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Show 428 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON [Apr. 6, 4. SlCYDlUM CTNOCEPHALUM, C. & V. N. Celebes : Lolak R. 5. ELEOTRIS APOKOS, Blkr. N. Celebes : Minahassa. C. Celebes : Kalaena R. 6. ELEOTRIS FUSCA, Schn. N. Celebes : Lolak R. C. Celebes : Mapane. 7. ELEOTRIS BELOBRONCHA, C. & V. N. Celebes : Lolak R. 8. ANABAS SCANDENS, Dald. N. Celebes : L. Lahendang. C. Celebes : L. Posso. S. Celebes: Macassar. 9. OPHIOCEPHALUS STRIATUS, Bl. N. Celebes : L. Lahendang. C. Celebes : L. Posso. TELMATHERINA, g. n. Allied to Atherlna, but distinguished by the more strongly compressed body, the absence of a silvery lateral band, and the smaller number of vertebrae (17 + 16) 1. 10. TELMATHERINA CELEBENSIS, sp. n. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 3.) Body strongly compressed, its depth 3 to 3^ times in total length ; length of head 3j to 3g times. Upper surface of head flat, or slightly concave between the eyes ; snout not projecting beyond the lower jaw, as long as the diameter of the eye, which is nearly 3 times in length of head, and a little less than interorbital width; mouth not extending to below anterior border of eye; teeth very small, forming a narrow villiform band. Gill-rakers moderately stout, nearly as long as gill-fringes, 15 on lower part of anterior arch. Snout and sides of head naked; posterior frontal and occipital regions with 8 large scales. Dorsal VI-VII, 11-12; the first dorsal much shorter than, and wrell separated from, the second, with the rays flexible but not articulate, the first prolonged in a filament; origin of first dorsal equally distant trom the end of the snout and the base of the tail. Anal I 12-14, corresponding to the soft dorsal. Pectoral 16, obtusely pointed, upper rays longest, as long as head less snout, inserted at equal distance from the upper and the lower profile. Ventral I 5, inserted far behind the base of pectoral, opposite to origin of first 1 I am indebted to Mr. J. Green for a sciagraph by means of which I have been enabled to count the vertebra? without injuring the specimen. |