1132 Catalogue of Malayan Fishes. [Nov. 



Equula daura, Cuvier. 



Russell LXV. Dacer Karah. 



Equula daura, Cuvier R. A. II. 212, ( , ). 



Equula dacer, Cuv. and Val. X. 83. 



Young, Head above and back light greenish grey, minutely dotted 

 with black, forming a black line along the base of the dorsal ; rest of 

 the body silvery satin ; between the occiput and dorsal fin a large 

 triangular blackish spot, not descending to the lateral line ; from the 

 posterior angle of the opercle to the caudal a pale yellowish longi- 

 tudinal band ; cheeks and opercles shining silvery, infraorbitals black- 

 ish ; dorsal hyaline, upper half between the second and sixth spine 

 blackish; caudal yellowish white, minutely dotted with black; anal 

 and pectorals hyaline ; ventrals white. Iris silvery, orbital half black. 



D 8/16, C 17|, A 3/15, V 1/5, P 19, Br. V. 



Habit. — Sea of Pinang. 



Coromandel, Ceylon. 



Total length : 2f inch. 



The length of the head is 3J in the total to the centre of the caudal 

 margin ; when the conical, slightly downwards arched muzzle is pro- 

 tracted, it is 3J. The diameter of the eye is -} of the length of the 

 head. The greatest vertical diameter of the body is little less than 

 J of the total length. The second dorsal spine is 4f in the total 

 length ; the third is but little shorter ; the second anal is f of the 

 second dorsal ; the third anal is f of the second. Single individuals 

 occur occasionally at Pinang. 



Equula filigera, Cuv. and Val. 



Cuvier: Mem. du Mus. I. 402, PL 23, Fig. 1. 



Equula filigera, Cuv. and Val. X. 92, PL 284. 



Equula filigera, Swainson II. 250. 



Head above and back pale greyish green, minutely dotted with brown ; 

 rest of the head and body shining silvery ; fins yellowish white ; dorsal 

 spines and their membranes, and the muzzle dotted with pale brown. 

 Iris silvery, orbital margin blackish. 



D 8/16, C 17f A 3/14, V 1/5, P 19, Br. V. 



Habit. — Sea of Pinang, Malayan Peninsula, Singapore. 

 Moluccas, Seychelles, Malabar, Ceylon. 



Total length : 5 inch. 



