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D. IV, 8, origin opposite seventh scale in lateral line, moderately 

 stout spine trifle over half of head and nearly half again long as 

 feebly serrate hard part; A. iii, 5, low, height little over hard part 

 of fourth dorsal spine; caudal trifle over yio of head, forked, lobes 

 wide ; caudal peduncle depth 3% ; pectoral I, 14, reaches % to ventral ; 

 ventral I, 8, % pectoral length. 



Dark yellowish brown, becomes blackish on top of head and snout 

 and blackish brown along dorsal region. A dark opercular spot. 

 Fins all pale except dorsal, in which spines and rays darker. Length, 

 105 mm. (Herre.) 



Lake Lanao, Mindanao. Known only from the type, Bureau of 

 Science, Manila. 



Genus PUNTIUS Buchanan-Hamilton 



Puntius Buchanan-Hamilton, Fishes of Ganges, pp. 310, 388, 1822. (Type, 



Gyprinus sophore Buchanan-Hamilton, designated by Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. 



Ind. Neerl., vol. 3, p. 27, 1863.) 

 Mystus Walbaum, Artedi Pise, vol. 3, p. 586, 1792. (Type, Cyprinus Mrbus 



Linnaeus, naonotypic.) (Inadmissible.) 

 Barbus (not Cuvier, Tabl. Element., (an. 6), p. 234, 1798, in birds) Cuvier, 



R&gne animal, vol. 2, p. 192, 1817. (Type, Cyprinns harhus Linnaeus, 



tautotypic. ) 

 Laheobarhus Rijppell, Mus. Senckenberg., vol. 2, p. 14, 1837. (Type, Laheo- 



harbus nedgia Riippell, monotypic.) 

 Cheilobarbus Andrew Smith, lUustr. zool. South Africa, Fishes, pi. 10, fig. 1, 



1849. (Type, Barbus (Cheilobarbus) capensis Andrew Smith, designated 



by Jordan, Genera of Fishes, pt. 2, p. 244, 1919. ) 

 Pseudobarbus Andrew Smith, Illustr. zool. South Africa, Fishes, pi. 11, fig. 1, 



1849. (Type, Barbus (Pseudobarbus) burchelU Andrew Smith, desig- 

 nated by Jordan, Genera of Fishes, pt. 2, p. 244, 1919.) 

 Luciobarbus Heokel, Rusegger's Reis., Atlas, vol. 1, p. 1055, anmerk., pi. 1, 1843. 



(Type, Luciobarbus esocinus Heckel.) 

 Barbodes Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederland. Indio., vol. 20, p. 431, 1859-60. 



(Type, Systomus belinka McClelland, designated by Bleeker, Nederland. 



Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 1, p. 200, 1863.) 

 Enteromitis Cope, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc, vol. 13, p. 405, 186G (1867). (Type, 



Enteromius potamogalis Cope, monotypic.) 

 Barynotus (not Germar, 1817, in Coleoptera) GiJNTHBK, Cat. Fishes British 



Mus., vol. 7, p. 61, 1868. (Type, Barynotus lagcnsis Gunther, designated 



by Jordan, Genera of Fishes, pt. 3, p. 351, 1919.) 

 ? Spratellicypris Herke and Myeks, Lingnan Sci. Journ., vol. 10, No. 1, p. 239, 



1931. (Type, Barbodes palata, Herre, orthotypic.) 

 BarbelUon Whittj<:y, Australian Zool., vol. 6, p. 334, 1931. (Type, Baryvotus 



lagensis Gunther, virtually.) 



Body more or less compressed. Head variably moderate to small. 

 Eye large or small. Mouth small or moderately large, more or less 

 protractile with more or less developed lips. Barbels present or 

 absent. Suborbitals not covering cheek. Pharyngeal teeth in three 

 series, 2 or 3, 3, 4 or 5 — 5 or 4, 3, 3 or 2, mostly with hooked, spoon- 



