1909.] FISHES OF XUE FAMILY ANAliANTIU.E. 775 



Depth of body j or more than | of the length. Dorsal XIII- 

 XVII 6-8. Anal XVII-XX 11-15. Small scales on the fins in 

 addition to the basal sheath ; soft vertical fins sometimes pro- 

 duced, when the caudal becomes bilobed. 28 to 31 scales in a 

 longitudinal series. A round black spot on the extremity of the 

 operculum ; body with or without dark cross-bars, sometimes 

 witli irregular silveiy bars. 



Hah. China ; Cochin China ; Formosa ; Loo Choo Islands. 



Several specimens, measuring up to 80 mm. in total length, 

 including the types of M. ocellatas. 



2. Macropodus cupanus. 



Polyacanthus cupanus Cuv. & Yal. Hist. Kat. Poiss. vii. p. .357 

 (1831); Giinth. Cat. Fish. iii. p. 381 (1861); Day, Fish. Ind. 

 p. 371, pi. Ixxviii. fig. 4 (1878). 



Depth of body about j the length. Dorsal XIV-XVII 5-7. 

 Aual XVI-XIX 9-1 1 . Fins scaleless except for the basal sheath ; 

 soft vertical tins sometimes produced, when the cavidal becomes 

 pointed. 29 to 32 scales in a longitudinal series. A dark spot 

 on each side at the base of the caudal tin ; body sometimes with 

 two dark longitudinal bands, rarely with irregular cross-bars. 



Ilab. India ; Ceylon ; Malay Peninsula ; in lowland streams 

 and estuaries. 



Eighteen specimens, measuring up to 45 mm. in total length. 



6. Parosphrombxus. 



Parosphromenus Bleek. Verh. Ak. Amst. xix. 1879, p. 19. 



Body rather elongate, compressed. Jaws with tixed conical 

 teeth ; palate toothless. Praeorbital and opercular bones, except 

 the prseoperculum, not serrated. Dorsal with XIII 7 rays; 

 origin in advance of that of the anal, which has XIII 9 rays ; 

 dorsal and anal tins scaleless and with simple rays. Pelvics 

 inserted below the pectorals, of a spine and 5 soft rays ; first soft 

 ray produced into a filament Scal&s large, regularly arranged ; 

 lateral line vestigial or absent. 



A single species, from Sumatra. 



,1. Parosphromenus DEissNERi. 



Osiihromenus deissneri Bleek. ISTat. Tijdschr. I^ed. Ind. xviii. 

 1859, p. 376. 



Polyacanthus deissneri Giinth. Cat. Fish. iii. p. 381 (1861). 



Parosphromenus deissneri Bleek. Atl. Ichth. pi. cccxcv. fig. 1 

 (1878), and Yerh. Ak. Amst. xix. 1879, p. 20. 



Depth of body 3| in the length. Dorsal XIII 7. Anal 

 XIII 9. 30 scales in a longitudinal series. Body with blackish 

 longitudinal stripes, a mid-doi'sal and a mid- ventral and two 

 broader ones on each side, 



Hab. Bangka, Sumatra. 



Total length 34 mm. 



