1 909.] FISHES OF THE FAMILY ANABANTID^. 785 



types of the species and of T. parvijmiiiis, horn Bangkok 

 {Paris Mas.), the Menam River [Siamese Mus.), and Cambojia 

 i^Mouhot). 



11. Tkichogaster. 



Trichogusier Schneid. Bloch's Syst. Ichth. p. 164 (1801) ; Giinth. 

 Oat. Fish. iii. p. 387 (1861). 



Colisa Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. vii. p. 359 (1831) ; Oanestr. 

 Verh. Zool.-Bot. Gesellsch. x. 1860, p. 705. 



Body oblong, compressed. Jaws with fixed conical teeth ; 

 palate toothless. Prseoi'bital and prteoperculum serrated. Dorsal 

 with XY-XIX 6-14 rays ; origin above or a little in advance of 

 that of the anal, which has XIY-XXII 11-20 rays; anal scaly 

 at the base and with the soft rays branched. Pelvics inserted in 

 advance of the pectoral, reduced to a single filamentous ray. 

 Scales large, regularly arranged. Lateral line sometimes absent 

 or vestigial, usually present and comprising an upper anterior 

 and a lower posterior portion, which may be connected by 1 to 4 

 pierced scales of the intermediate series. 



Five species from India and Burmah. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. Anal fin more or less scaly, the scales not covering the fin 

 to the tips ot the spines. 

 Dorsal XV-XVIl 9-14. Anal XV-XVIII 14^19. 29 to 31 



scales in a longitudinal series 1. fasciatus. 



Dorsal XVIl-XVllI 7-9. Anal XVll-XX 11-13. 27 to 29 



scales in a longitudinal series 2. sota. 



II. Anal fin densely scaly, the scales covering the fin to the 

 tips of the posterior spines. 

 Dorsal XV-XVIII 8-10. Anal XVI-XVIII 17-20. 29 to 31 



scales in a longitudinal series 3. labiosns. 



Dorsal XV-XVII 7-10. Anal XVII-XVIII 13-17. 27 or 28 



scales in a longitudinal series 4. Jalivs. 



Dorsal XVII-XIX 6-7. Anal XXI-XXII 13. 28 or 29 scales 



in a longitudinal series 5. clmna. 



1. TrICHOGASTER FASCIATUS. 



Trichogaster fasciatus Schneid, Bloch's Syst. Ichth. p. 164, 

 pi. xxxvi. (1801); Gunth. Cat. Fish. iii. p. 387 (1861); Day, 

 Fish. India, p. 374, pi. Ixxviii. fig. 6 (1878). 



Trichopodits colisa Buch. Ham. Fish. Ganges, pp. 117, 372, 

 pi. XV. fig. 40 (1822). 



Trichopodus bejeus Buch. Ham. t. c. pp. 118, 372. 



Trichopodus cotra Buch. Ham. t. c. pp. 119, 372. 



Colisa imlgaris Cuv. & Yal. Hist. Nat. Poiss. vii. p. 362 

 (1831). 



Colisa bejeus Cuv. & Yal. t. c. p. 365. 



Colisa cotra Cuv. & Yal. t. c. p. 366. 



