158 CTPRINin.T?. 



1. Thynnichthys thynnoides. 



Leuciscus thynnoides, Meek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. iii. p. 599. 

 Thvnnichtlivs thynnoides, Bleek. Prodr. Cypr. p. 408 ; and Atl. 

 Ichthyol. Cypr. p. 130, pi. 42. fig. 1. 



D. 12. ' A. 7. L. lat. 58-60. L. transv. 13/12. 



The height of tlie body is a little less than the length of the head, 

 which is contained thrice and one-fourth in the total (without 

 caudal). The diameter of the eye is somewhat less than the length 

 of the snout, and one-fourth of that of the head. Coloration uniform, 



Borneo and Sumatra. 



a. Type of the species. Sumatra. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



2. Thynnichthys polylepis. 



Bleeker, Prodr. Cypr. p. 407 ; or Atl. Ichthyol. Cypr. p. 129, pi. 41. 

 fig. 1. 



D. 12. A. 7. L. lat. 70-75. L. transv. ^-^. 



The length of the head is nearly equal to the height of the body, 

 which is scarcely less than one-third of the total length (without cau- 

 dal). The diameter of the eye is nearly equal to the length of the 

 snout, and two-sevenths of the length of the head. Coloration uniform. 



Borneo and Sumatra. 



a. Type of the species. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



21. BARBICHTHYS. 



Barbichthys *, Sleeker, Prodr. Cypr. p. 208. 



Scales of moderate size. Dorsal fin without osseous ray, with not 

 more than nine branched rays, commencing somewhat in advance of 

 the ventrals. Snout smooth, not much projecting beyond the mouth, 

 which is angular. Lips thin, continuous, not fringed, with an indi- 

 stinct inner fold ; the lower with a continuous free posterior margin; 

 margin of the lower jaw rather obtuse. Barbels four, small. The 

 ring of suborbital bones is so broad as to cover the cheek entirely. 

 Lateral line running along the middle of the tail. Anal fin very 

 short. Pharyngeal teeth 5.4. 2 — 2 .4.5, 



East-Indian archipelago, 



1. Barbichthys laevis. 

 Barbus lievis, Ctiv. 8f Val. xvi. p. 192 ; Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Lid. 



V. p. 447. 

 Dangila lipocheilus, Cuv. ^ Val. xvi. p. 232 (partim, see p. 40). 

 Barbus brachynemus, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiii. Oost-Java, p, 18. 



gobioides, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. iii. p. 692. 



tfeniopterus, Bleek. I. c. xiv. p. 475. 



Barbichthys Isevis, Bleek. Prodr. Cypr. p. 209; or Atl. Ichthyol. 

 Cypr. p. 49, tab. 18. 



D, 11, A, 7. L, lat. 36-38. L. transv. 6|/6|. 

 Three and a half longitudinal series of scales between the lateral 

 * Vox hybrida ! 



