23. ALBULICHTnVS. 159 



line and ventral fin. The height of the body is contained thrice and 

 a half ill the total length (without caudal), the length of the head 

 four times and two-thirds. Coloration uniform silvery ; a blackish 

 band along each caudal lobe. 

 Java ; Sumatra ; Borneo. 



a. Adult. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



22. AMBLYRHYNCHICHTHYS. 



Amblyi'liynchichthys, Bleek. Prodr. Cypr. p. 302. 



Scales of moderate size ; lateral line running along the middle of 

 the taU. Dorsal fin with the third simple ray enlarged, with not 

 more than nine branched raj^s, and commencing opposite the root of 

 the ventral fins. Anal fin short ; caudal not scaly. Eijes with a 

 broad annular adipose eyelid. Mouth normally formed, at the 

 lower side of the snout, which is high, short, obliquely truncated. 

 Barbels none. Pharyngeal teeth 4.3. 2 — 2 .3.4. 



East-Indian archipelago, 



1. Ainblyrhynchichthys truncatus. 



Barbiis truncatus, BIcck. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. i. p. 13. 

 Systomus truncatus, BJcck. I. c. ii. p. 00. 



Auiblvrhyuchichthys truncatus, Bleek. Prodr. Cypr. p. 303 ; or Atl. 

 Ichthy'ol. Cypr. p. 114, tab. 28. fig. 2. 



D. 11. A. 7. L. lat. 36. L. transv. 5i/5|. 



The osseous dorsal ray is exceedingly strong, evenly serrated, and 

 longer than the head, the length of which is contained four times 

 and one-fourth in the total (without caudal). Three and a half lon- 

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

 ventral fin. Eye large, nearly twice as long as the snout and more 

 than one- third of the length of the head. Caudal fin deeply forked. 

 Coloration uniform. 



Borneo and Sumatra. 



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



23. ALBULICHTHYS. 



Albulichthys, Bleek. Prodr. Cypr. p. 30-j. 



Scales of moderate size ; lateral line running along the middle of 

 the taU. Dorsal fiii M'ith the third simple ray enlarged, ■with not 

 more than nine branched rays, and commencing opposite to the root 

 of the ventral fuis. Anal fin short ; basal half of the cauclcd Jin 

 covered ivith scales. Eyes with a broad annular adipose eyelid. 

 Mouth normally formed, anterior, lateral ; barbels none. Pharyn- 

 geal teeth compressed 4.3. 2 — 2 .3.4. 



East-Indian archipelago. 



