1441 . 
Asere^gode^ melan os pilos (Bleeker) 
Achirus melenospilos Bleeker , Nat. Tijds. Ned. Indig, vol. 7, p. 257, 
1854 (type locality : Manado, Celebes), 
Achirus melaKospilus Bleeker , Atlas Ichth. Ind. Keerl., vol. 4, p. 23, 
pi. (13) 244, fig. 1, 1866-72 (Singapore, Celebes, Batjan, Amboina). 
Liaohirus melenospilus Weber and Beaufort , Fishes Indo Austral. Archip., 
vol. 5, p. 158, lig. 42 ^colored sidej, fig. 43 (blind side of head), 
1929 (Bleeker 1 s specimens; type of Aseraggodes melanospiios Chabanaud, 
Zool. Mededeel. Leiden, vol. 12, pts. 3-4, 1930, p. 191 (type of 
Liachirus nitidus). 
Liaohirus nitidus Gunther, Cat. Fishes Brit. H us., vol. 4, p. 479, 1862 
(type locality : China). — Steindachner , Sitss. Ber. Akad. Mss Wien, 
Math.-nat. a 1«, vol, 53, pt. 1, p. 588, (China). -—Jordan and Evermann, 
a*" ■ ' -" ■ ' -■sss jas * ' 
rroc. d. S. Hat. Mus., vol. 25, p» 366, fig. 28, 1902 (Giran, Formosa). 
JOrd&n Snd Starks > Proc « °« s « Nat. Mus., vol. 31, p. 231, fig. 25, 1906 
(Giran). — Jordan , Tanaka , Snyder , Journ. College Sci., vol. 33, p. 333, 
fig. 283, 1913 (reference). —Fowler and Bean, Froc. U* 3. Nat. Mus., 
VOi * 62, art. 2, p. 67, 1922 (Takao, Formosa). Rendahl, Arkiv Zool. 
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