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Cuv. and Val. : D 6/40, C 15, A 1/37, V 1/5, P 15. 

 Habit. — Sea of Pinang. 



Estuaries and freshwater of Bengal, Rangoon, Tranquebar. 



Peiho river. 

 Total length : 1 ft. 2 inch. 



The height at the nape is from ts to tt of the total length ; the 

 length of the head is f to \ of the total ; the length of the pectoral 

 fin is 2V to -is of the total, and ^ of that of the ventrals. It is of no 

 common occurrence at Pinang. 



Gen. Periophthalmus, (Block-Schn. 1801) Cuv. and Val. 1837. 



Profile rapidly sloping at an obtuse angle where the eyes are 

 situated ; the latter are very close to each other, provided with a lower 

 lid capable of covering the eye. Ventral fins in some entirely united, 

 in others partially at the basal half; pectorals muscular at the base, 

 covered with scales and appearing as if supported on arms. Teeth of 

 both jaws in a single series, more or less horizontally placed. 



Periophthalmus schlosseri, (Pallas). 



Gobius schlosseri, Pallas, Spicil VIII. PI. 1, Fig. 1—4. 



Gobius schlosseri, Linne : Syst. 1201. 



Gobius schlosseri, Lacep. II. 



Periophthalmus schlosseri, Bloch-Schn. 



Gobius schlosseri, Shaw IV. 246. 



Gobius schlosseri, Raffles : Linn. Tr. XIII. 



Periopthalmus schlosseri, Cuv. R. A. II. 245 ( s ). 



Periophthalmus schlosseri, Bennett : Life of Raffles. 



Periophthalmus schlosseri, Cuv. and Val. XII. 192. 



Periophthalmus schlosseri, Swainson, II. 280. 



Periophthalmus schlosseri, Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. XXII. 39. 



Ikan lasah, * lisah, or lesah of the Malays. 



Upper part of the head and back blackish green or olive, cheeks and 

 sides greenish gamboge, the scales with blackish edges and a large 

 blackish spot at the upper angle of the opercle ; throat and abdomen 

 white. Anterior dorsal shining reddish brown, the upper margin 

 whitish ; second dorsal : upper margin and basal half brownish white, 

 in the middle a broad obliquely upwards turned black band ; posterior 

 * Ldsah, restless. 



