1170 Catalogue of Malayan Fishes. [Nov. 



D 5—1/30 or 31, C 17$ A 1/29, V 1/5, P 18, Br. V. 

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



Batavia, Madura, Rangoon, Pondicherry, estuaries of the 

 Total length : 6f inch. Ganges. 



The species is numerous at Pinang. 



Apocryptes nexipinnis, Cantor. 



Slate-coloured, lighter on the abdomen ; throat bluish white ; fin- 

 membrane of the united dorsals and of the caudal minutely dotted with 

 brown, giving the fins a greyish appearance ; anal and ventrals trans- * 

 parent, pectorals blackish grey, divided in the middle by a crescent- 

 shaped transparent band, which expands over the lowest eight rays. 

 Iris slate-coloured. 



D 6/26, C 17f, A 1/25, V 1/5, P 21. Br. V. 



Habit. — Sea of Pinang. 



Total length : 3f inch. 



The head is depressed, gently sloping before the eyes ; the breadth at 

 the nape exceeds the vertical diameter by one third, and equals I of 

 the length of the head ; the latter is % of the total length ; the eyes are 

 vertical, oval, occupying the third seventh of the length of the head ; 

 their distance is somewhat less than their diameter. The muzzle is 

 rounded, the lower jaw slightly projects beyond the upper ; the gape 

 is enormous, almost horizontal ; the angle of the mouth marks 

 the anterior half of the length of the head. The anterior tooth on 

 each side of the symphysis of the upper jaw is excessively long, 

 curved and projecting beyond the lower jaw when the mouth is closed. 

 At a distance from these canines commences on each side a single 

 series of 12 to 14 smaller, distant teeth, placed almost horizontally, 

 and arched downwards. The thin membranous upper lip covers all 

 the teeth except the two foremost, and has a small downwards pointed 

 lobe beneath the anterior angle of the orbit. The lower jaw has on 

 each side a single series of 10 to 12 distant teeth, horizontally placed 

 and bent upwards. The first on each side of the symphysis is placed 

 a little behind the rest, and it is the smallest; the succeeding 

 four gradually increase in length ; the two last are the longest of the 

 series, which terminates with the anterior half of the jaw, and consi- 

 derably in front of the teeth of the upper jaw. The tongue is very 



