1849.] Catalogue of Malayan Fishes. 1145 



is bony and insipid. It is, however, eaten by the natives in its fresh 

 and dried state. 



Harpochirus longimanus, (Bloch-Schneider.) 

 Chsetodon longimanus, Bloch-Schneider, 231. 

 Russell LXXX. Terla A. 

 Russell LXXXI. Terla B. 

 Ephippus longimanus, Cuv 4 R. A. II. 191 (*). 

 Drepane longimana, Cuv. and Val. VII. 133. 

 Drepane longimana, Richardson Report 1845, 245. 

 Young. — Head and body iridescent silvery ; the crest from the oc- 

 ciput to the dorsal fin blackish ; the upper half of the sides with four 

 or five vertical, more or less distinct, lead coloured bands. Fins like 

 H. punctatus. Iris silvery. 



Adult. — Body uniformly iridescent silvery ; rest like the young. 

 Number of fin rays like H. punctatus. 



Habit. — Sea and estuaries of Pinang, Malayan Peninsula, Singa* 

 pore. 

 Java, Bay of Bengal, Gangetic estuaries, Malabar, China 



Seas. 

 Total length : 8f inch. 



Except the colours, no external character can be assigned to distin- 

 guish the two species, but anatomical differences have been pointed 

 out by M. M. Cuvier and Valenciennes. Large individuals are rarely 

 seen at Pinang, but there, as in the mouths of the Ganges, young ones 

 are very numerous. During life or shortly after death, none of those 

 examined presented the red colour described by Russell. 

 Gen. Cacodoxus,* Cantor. 

 (Equivalent to Scatophagus, Cuvier and Valenciennes.) 

 Four anal, eleven dorsal spines ; scales excessively small. 



Cacodoxus argus, (Linne.) 

 Chsetodon argus, Linne', Syst. 1248. 

 Chsetodon argus, Bloch, Tab. 204, Fig. 1. 

 Chsetodon argus, Shaw, IV. 332. 

 Russell LXXVIII. Chitsilloo. 



Chsetodon pairatalis, Buchan. Hamilton, 122, 372, PI. 16, Fig. 41. 

 * KaKo8o£os, ill-reputed. Substituted for Scatophagus, Cuv. and Val. 1831> 

 pre-occupied by Scatopkaga, Meigen 1802. (Diptera.) 



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