Dermo^enys orlentalls WEBER and BEAUFORT, Fishes 
Indo Austral. Archipelago, vol. 4, p. 137, fig. 
52, 1922 (Meridan River, Borneo; Moros, Tempe, 
Luwu, Celebes). 
Depth 6-4/5 to 7-4/5, body somewhat compressed; 
head from upper jaw tip 2g to 2-4/5 in trunk. Triangular 
part of upper jaw truncate in front, larger than wide; 
eye 1-1/3 to 2 in porstorbital, less than interorbital; 
length of lower jaw beyond end of upper somewhat more than 
6 in length without caudal; teeth small, pointed; preorbital 
roxinded, about ^ of eye. 
Scales 45 to 47 in-lateral series. 
D. 9 or 10, origin above fifth or sixth anal ray, 
fin higher than anal; A. 15 or 16, rounded like dorsal; 
caudal rounded; P. I, 9, inserted rather far behind gill 
opening, as long as space between mouth corner and gill 
opening or little larger; V. I, 5, about half long as 
pectoral, base little nearer head than caudal. 
Yellowish, with fine dark lateral line on body, 
accompanied on posterior part of body by faint indication 
of silvery lateral band. Length 78 mm, (Weber and Beaufort.) 
East Indies, 
1 
6 examples. Chase Head in stream near village. Endeavour 
Strait, Palawan. December 22, 1908, Length 43 to 65 mm. 
One example. Iwahig River tributary, Palawan. April 4, 
1909. Length 60 mm. 
