988 Catalogue of Malayan Fishes. [Oct. 



Teeth sharp, scattered in both jaws, with some of the bones of the 

 head distinctly indented on the edge ; with prickles in some of the fins, 

 and with bodies more or less diaphanous, and much compressed ; the 

 sides nearly perpendicular. 



Chanda dtjssumieri, (Cuv. and Val.) 



Ambassis dussumieri, Cuv. and Val. II. 181. 



Ambassis dussumieri, Bleeker : Verh. Bat. Gen. XXII. 17, 30. 



Crown of the head and the back pale greenish, minutely dotted with 

 black, opercle bluish silvery ; sides pale silvery with a narrow longitu- 

 dinal shining silvery band from the opercle to the caudal fin ; abdomen 

 transparent with the silvery peritoneum shining through. Fin-mem- 

 branes transparent ; that connecting the 2d and 3d dorsal spine, mi- 

 nutely dotted with black and with a black margin ; caudal in some 

 with a blackish margin. Iris silvery ; the upper fourth part black. 



D 7—1/9, C 17f, A 3/9, V 1A p l ?> Br - VI. 



Habit. — Sea of Pinang. 



Malabar, Java, Madura. 



Total length : 3 inch. 



The vertical diameter of the body is contained about 3^ times in the 

 total length. This species appears to occur but rarely at Pinang. In 

 three examined there was no external appearance of the horizontal 

 spine in front of the first dorsal. 



Chanda naltja, Buchan. Ham. 



Chanda nalua, Buch. Ham. 107, PL 6, Fig. 36. 



Ambassis nalua, Cuv. and Val. II. 182. 



Ambassis nalua, Bleeker: Verh. Bat. Gen. XXII. 17, 29. 



Crown of the head and back pale greenish, with a few indistinct 

 blackish spots at the base of the dorsal fins ; sides pale silvery, with 

 a narrow longitudinal shining silvery band from the opercle to the cau- 

 dal fin ; cheeks and opercles iridescent silvery, the latter with a blackish 

 spot between the angle and the orbit, produced by numerous blackish 

 dots ; abdomen transparent, iridescent, with the silvery peritoneum 

 shining through ; fins pale citrine, the membrane of the anterior dorsal 

 minutely dotted with black, particularly between the 2d and 3d spine, 

 with a black margin. Iris silvery with a black spot beneath the upper 

 margin of the orbit ; pupil circular, black with crimson reflection. 



D 7—1 A 10 or 11, C 17}, A 3/9 or 10, V 1/5, P 15, Br. VI. 



