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Pharyngeal teeth 2, 3, 5-5, 3, 2, hooked, with moderate grinding 

 surfaces. 



Scales 29 or 30 in lateral line to caudal base and 2 more on latter ; 

 7 above, 4 below, 10 or 11 predorsal, 15 around caudal peduncle. 

 Scales with single basal and 16 apical striae, latter convergent; cir- 

 culi fine. 



D. IV, 8, I, fourth spine with hind edge largely coarsely serrated 

 each side, first branched ray 3% to 314 in combined head and body 

 to caudal base; caudal 2l^ to 2%, deeply forked, long slender lobes 

 sharply pointed; A, in, 5, i, first branched ray 1% to I14 in head, 

 third simple ray firm and with terminal hind edges minutely ser- 

 rated; least depth of caudal peduncle 1% to 1%; pectoral l^g to 

 slightly greater than head ; ventral 1 to 1%. 



Back light brown, lower sides and under surfaces whitish, with 

 silvery white reflections. Iris silvery white. Fins pale, dorsal dusted 

 with brownish terminally and each caudal lobe above and below 

 marginally brownish. Lower fins paler or with slight yellowish 

 tinge. Barbels pale. 



Borneo. Outstanding characters are 3 scales below lateral line to 

 ventral origin and each caudal lobe with submarginal dark band 

 along upper edge of upper lobe and similar one along lower edge of 

 lower lobe. 



14 examples. Silimpapon River, Sibuko Bay, Borneo. October 2, 1909. Length, 



45-177 mm. 

 19 examples. Tawao River, Borneo. September 30, 1909. Length, 53-160 mm. 



PUNTIUS DISA (Herre) 



Barhodes disa 'H.erbe, Copeia, No. 3, p. 140, 1932 (type locality: Dansalan, Lanao 

 Province, Mindanao) ; Fishes Herre Philippine Exped. 1931, p. 21, 1934 

 (Lake Lanao). — Roxas and Martin, Dept. Agr. Comm. Manila Tech. Bull. 

 6, p. 41, 1937 (reference). 



Depth 34^ to 39/10; iie^tl 34^^ to 39/io. Snout 3% to 31/0 in head; 

 eye 4, less than snout or interorbital ; maxillary not quite reaching 

 front of eye; mouth oblique, terminal, jaws weak and lower in- 

 cluded; small barbels about half an eye diameter in length; inter- 

 orbital 31/10 to 3% in head. 



Scales 30 in lateral line to caudal base and 2 more on latter, 6 

 above, 5 below to anal origin, 3 below to ventral origin, 12 predorsal. 



D. IV, 8, origin opposite tenth scale of lateral line and trifle ante- 

 rior to ventral origin, which opposite anterior part of tenth scale, 

 height of fourth dorsal spine equals pectoral or II/3 in head; bony 

 portion of fourth dorsal spine serrated behind and % to ■% length of 

 entire ray; A. 11, 5, deeply forked caudal trifle more or less than 

 head; pectoral rays i, 13 or i, 14, fails to reach ventral base by 



