40-2 
7X)()]A)GY OV THE FAR HAvST 
There are altogether six young specimens of this species in the collection, the 
largest is 17 5 mm. in total length without the caudal. Of these five were obtained 
by Dr. Annandale during shore collecting at Koh Yaw and one at Singgora. 
Great difficulty has been experienced in referring these young examples to their 
proper genus. In placing them in the genus Carassiops I have chiefly relied on 
McCulloch and Ogilby's ' key to the Australian genera of the sub-family Eleotrinae, 
though the specimens do not possess the carp-like facies. 
In m}' .'^yieciniens the scales on the upper surface of the head are much smaller 
than those on the body and the black blotch usually present at the base of the pectoral 
fin is wanting. In other respects the Siamese's examples agree with the descriptions 
of the species as given by Gitnther and by Day. 
Carassiops caper ata is found along the coasts of India, the Andamans, the Malay 
Archipelago and China. 
Measurements in millimetres. 
Total length without the caudil 
.. i6-5 
14-9 
Eength of head . . 
. . 60 
5-2 
Height of head . . 
31 
23 
Width of head . . 
.. 3-6 
2-6 
Depth of body . . 
• • 3-6 
2-6 
Length of snout . . 
.. 1-8 
I "5 
Diameter of eye . . 
1-2 
I '.5 
Ophiocara i?) amboinensis (Bleeker). 
1861. Eleotris (iiiibnive)isis, Giinther, Cat. Brit. Miis. Fish. III. ]>. 117. 
1876. Eleotris imboinensis. Day, Fish India I, p. 316. 
T refer to this species a young specimen 17 mm. in total length without the 
caudal. It was netted by Dr. Annandale in the channel between Koh Yaw and the 
mainland. 
Unfortunately there is no specimen either of this or of the preceding species for 
Text-kig. f). — Lateral view of Ophiocara (?) amboinensis (Bleeker). 
comparison in the named collection of the Indian Museum and from the characters 
of the young specimens it is not possible for me to definitely assign them to any 
genus. The young specimen agrees fairly closely with the description of the species 
as given by the authors referred to above, except in lepidosis. The scales do not 
I McCulloch and Ogilby, Rec. Austral. Mus. XII, p. 258 (IQ19). 
