1122 Catalogue of Malayan Fishes. [Nov. 



margin ; pectorals and caudal yellowish light grey, edged with blackish. 

 Iris silvery blackish or brownish blue. 



D 1/42 or 43, C 17|, A 1/37 or 38, P 23, Br. VI. (VII ?) 



Habit. — Sea of Malayan Peninsula and Islands. 



Chusan, Macao Coromandel, Bay of Bengal, Bombay, 



Java, Celebes, Madura. 



Total length : 1 foot. 



The length of the head is 3f in the total, measured to the centre of 

 the posterior margin of the caudal. The diameter of the eye is ^ of 

 the length of the head. In each jaw appears a single series of exces- 

 sively minute teeth. The greatest vertical diameter of the body, from 

 the^ middle of the point of the dorsal to the anal, is a little less than \ 

 c/i the total length. The lateral line, at the upper third of the body, 

 follows the outline of the back to a little in front of the dorsal, from 

 whence it proceeds straight to the caudal. It is raised, like a thin 

 cord ; the tail is distinctly keeled. The dorsal fin is preceded by four 

 or five, the anal by four short spines, which, however, are completely 

 hid by the integuments. The length of the falcated pectorals is a 

 little more than 2^ in the total. The lobes of the caudal equal the 

 length of the head. This species, " the black pomf ret " is at all sea- 

 sons taken in abundance in the Straits of Malacca, where, however, it is 

 considered inferior to Stromateus sinensis, " the white pomfret." In 

 dried state it is largely exported, and thus it appears in the bazaars of 

 Hindustan, which are chiefly supplied from Bombay. 



Stromateus sinensis, Euphrasen. 



Stromateus sinensis Euphrasen : Act. Acad. Stockh. IX. 49, Tab. 9. 



Stromateus atoo-koia, Russell, p. 35. No. XLIV. Atoo Koia. 



Stromateus albus, Cuv. R. A. II. 213 ( 2 ) 



Stromateus albus, Cuv. and Val. IX. 388. 



Stromateus atous, Cuv. and Val. 1. c. 389. 



Stromateus albus, Cantor, Ann. Nat. Hist. IX. 15. 



Stromateus atous, Richardson Report 1845, 273. 



Bawar or Bawal chirmin of the Malays. 



Young. Head above and back reddish brown ; rest of the body and 

 fins lighter, silvery, with a mixture of ventral tint, lilac or blue ; dorsal, 

 anal, and caudal with the marginal half blackish ; everywhere with 



