FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 807 



Scales 28 or 29 in lateral line to caudal base and 2 or 3 more on 

 latter; 5 above, 3 below, 10 or 11 predorsal, 15 around caudal pedun- 

 cle. Scales all well exposed, little imbricated. Scales with 8 to 11 

 basal and 5 to 8 apical radiating striae, latter very imperfect or 

 obsolete; circuli concentric, fine, imperfect apically. 



D. IV, 8, I, third ray firmly osseous though slender, hind edges for 

 % terminally serrate, first branched ray ly^ to 1% in head; A. iii, 

 5, I, first branched anal ray 2 to 2^4: ; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 21/5 to 21/2 ; pectoral II/5 to 1% ; ventral II/2 to 1% ; caudal 31/8 to 3% 

 in rest of body, well forked, lobes rather slender and sharply pointed. 



Back brown, sides more or less gray white and under surfaces 

 whitish. Contrasted blackish predorsal saddle at least 2 scales in 

 width, above gill opening. Iris whitish, gray above. Barbels dark 

 or dusky. Dorsal and caudal grayish, lower fins whitish. 



U.S.N.M. No. 93138. Vicar market, Lake Lanao, Mindanao. May 23, 1908, 

 Length, 110 mm. Type. Known by its front barbel very short, greatly less 

 than eye and the black predorsal saddle behind the occiput. 



5 examples. Vicar market. Lake Lanao, Mindanao. May 23, 1908. Length, 

 94-110 mm. Paratypes. 



PUNTIUS TRAS (Herre) 



Barhodes tras Heirrb, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 29, No. 4, p. 501, pi. 2, 

 1926 (type locality: Datu Samba-an, at Camp Keithley, Lanao). — Roxas 

 and Martin, Dept. Agr. Comm. Manila Tech. Bull. 6, p. 43, 1937 (reference). 



Depth 31/2 to 32/3 ; head 2% to 2%. Snout 31/5 to 3i^ in head; eye 



4 to 5, 1% to 1% in snout, 1% to 1% in interorbital ; maxillary 

 reaches eye, length 3 to 3I/3 in head; front barbel 4% to 5% in head, 

 hind barbel 3% to 3% ; mandible included within upper jaw ; inter- 

 orbital 3l^ to 3% in head, low, nearly level or only very slightly 

 convex ; suborbitals cover y^ to % of cheek to preopercle ridge. Gill 

 rakers 2+10, lanceolate, 214 in giU filaments which ly^ in eye. 

 Pharyngeal teeth 2, 3, 5 - 5, 3, 2, with small terminal hooks and 

 grinding surfaces. 



Scales 24 or 25 in lateral line to caudal base and 2 more on latter ; 



5 above, 3 below, 12 or 13 predorsal, 13 around caudal peduncle. 

 Scales with about 10 imperfect basal radiating striae, none apically; 

 circuli finely concentric, imperfect apically. 



D. IV, 8, I, spines slender, with few feeble striae terminally, first 

 branched ray 1% to 1% in head ; A. iii, 5, i, first branched ray 2 to 

 2% ; least depth of caudal peduncle 3 to 3% ; pectoral 1% to 1% ; 

 ventral 2 to 2^/^ ; caudal 3I/2 to 3% in rest of body, well forked lobes 

 pointed. 



Back light brown, sides and below whitish, with silvery white 

 reflections. Scales qn back with dark edges. Upper surface of 

 head dusky. Iris silvery white. Fins all pale, lower ones whitish. 

 Barbels pale. 



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