112 CYPRIMD^. 



soft rays ; the length of its stiff portion equals that of the head. 

 Four longitudinal series of scales between the lateral lino and the 

 root of the ventral. Body oblong, compressed, its height being 

 contained twice and four-fifths in the total length (without caudal); 

 the length of the head is contained thrice and one-half in the same ; 

 the diameter of the large eye is about equal to the length of the 

 snout, and not quite one-third of that of the head ; mouth rather 

 small, with the upper jaw slightly overlapping the lower ; barbels 

 minute. The height of the dorsal fin is slightly less than the depth 

 of the body ; its commencement is scarcely behind that of the ven- 

 tral, and nearer to the root of the caudal than to the end of the 

 snout. Caudal deeply forked ; the pectoral reaches beyond the root 

 of the ventral. The least depth of the tail is one-half or a little 

 less than one-half of the length of the head. A round blackish spot 

 on the end of the lateral hne. 

 Sumatra. 



a. Typical specimen. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 

 62. Barbus macularius. 



Systomus (?) macularius, Blyth, Jouni. As. Soc. Beng. 1860, p. 159. 

 L. lat. 35-36. L. transv. 12. 

 " Muzzle unusually prolonged anterior to the nostrQs, where show- 

 ing a considerable concavity above. The height of the body is one- 

 fourth of the total length (with the caudal). Osseous dorsal ray 

 unusually large in every way, and strongly serrated behind. Each 

 scale with a distinct shining blackish spot at tip." 

 Sitang River (Tennasserim). 



63. Barbus schwanefeldi. 



Barbus schwanefeldi. Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. hid. v. p. 517. 

 PunUus"^^^ ( (Barbodes) schwanefeldi, Bleek. Prodr. Cypr. p. 32.3 ; or 



Atl. Ichthyol. Cypr. p. 94, tab. 35. fig. 2. 

 PuSr^[ (I^ai'bodes) belinka, Bleek. Prodi: Cypr. p. 321; or Atl. 

 Ichthyol. Cypr. p. 93, tab. 37. fig. 1. 



D. 11. A. 8. L. lat. 35-36. L. transv. ^l 

 The osseous dorsal ray is rather strong, its stiS" portion being as 

 long as the head, without snout ; it is coarsely serrated. There are 

 four longitudinal series of scales between the lateral line and the 

 root of the ventral fin. Body strongly compressed, elevated, with 

 the profile of the back arched ; its depth is contained twice and one- 

 fifth or twice and one-half in the total length (without caudal) ; 

 head of moderate size, its length being one-fourth of the total (with- 

 out caudal) ; snout very short, much shorter than the eye, which is 

 one-third of the length of the head ; barbels rather longer than the 

 eye. The origin of the dorsal fin is a little behind the vertical from 

 that of the ventrals, and midway between the end of the snout and 



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