19. BARBUS. 139 



scries of scales between the lateral line and the root of the ventral 

 fin. Coloration unitbrm. 



Borneo. 

 a-f. Two of the typical specimens. Sambas. From Dr. Bleeker's 

 Collection. 



C. L. lat. 31 or less. 

 1. Snout without tubercles. 

 a. Mouth extending beyond the vertical from the front margin of the orbit, 

 (Hampala.) 



119. Barbus hampal, 



Capoeta macrolepidota, Cuv. H; Val. xvi. p. 280, pi. 477 ; Cant. 3Lil. 



Fish. p. 'JQ? ; Meek. Verh. lint. Genootsch. xxiii. Oost-Java, p. 21. 

 Ilaiupala macrolepidota, {Kahl ^- v. Ilass.) Bleek. Prodr. Cgpr. ii. 



p. :J08 ; or Atl. Ichthgol. Cgpr. p. 112, tab. 38. tig. 2. 



D. 12. A. 8. L. lat. 28. L. transv. 4i/4. 



The osseous dorsal ray is feeble and finely serrated. Mouth wide, 

 extending backwards slightly beyond the vertical from the front 

 margin of the orbit. Snout somewhat pointed, Avith the jaws equal 

 in length. The height of the body is a little less than the length of 

 the head, which is two-sevenths of the total (without caudal). A 

 more or less distinct black vertical blotch between the dorsal and 

 ventral. Caudal fin with a broad upper and lower margin. 



Java ; Borneo ; Sumatra ; Malayan peninsula. 

 a, h, c, d. Adult and half- grown. East- Indian archiiielago. 

 e. Adult : skin. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 

 f-(j. Half-grown. Siam. Purchased of Mr. Jamrach. 



Bleeker quotes Kuhl and Yan Hasselt (Algem. Konst- en Letter- 

 bode, 1823, ii. p. 132) to establish the priority for the denomination 

 " HampnJa macrolepidota ; " but, although the notice of the cienus 

 Hampala, superficial as it is, would coincide with, and might super- 

 sede, Capoeta of Valenciennes, no character whatever is assigned to 

 the species, and therefore the description given by Valenciennes is 

 to be regarded as the original, from which the synonj'my starts. 

 However, Heckel had named a species of Barbel macrolepis several 

 years before. Bleeker's genus Hampala is based on the slightly 

 greater extent of the cleft of the mouth, which, however, is scarcely 

 greater than in B. soro &c. 



120. Barbus ampaloug. 



Capoi'ta ampalong, Bleek. Nat. 'Tgdschr. Ned. Ind. iii. p. 504. 

 Hampala anipalong, Bleek. Prodr. Cgpr. p. 310 ; or Atl. Ichthgol. 

 Cgpr. p. 113, tab. 27. tig. 1. 



D. 12. A. 8. L. lat. 31. L. transv. 4\m. 



The osseous dorsal ray is slender and finely serrated. Mouth 



wide, extending backwards slightly beyond the vertical from the 



front maigin of the oibit. Snout somewhat pointed, with the jaws 



eipial in length. The height of the body is somewhat less than the 



