TRICHOPUS. TRICHOPUS. 



Generic Character. 



Corpus compressum. 

 Pinnte centrales filamento 

 longissimo. 



Body compressed. 

 Ventral fins with an ex- 

 tremely long filament. 



A HE fishes belonging to this new genus are de- 

 scribed by Cepede from the manuscripts and draw- 

 ings of Commerson. Cepede however, very un- 

 necessarily, divides them into two distinct genera, 

 to one of which he assigns the title of Osphronemus 

 (Osphroneme), and to the other of Tricopodus (Tri- 

 chopode). These fishes are natives of the Indian 

 seas or rivers, and are distinguished, except in one 

 species, by the remarkable length of one ray of the 

 ventral fins, which extends the whole length of the 

 body, or even beyond it. 



GORAMY TRICHOPUS. 



Trichopus Goramy. T. subargenteo-rufescens, radio secundi 



pinnarum ventralium longissimo. 

 Rufescent Trichopus, with a silvery cast on the sides, and 



the second ray of the ventral fins extremely long. 

 Osphronemus Goramy. Cepede. 3. p, 116*. 



Native of the fresh waters of China: length 

 two metres : depth very great in proportion : body 

 much compressed, and covered with large scales, 



