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PUNTIUS SCHWANENFELDII (Bleckcr) 1 oiIT 



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Plate 4 



Barhus schicanenfcldii BusiiKEii, 1853 (86), p. 517 (Sumatra). 



Barhus (Puntius) mlnmnefeldi von Martens, 1876, p. 402 (Bangkok). — Hoba, 



1923b, p. 156 (Bangkok, Nontaburi).— Vipulya, 1923, p. 226 (Bangkok). 

 Puntius schwanefeldi Weber and de Beaufort, 1916, vol. 3, p. 178 (Siam). — 



KouMANS, 1937a, pp. 63, 64 (Peninsular Siam). 



Barhus scJiwanefeldii Fowler, 1934a, p. 122 (Chiengmai) ; 1935a, p. 121 (Sri- 

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A common and widely distributed species of Thailand, known also 

 from Malaya, Sumatra, and Borneo. Specimens have been examined 

 from the Patani River, the Tale Sap, the Tale Noi, and the Tapi River 

 in Peninsular Siam; the Meklong, Tachin, Chao Phya, and Sikuk 

 Rivers in Central Thailand; the Chantabun River in Southeastern 

 Thailand; the Mun River in Eastern Thailand; and the Mekok at 

 Chiengrai, Northern Thailand. 



The fish reaches a length of 35 cm. The largest observed in Siam, 

 taken in the Chantabun River, was 29 cm. long. The usual length of 

 fully mature fish is 15 to 20 cm. 



This is a beautiful fish, with the body silvery or golden yellow, the 

 dorsal fin red, with a large black blotch anteriorly, the caudal fin 

 orange or blood-red, with a submarginal black or dark bluish band on 

 each lobe, the anal and ventral fins bright orange or blood red, the 

 pectoral fins greenish yellow, the opercle brassy, and the iris yellow. 



Over most of its range in Thailand the fish is called pla kahae. In 

 Peninsular Siam, where there is a large Malay element in the popula- 

 tion, the fish bears the name pla lampani, lampam or pampan being the, 

 Malay designation. ...,:> 



\mi0he PUNTIUS ASHMEADI (Fowler) 



Barius ashmeadi Fowler, 1987, p. 193, figs. 151, 152 (Kemarat). 



Three specimens, 5.3 to 7.7 cm. long, from the Mekong at Kemarat 

 are the basis for this species. It is similar to P. foxl in having a large 

 black blotch at the apex of the dorsal fin, but differs in being slenderer 

 and having shorter barbels. , d bniiliBfll' 



PUNTIUS ORPHOIDES (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 



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Barbus orphoides Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1842, vol. 16, p. 193 (Java). — FowLeb, 

 1934a, p. 125 (Metang, Chiengmai) ; 1937, p. 192, fig. 148 (Bangkok, Pitsanulok, 

 Mepoon, Tachin). 



Puntius (Barbodes) ruhripinna Bleeker, 1865 (347), p. 35 (Siam) ; 1865 (356), 

 p. 176 (Siam). 



Barbus {Puntius) rubripinnis Peters, 1868, p. 272 (Siam). 



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



