1849.] Catalogue of Malayan Fishes. 1065 



Spams testudineus, Shaw, IV. 471. 

 Anabas scandens, Cuv. R. A. (1817). II. 340. 

 Coius cobojius, Buchanan Hamilton, 98, 370, PL 13, Fig. 33. 

 Anabas testudineus, Cuvier, R. A. (1829) II. 226. 

 Anabas scandens, Cuv. and Val. VII. 325, PL 193. 

 (Icon) Anabas spinosus, Gray : 111. Ind. Zool. II. PL 89, Fig. 1 . 

 Anabas scandens, Swainson, II. 237. 

 Anabas scandens, Cantor : Ann. Nat. Hist. IX. 28. 

 Anabas scandens, Richardson: Rep. 1845, 250. 

 Anabas scandens, Jerdon : Madras Journal, XV. 144. 

 Anabas scandens, Bleeker: Verh. Bat. Gen. XXII. 4. 

 Harooan of the Malays. 

 Adult. Head above and back dark green, lighter on the sides, ab- 

 domen greenish silvery ; the membrane between the two largest oper- 

 cular spines black, forming a rounded spot ; dorsal and anal spines and 

 membranes pale greenish lilac, minutely dotted with brown ; soft part 

 of dorsal and anal, as well as caudal fin greenish grey. Iris narrow 

 golden round the pupil ; the rest golden brown, amber, or pale crim- 

 son ; the upper half of the orbital margin green bronze. 



Young. Body and the single fins of much lighter colour ; at the 

 centre of the root of the caudal a large round black spot ; ventral and 

 pectoral rays reddish yellow or pale orange, their membranes transpa- 

 rent whitish. 



D 18 or 19/9 or 10, C 16f, A 10/10 or 11, V 1/5, P 15, Br. VI. 

 Habit. — Fresh water and estuaries Malayan Peninsula and Islands. 

 Fresh water and estuaries Chusan, Celebes, Java, Madura, 

 Sumatra, Burmah, Tenasserim, Bengal, Assam, Coroman- 

 del, Philippines. 

 Total length : 7 inch. 



At Pinang and Singapore this species is less numerous than in 

 Bengal, and in the former localities large individuals are of compara- 

 tively rare occurrence. The Malayan individuals agree with the Bengal 

 ones in most of the external characters : the length of the head is | of 

 the body, the caudal fin not included ; the diameter of the eye is | of 

 the length of the head. But the caudal fin is comparatively longer 

 varying from } to J less than the length of the head ; the dorsal and anal 

 spines are longer, the ventral rays reach the first anal spine ; the greatest 



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