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wide range in India and Burma and may be looked for in the Salwin 

 drainage in Thailand. 



It bears a strong resemblance to P. orpholdes and seems to differ 

 mostly in coloration : The opercles are not referred to as having a red 

 area, the fins are not red, and typical P. sarana has no dark marginal 

 bands on the caudal lobes. Day (Fishes of India) , however, notes that 

 the young may have a dull blotch on the lateral line just below the 

 caudal base, that there are mostly some dark spots behind the opercle, 

 and that specimens from Burma sometimes have a black upper and 

 lower edge to the caudal lobes. 



A length of 30 cm. or more is reached. 



PUNTIUS JOLAMARKI H. M. Smith 



Puntius (Barbodcs) joJamarki Smith, 1934b, p. 310 (Menam Chao Phya). 

 Barhus jolaniarkl Fowler, 1937, p. 194, figs. 155, 156 (Pitsanulok). 



Originally known only from two specimens, 12.5 and 14.2 cm. long, 

 from the Menam Chao Phya at Bangkok, this species will no doubt be 

 found throughout that river. Fowler records 51 specimens, 6 to 10.9 

 cm. long, from Pitsanulok. 



PUNTIUS GONIONOTUS (Bleeker) 



Barbus gonionotus Bleekeb, 1850 (25), p. 15 (Surabaya, Java). — Gunthek, 1868, 



vol. 7, p. 119 (Siam). 

 Puntius (Barbodes) javanicus Bleekek, 1865 (347), p. 35 (Siam) ; 1865 (356), 



p. 176 (Siam). 

 Barbus (Puntius) javanicus von Martens, 1876, p. 402 (Petchabiiri). — Hoba, 



1924a, p. 470 (Tale Sap). 

 Puntius javanicus Sauvage, 1881, p. 163 (Siam). — Webeb and de Beaufoet, 1916. 



vol. 3, p. 197 (Siam). 

 Barbus (Puntius) javanicus Hoba, 1923b, p. 155 (Bangkok). 

 Puntius gonionotus Sauvage, 1881, p. 163 (Siam). 

 Barbus javanicus Fowler,, 1934a, p. 125 (Chiengmai) ; 1934b, p. 346 (Bangkok) ; 



1935a, p. 121 (Bangkok) ; 1937, p. 196 (Bangkok, Mepoon, Pitsanulok, Ke- 



marat). 



This species of Java and Sumatra occurs throughout the length of 

 Thailand but is commonest in rivers of the Central region, especially 

 the Menam Chao Phya, the Nakon Nayok, the Pasak, the Sikuk, and 

 the Meklong. It is not an outstanding species in Northern Peninsular, 

 and Eastern Thailand, and appears to be absent from the Southeastern 

 district. 



The largest example met with was a female taken in the Pasak below 

 the barrage at Dha Luang February 26, 1925 ; it was 32.5 cm. in total 

 length, 25.5 cm. to the caudal base, and 11.5 cm. deep. 



The name gonionotiis (Bleeker, 1850 [25] ) seems to have clear prior- 

 ity over javanicus (Bleeker, 1855 [138], p. 403), but the latter has been 

 used by most of the recent authors. 



