1849.] Catalogue of Malayan Fishes. 1259 



Chirocentrus dorab, (Forskal.) 



Clupea dorab, Forskal, 72, No. 108. 



Clupea dorab, Linne : Syst. 1409. 



Clupea dorab, Lacepede. 



Esoce cbirocentre, Lacepede, V. PI. 8, Fig. 1. 



Clupea dentex, Bloch-Schneider, 428. 



Clupea dorab ? Russell, CXCIX. Wallah. 



Clupea dorab, Shaw, V. 175. 



Chirocentrus dorab, Cuv. R. A. II. 326 ('). 



Chirocentrus dorab, Riippell : Neue Wirb. Fische, 81, 



Chirocentrus nudus, Swainson, II. 295. 



Chirocentrus dorab, Richardson, Report, 1845, 311. 



Chirocentrus dorab, Cuv. and Val. XIX. 150, PI. 565. 



Chirocentrus dorab, Bleeker :" Verh. Batav. Gen. XXII. 6. 



Parang-Parang of the Malays. 



Head above and back intense blue with sea green reflections ; rest of 

 the head and body shining silvery ; fins hyaline, caudal and pectorals 

 dotted with black ; in some the caudal margins and the upper ray of the 

 pectorals black ; tongue black. Iris silvery ; orbital margin bluish black. 



D 16 or 17, C 19f A 33 or 34, V 6 or 7, P 14 or 15, Br. VIII. 



Habit. — Sea of Malayan Peninsula and Islands. 



Zanzibar, Isle of France, Red Sea, Muscat, Malabar, China 

 Sea, Isle of Buru, New Guinea, Celebes, Madura, Java, 

 Sumatra, Coromandel, Bay of Bengal, Gangetic estuaries. 



Total length : 6 feet. 



The length of the head is 6 J in the total ; the depth at occiput f of 

 the length. The horizontal diameter of the eye is £ of the length of 

 the head ; the distance across the forehead f of the diameter. The 

 vertical diameter at the ventrals slightly exceeds the length of the 

 head. The lower caudal lobe is frequently a little longer than the 

 upper, and exceeds by ^ the length of the head. The fish is numerous 

 at all seasons on the Malayan coasts. Individuals six feet in length 

 are at Pinang of rare occurrence. Although not eaten by Europeans, 

 this fish is highly valued by the natives of the different countries where 

 it is found. The Malays denominate it from the resemblance of the 

 large teeth to their favourite chopping knife (pdrang) and they apos- 



