1208 Catalogue of Malayan Fishes. [Nov. 



spots confluent ; base of dorsal and caudal with a series of spots 

 like those of the body ; the rest of these fins, the right ventral and 

 the caudal with numerous smaller spots destitute of the brown central 

 spot. Iris annular, golden ; rest brownish. 



Left side. Head and body brownish white or buff ; opercle and; 

 abdomen pale bluish ; filaments of the head white. 



D 67, C 12f, A 50, V 5, P 0, Br. right VI ; left V? 



HABrr. — Sea of Pinang. 



Total length : 7f inch. 



The length of the head is 6£ in the total. The upper orbit is situated 

 at the upper third of the head, at equal distance from the muzzle and 

 the angle of the mouth ; the horizontal diameter is \ of the length of 

 the head. The lower orbit is situated vertically below the upper, at a 

 distance of 1^ diameter immediately above and behind the angle of the 

 mouth ; it is a little larger than the upper orbit. Between the anterior 

 angles of both appears like a pore the posterior aperture of the nostril ; 

 the anterior one is tubular, pierced through a small tubercle which is 

 situated lower down, immediately above the centre of the upper lip. 

 The jaws are equal ; the mouth very little distorted to the left ; 

 the lips are fleshy. The right side is toothless, but on the left appear 

 numerous, minute, setaceous teeth, so completely hid by the lips, that 

 during life they easily escape observation. On the left side of the head 

 and on the throat appear numerous small filaments. The tongue is 

 minute, smooth, truncated triangular. The body forms a regular elon- 

 gated oval ; its greatest vertical diameter is a little less than \ of 

 the total length ; this diameter contains about 67 series of scales. 

 The latter are small, oval. On the posterior margin appear some 

 spines so excessively minute, that the surface does not appear rough 

 to the touch. The rest of the circumference of the scales is divided 

 by upwards of 55 backwards radiating lines. The lateral line 

 commences from the upper margin of the opercle ; at first it slightly 

 descends, and then continues in the middle of the side to the caudal ; 

 it contains about 99 central tubes. The dorsal commences very close 

 to the upper lip, opposite the centre of the distance between the eyes ; 

 all the rays are divided ; the anterior and posterior ones are a little 

 shorter than the rest, which are about 1\ in the length of the head. 

 The anal resembles the dorsal, but the rays are a little longer. Both 



