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generally distributed in Peninsular Thailand — in brooks near the 

 border of Kedah, in waterfall streams on Kao Chong near Trang, in 

 the Tadi River as far west as Ban Kiriwong, and in headwaters of the 

 Tapi River in the district of Bandon. 



The largest examples met with in Tliailand have been 13.5 cm. long. 

 A length of 18 cm. is reported for the East Indies. 



Figure 31.— PuJitius lateristrigdliCuviet 'and Valenciennes). Drawn [by Luang Masya 

 '^^^^''■" ' courtesy of the Thailand Government. 



The species is strikingly marked in a pattern different from that in 

 any other local cyprinoid — a black blotch on the top of the head, two 

 broad black cross bands on body, a black longitudinal band which may 

 extend between the cross bands, and a small black spot above the base 

 of the anal fin. 



The Thai vernacular name for this fish is plaikong. 



PUNTIUS DARUPHANI H. M. Smith 



Puntius (Barbodes) daruphani Smith, 1934b, p. 312 (Meping at Raheng, Meklong 



at Ban Pong). 

 Barbus daruphani Fowler. 1937, p. 190, figs. 145, 147 (Mepoon, Kemarat). 



In addition to the specimens referred to in the original description, 

 2 from the Meping at Raheng and 1 from a lake near the Meklong at 

 Ban Pong, there have been examined 2 from the Meklong at Kanburi, 

 1 from the Menam Nan, 5, from the gorge of the Mechem, and 2 from 

 the Melong, a tributary of the Mechem, which in turn is an affluent 

 of the Meping, these last specimens collected by A. R. Buchanan, of 

 the Borneo Co., Ltd. Fowler reports over 80 specimens from the 

 localities cited. 



A length of 18 cm. is attained. 



