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U.S.N.M. No. 93137. Cascade River, INIurcielagos Bay, Mindanao, August 20, 



1909. Length, 135 mm. Type. 

 27 examples. Cascade River, Murcielagos Bay, Mindanao. August 20, 1909. 



Length, 50-135 mm. 



PUNTIUS AMARUS (Herre) 



Barcodes amara Herre, Proc. Pan Pacific Sci. Congr., Australia, vol. 2, p. 1569, 

 1923 [type locality: Lake Lanao, Mindanao (no description)]; Philippine 

 Journ. Sci., vol. 24, p. 295 (Dansalan, Lake Lanao, Mindanao), p. 706, 1924 

 (reference) ; Fishes Herre Philippine Exped. 1931, p. 20, 1934 (Lake 

 Lanao). — Roxas and Martin, Dept. Agr. Comm. Manila Tech. Bull. 6, p. 41, 

 1937 (reference). 



Depth. 314 to 3%, trifle more or less than head; body rather 

 elevated, much compressed, especially posterior half, with narrow 

 little rounded abdomen. Snout rather pointed, with median hump 

 and 2 smaller lateral ones, subequal with eye; eye 3V5 to 4 in head, 

 little less than interorbital ; maxillary not reaching eye; mouth 

 terminal, very oblique, upper lip thin, very protractile, weak lower 

 jaw slightly included, even or somewhat projecting, with thin lip 

 and small knob projecting from outer side of symphysis; rostral 

 barbels usually less than eye, rarely equal, maxillary somewhat 

 larger or little over eye; interorbital flat, with low median ridge. 

 Pharyngeal teeth 2, 3, 5-5, 3, 2, crooked tips hooked. 



Scales 22 to 26 in lateral line; 5 or 4 above, 2 or 3 below, 9 pre- 

 dorsal, 11 around caudal peduncle. Scales with conspicuous longi- 

 tudinal radiating striae. 



D. IV, 8, fourth spine 1% to 1% in head, upper half feebly to 

 moderately toothed ; A. iii, 5, lower than pectoral or not much greater 

 than hard part of dorsal spine; caudal deeply forked, % to %o in 

 head ; least depth of caudal peduncle 2% to 2i/^ ; pectoral II/2, rays 

 1, 14 ; ventral i, 8, origin opposite dorsal origin. 



Brownish above, merging into yellowish or whitish on sides and 

 belly, with silvery luster over all. Dark silver band from shoulder 

 to middle of caudal. More or less blackish band from nape to 

 dorsal. Also top of head dark. Fin rays more or less dusky. 

 Lips and snout tip edged black. Outlines of each scale above lateral 

 line marked out by band of very minute black specks. Length, 108 

 mm. (Herre.) 



Lake Lanao, Mindanao. 



PUNTIUS FLAVIFUSCUS (Herre) 



Barbodes fiavifuscus Herre, Proc. Pan Pacific Sci. Congr., Australia, vol. 2, 

 1923, p. 1569, 1924 [type locality: Lake Lanao, Mindanao (no description)] ; 

 Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 24, p. 296 (Lumbatan, Lake Lanao), p. 706, 1924 

 (reference) ; Fishes Herre Philippine Exped. 1931, p. 21, 1934 (Lake 

 Lanao). — Roxas and Martin, Dept. Agr. Comm. Manila Tech. Bull. 6, p. 

 42, 1937 (reference). 



