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13. Betta splendens, sp. n. 



Betta pugnax, var., Cantor, Oat. Malay Fish. p. 86, pi. ii. fig. 4 

 (1850). 



Betta pugnax Waite, Rec. Austral. Mus. v. 1904, p. 293, 

 pi. xxxviii. 



Depth of body 2| to 3f in the length, length of head 3| to 3f . 

 Snout as long as or shorter than eye, the diameter of which is 3^ 

 to 4 in the length of head ; interorbital width 2 1 to 3 in the length 

 of head. Maxillary extending to the vertical from between the 

 nostrils. Dorsal I 8-9. Anal II-IV 21-24. 30 to 32 scales in 

 a longitudinal series. Dark greenish olive above, red below ; all 

 the scales edged with black ; a dark oblique stripe from eye to 

 suboperculum ; sometimes two dark longitudinal bands, with a 

 pale band between them, from eye to caudal fin ; gill- membranes 

 blackish ; dorsal rays black, membrane greenish with black undu- 

 lating stripes ; caudal rays red, membrane greenish ; pelvics and 

 anal red, with dark edges ; pectoral pale. 



Hah. Siam ; Malay Peninsula, 



Nine specimens, 35 to 55 mm. in total length, from Bangkok, 

 the Menam River, and Pinang, collected by Captain S. S. 

 Flower. 



14. Betta fasciata, sp. n. (Plate LXXVII. fig, 4.) 



Depth of body 3| to 4 in the length, length of head 3f to 4|. 

 Snout shorter than eye, the diameter of which is 3 to 3| in the 

 length of head ; interorbital width 2| to 3 in the length of head. 

 Maxillary extending to the vertical fi-om between the nostrils. 

 Dorsal I 9-10, Anal II 30. 34 to 36 scales in a longitudinal 

 series. Brownish, with several somewhat oblique darker cross- 

 bars ; fins dusky, the dorsal with series of small dark spots, the 

 pelvics and anal blackish. 



Hah. Deli, Sumatra, 



Two specimens, 65 and 90 mm. in total length, collected by 

 Mr. Iversen. 



10. Trichopodus. 



Trichopoclus Lacep. Hist. Nat. Poiss. iii. p. 129 (1802); 

 Canestrini, Verb. Zool.-Bot. Gesellsch. ±, 1860, p, 708; Bleek, 

 Verb. Ak, Amst. xix. 1879, p. 21. 



Trichopios Cuv. k Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. vii. p. 388 (1831), 



Osphromenus (part.) Giinth. Cat. Fish, iii, p, 382 (1861). 



Body deep or moderately elonga,te, compressed. Jaws with 

 fixed conical teeth ; palate toothless, Prtecrbital, prse-, sub- and 

 inter-operculum serrated. Dorsal with III-VIII 8-11 rays; 

 origin above the anal, which has IX-XIV 25-39 rays ; anal 

 covered with scales except near the edge and with most of the 

 rays simple ; pelvics inserted a little in advance of the pectorals, 

 with a vestigial spine adnate to the long simple ray, which has 



