1465 . 
Genus Achiroides Bleeker 
Achiroi des Bleeker , Faturk. Tijds. Nederl# IndiS, vol. 1, pp# 404, 411, 
1850. (Type Achiroides melanorhynchus Sleeker, designated by Jordan, 
> u m n xw m , - *.* . *- mm 
Genera of Fishes, pt* 2, p* 247, 1919.) 
Eurvp leura Kaup , Archiv Naturges*, vol* 24, pt. 1, p. 100, 1858. (Type 
flagusia melanorhy nchus Sleeke r, designated by Jordan , Genera of Fishes, 
pt. 2, p. 282, 1919.) 
Snout not forming prominent hook. Eyes on right side# Mouth 
small, twisted, somewhat curved. Minute teeth in jaws of left side only. 
Front nostril of colored side at end of tube, hind one with cutaneous 
flap; nostril of blind side a short tube. Gill membranes united, free 
from isthmus. Scales feebly ctenoid on both sides of body. One straight 
axial lateral line on both sides. Scales of blind side round corner of 
mouth and on chin replaced by fleshy tentacles# Lips of co3,ored side 
with similar but shorter tentacles. Dorsal begins on snout. Dorsal and 
an&i confluent with caudal. Rays of vertical fins divided or split at 
tips only. Fo pectorals. Ventr&ls short, rather broad based, free from 
each other and from anal* 
Few species in Malaya, East Indies and Cambodja. 
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