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PUNTIUS PARTIPENTAZONA (Fowler) 



Puntius smnatramis Weber and de Beiaufort, 1916, vol. 3, p. 191 (Siam). 

 Barius (Puntius) sumatranus Hoka, 1924a, 470 (Tale Sap). 

 Barbus partipentazona Fowler, 19'34b, p. 344, fig. 8 (Krat). 



A most attractive little fish that formerly was confused with P. 

 simiatranus Bleeker. Described from Southeastern Thailand, it is 

 known also from Central and Peninsular regions and Malaya. The 

 type, credited by Fowler to "Kratt," really came from the Krat River at 

 Kao Seming. The fish is abundant in various brooks on Kao Sabap, 

 up to 600 meters elevation, and numerous specimens were collected 

 there in January, July, November, and December. In addition to the 

 record for the inner lake of the Tale Sap given by Hora, the Siamese 

 Bureau of Fisheries obtained the fish there in 1927. Farther north 

 in the Peninsula, the present writer in 1928 collected specimens in 

 Klong Nakon Noi, in the town of Nakon Sritamarat. The range of 

 the fish in Thailand was further extended in 1934 when numerous 

 specimens were collected in Bung Borapet, Central Thailand. The 

 British Museum has specimens, presented by the Siamese Museum, 

 from Krabin, a town on the upper Bangpakong River in Central 

 Thailand. 



A length in excess of 4.5 cm. has not been found in this country. 

 The type was of that size. Most of the specimens measured have been 

 3 to 3.7 cm. long. 



For small aquaria this fish is hardy and most attractive. In Bang- 

 kok it thrived on mosquito larvae and Entomostraca. 



Duncker (1904, p. 180) recorded this fish from Negri Sembilan, one 

 of the Malay States, and figured and described it briefly as Barbus 

 sumatranus var. 



In Southeastern Thailand, where this little fish is well known to the 

 local mountain people, it is called fla hang Jai (stripe-sided fish) and 

 pla sua (tigerfish) ; the former name is applied also in Tale Sap. 



PUNTIUS VIEHOEVERI Fowler 



Puntius viehoeveri Fowi-er, 1943, p. 26 (Bangkok). 



[This species was described after Dr. Smith's death. It is known 

 only from the original description. 

 No data on its local vernacular name are available. — L. P. S.] 



PUNTIUS STIGMATOSOMUS H. M. Smith 



Figure 27 



Puntius stigmatosomus Smith, 1931a, p. 13, fig. 6 (Kao Sabap). 



This is a small species known from six specimens taken in April and 

 December 1927 from Pliew stream on Kao Sabap, near Chantabun, 



