FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 785 



shaped crowns, one or more of anterior series often molariform or 

 mammilliform. Dorsal fin with or without last or fourth simple ray 

 ossified, branched rays 6 to 11. Anal fin short, rays 7 to 10. Scaly 

 flap usually at base of ventral. 



Europe, Asia, Africa. As understood by Boulenger this is per- 

 haps the largest genus of fishes, including a thousand or more species. 

 They range from the small or dwarf forms common in the streams 

 of India to the great mahseer {Barhios mosal), which may reach 

 more than 2 meters in length. 



The following nominal species I am unable to locate satisfactorily 

 in the Analysis of Species : 



PUNTIUS SIRANG (Herre) 



Barbodes Strang Herre, Copeia, No. 3, p. 140, 1932 ( type locality : Lumbatan, 

 Lake Lanao, Lanao Province, Mindanao) ; Fishes Herre Philippine Exped. 

 1931, p. 21, 1932 (Lumbatan). — Roxas and Martin, Dept. Agr. Comm. 

 Manila Tech. Bull. 6, p. 21, 1937 (reference). 



Depth 3 to 31/4; head 314. Snout 31/2 to 3% in head; eye 31/2 to 

 41/^, very close to or projects above dorsal profile of head, hind edge 

 midway in head length; maxillary extends beneath front eye edge; 

 mouth terminal, moderate, lower jaw included; small and incon- 

 spicuous barbels rarely equal eye, vary little over half to % an eye 

 diameter. 



Scales 24 to 26 in lateral line to caudal base and 2 or 3 more on 

 latter; 5 above, 3 below to anal origin, 4 below to ventral origin, 8 

 or 9 predorsal. No elongate axillary scales. 



D. rv, 8, with age free dorsal margin emarginate, origin little in 

 advance of middle point between snout tip and caudal base and 

 opposite ninth scale of lateral line; fourth dorsal spine of moderate 

 size, much shorter than head, its hind edge minutely serrate; A. iii, 

 5; deeply forked caudal little shorter than head; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 3% times its own length; pectoral i, 14, short, l%o 

 times in head, not reaching ventral origin by 1 or 2 scales; ventral 

 I, 8, length 2 in head, fin nearly reaches vent except in spawning 

 females in which it may fail by more than a scale breadth. 



Color in life dusky to blackish bronze above, sides silvery dusky, 

 and gray to whitish below. Entire fish may appear black with 

 metallic bronze or silver sheen. Dorsal, caudal, and pectoral dusky 

 or blackish, other fins colorless. In alcohol color blackish above 

 shading to brown or yellowish below. Dorsal, caudal, and pectorals 

 more or less dusky, other fins pale. 



Length, 40-61 mm. (Herre.) 



Philippines. Said to be markedly different in appearance from 

 any others of Lake Lanao, and when just drawn from the water 

 appears entirely black with bronze or silvery reflections. It is 

 valued little by the natives. 



