774 ME. C. TATE REGAN ON ASIATIC [NoV. 9, 



1. OSPHROMENUS GOURAMI. 



OsphromentLS gourami Lacep. Hist, Nat. Poiss. iii. p. 117, pi. iii. 

 fig. 2 (1802); Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. vii. p. 377, pi. cxcviii. 

 (1831). 



Osphromenus olfax Cuv. Regne ABim. ii. p. 336 (1817); Cuv. & 

 Val. I.e.; Giinth. Cat. Fish. iii. p. 382 (1861); Day, Fish. Ind. 

 p. 372, pi. Ixxix. fig. 6 (1878); Bleek. Atl. Ichth. pis. cccxcv. 

 fig. 6 and cccxcvi. fig. 6 (1878) ; and Yerh. Ak. Amst. xix. 

 1879, p. 17. 



Osphromemis notatv,s Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 386. 



Body deep, compressed. Dorsal XI-XIII 11-13. Anal IX- 

 XII 16-22. 30 to 35 scales in a longitudinal series. Adult 

 uniformly olivaceous ; young with oblique darker cross-bands, a 

 blackish spot at the base of the pectoral and another above the 

 posterior part of the anal. 



Hah. Java, Sumatra, and Borneo ; introduced into various 

 tropical countries. 



Numerous examples measuring up to 450 mm. in total length, 

 from Borneo (Hose, Cator) and Sumatra [Moesch), and also from 

 Penfing (Cantor), Madras, Mauritius, and the Sej^chellcs. 



The species attains a large size and a weight of more than 

 20 lbs. ; it is an excellent food-fish. 



5. Macrofodus. 



3fac9''opodus Lacep. Hist. Nat. Poiss. iii. p. 417 (1802). 



Pseudosphromenus Bleek. Verb. Ak. Amst. xix. 1879, p. 17. 



Body oblong, compressed. Jaws with fixed conical teeth ; 

 palate toothless. Prteorbital and prseoperculum seiTated. Dorsal 

 with XIII-XVII 5-8 rays ; origin nearly above that of the anal, 

 which has XVI-XX 9-15 rays; a scaly sheath at the base of 

 dorsal and anal fins ; rays branched. Pelvic fins inserted below 

 the pectorals, of a spine and 5 soft rays ; first soft ray produced 

 into a filament. Scales large, regularly arranged ; lateral line 

 vestigial or absent. 



Two species from China, India, and the Malay Peninsula. 



1. Macropodus opercularis. 



Labrus opercvlaris Linn. Amoen. Acad. iv. p. 248 (1788). 



Choitodon chinensis Bloch, Ausl. Fisch. pi. ccxviii. fig. 1 

 (1790). 



Macropodus viridiauratus Lacep. Hist. Nat. Poiss. iii. p. 417, 

 pi. xvi. fig. 1 (1802) ; Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. vii. p. 373 

 (1831); Guiith. Cat. Fish. iii. p. 382 (1861). 



Poly acanthus chinensis Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 357 ; Richards. 

 Ichth. China, p. 250 (1846). 



Macropodus veniostus Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 375, pi. cxcvii. 



Macj'opodus ocellatus Cant. Ann. Mag. N. H. ix. 1842, p. 484. 



Polyacanthus operctdaris Richards. 1. c. ; Giinth. t. c. p. 379. 



Poll/acanthus 2^ctiudosus Richards. 1. c. 



