554 A COLLECTION OF FISHES FROM SUMATRA. 



oortii or that by Dr. Giinther.^ Bleeker's first account^ is incomplete and may 

 refer to a different species. 



(2Tty/Lia, SJ^Ot ; TTTepuifX.a, fin.) 

 243. Entomacrodus leopardus sp. nov. Plate XXI, upper figure. 



Head 4|; depth 6|; D. XII, 19; A. I, 20; P. 14; V. 2; width of head 1| 

 in its length ; depth of head If ; eye o^ ; width of mouth 24 ; pectoral 1 ; ventral 

 If; caudal 11-; interorbital space 2|- in eye. 



Body long, and well compressed. 



Head oblong, contricted above, broad below, and of more or less equal depth. 

 Upper profile nearly horizontal and without a fleshy flap or crest. Snout broad, 

 steep, inclining a trifle inward so that above, at interoi'bital space, it is a little 

 inclined be3"ond mouth. Ej^e far forward, high, circular, and nearly impinging on 

 upper profile. Space between lower margin of eye and corner of mouth less than 

 eye-diameter. Mouth low, inferior, end of maxillary reaching a little beyond pos- 

 terior margin of eye. Teeth fine, in a narrow comb-like series in each jaw. No 

 vomerine teeth. Mandible with a small posterior canine on each side. Lips rather 

 thin, smooth, and entire. Tongue adnate to floor of mouth. Nostrils well sepa- 

 rated and anterior with two small fleshy flaps. A small thin tentacle above eye. 

 Interorbital space narrow, slightly concave. 



Gill-opening large, membrane broad, and free across broad isthmus. Rakers 

 short, weak, not numerous, much shorter than filaments. Pseudobranchia? well 

 developed. 



Spinous dorsal a little lower than soft dorsal, and its base also a little shorter. 

 Spines of more or less uniform height, flexible, and well separated from soft fin by 

 a deep notch. Soft dorsal joined to caudal posteriori}^ by a membrane. Anal pre- 

 ceded by a small flexible spine, hardly distinguishable from rays, and margin of 

 fin distinctly incised between rays. Last anal ray not connected with caudal 

 peduncle by a membrane. Caudal elongate, margin slightly convex. Pectoral 

 broad, rays just below middle longest, and lower ones enlarged. Ventral inserted 

 nearly midway between posterior rim of eye and gill-opening. 



Color in arrack uniform pale brown. Vertical fins and posterior side of body 

 marked with numerous small round dark or blackish-brown spots. Tips of anal 

 rays whitish. Along anterior side of body several indistinct H-shaped pale mark- 

 ings, giving place to dark dots posteriorly, though along middle of that region a 

 median series of short horizontal lines. A pale brown spot on opercle. Pectoral 

 brownish, darker on outer portion. Ventral pale brown. 



Length 2^ inches. 



Type No. 27,805, A. N. S. P. Padang. 



Two examples. 



{Leopardus, leopard; from the dark spots.) 



' Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., Ill, 1861, p. 257. 

 ' Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., I, 1850, p. 257. 



