DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF 

 SIAMESE FISHES 



By Hugh M. Smith 

 Adviser in Fisheries to His Siamese Majesty's Government 



The collections of fishes made by the writer, his assistants, his 

 friends, and his associates in other branches of the governmental serv- 

 ice of Siam during the years 1923-1930 have comprised many thou- 

 sands of specimens from all sections of the coast and interior. While 

 the field is by no means exhausted, the collections afford a very fair 

 idea of the fish life of the salt, brackish, and fresh waters of the 

 country, and are particularly rich in material from the large and 

 small rivers and the inland swamps, lakes, and canals. 



In advance of the preparation of a general account of the fish 

 fauna of Siam, it is thought advisable to place on record some of the 

 apparently undescribed genera and species that have been met with. 

 This paper enumerates 8 new genera and 33 new species belonging in 

 7 families, as follows : 



CoBiTiDAE — Loaches. 



Botla heauforti^ new species. 

 Botia horae^ new species. 

 Cyprinidae — Minnows and Carps. 



Laubuca caerideostig^imta, new species. 



Danio kerri^ new species. 



Danio 'pulcher^ new species. 



Labeo hicolor^ new species. 



Cyclocheilichthys tapiensis, new species. 



Pvmtius metmorei^ new species. 



Puntius stigmatosomus, new species. 



Porofuntius normani, new genus and species. 



Barilius korafensis, new species. 



Barilius pulchellus, new species. 



Garra taeniata, new species. 



Epdlzeorhynchus simnensis, new species. 



Scaphog'natJnis stejnegeri, new genus and species. 



No. 2873.— Proceedings U. S. National Museum, Vol. 79, Art. 7. 



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