Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind. 11 (1856) 412; JORDAN 

 and SNYDER, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 24 (1901) 42. 



Valenciennesia BLEEKER, Arch. Neerl. Sci. Nat. 8 (1874) 372; Esq. 

 Syst. Nat. Gobioides, Arch. Neerl. Sci. Nat. 9 (1874) 307. 



