1909.] FISHES OF THE FAMILY ANABANTID^. 783 



2 oi' 3 small rays in its axil. Scales of moclei'ate size, irregularly 

 arranged ; lateral line complete, but not continuous. 



Four species from Cochin China, Siam, the Malay Peninsula 

 and Archipelago. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



Dorsal with V-VII 8-10 rays, anal with XII-XIV 25-30; 

 30 to 36 scales in the lateral line and 44 to 50 in a longi- 

 tudinal series ahove the lateral line 1. leeri. 



Dorsal with VI-VIII 8-9 rays, anal with X-XIl 33-37; 30 to 

 40 scales in the lateral line and 40 to 52 in a longitudinal 

 series above the lateral line 2. tricJwpterws. 



Dorsal with VII 10-11 rays, anal with IX-XI 36-38; 42 to 

 47 scales in the lateral line and 55 to 63 in a longitudinal 

 series above tlie lateral line 3. pectoral is. 



Dorsal with III-IV 8-10ra.\s, anal with X-XII 34-39; 35 to 

 42 scales in the lateral line and £'8 to 65 in a longitudinal 

 series above the lateral line 4. microlejpis. 



1. Trichopodus LEERI. (Plate LXXIX. fig. -2.) 



IVicho'pus trichopterus (part.) Cantor, Cat. Malay. Fish. p. 89 

 (1850). 



Trichojnis leerii Bleek. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. iii. 1852, 

 p. 577. 



Ophromenus trichopterus var. leerii Giinth. Cat. Fish. iii. 

 p. 384(1861). 



Trichopodus trichop)terus (part.) Bleek. Yerh. Akad. Amst. xix. 

 1879, p. 21. 



Depth of body 2| to 2| in the length. Diameter of eye \\ in 

 the length of postorbital part of head (in adult specimens of 

 100 to 110 mm.). Dorsal V-YII 8-10. Anal XII-XIY 25-30. 

 Pectoral as long as the head. 30 to 36 scales in the lateral line, 

 44 to 50 in a longitudinal series above the lateral line. Body and 

 vertical fins with pale greenish spots enclosed in a reddish-brown 

 network ; a dark longitudinal stripe from the snout through the 

 eye, ending in a spot at the base of the caudal fin. 



Hah. Malay Peninsula ; Sumatra. 



Eight specimens, measuring up to 110 mm. in total length, 

 fi-om Pinang (Cantor) and Sumatra {Moesch, Merretn). 



2. Trichopodus trichopterus. 



Labrus trichopterus Pall. Spicil. viii. p. 45 (1777) ; Gmelin, 

 Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 1286 (1789); Bloch, Ausl. Fische, pi. ccxcv. 

 fig. 2 (1792). 



Ti'ichopodus trichopterus Lacep. Hist. Nat. Poiss. iii. p. 129 

 (1802) ; Bleek. Atlas Ichth. ix. pi. cccxcv. fig. 4 (1878). 



Trichopus trichopterus Cuv. k Yal. Hist. Nat. Poiss. vii. p. 388, 

 pi. cxcix. (1831). 



Trichopus trichopterus (part.) Cantor, Cat. Malay Fish. p. 89 

 (1850). 



