370 CYPRiNin.E. 



1. Lepidocephalus macrochir. 



Cobitis macrochir, Bleik. Ncif. Tyclschr. Keel. Ind. vii. p. 97. 

 Lepidocephalus macrochir, Bleek. Cypr. Prodi: p. 70 ; or Atl. Ichthyol. 

 Cypr. p. 12, tab. 2. fig. 6. 



D. 9. A. 6. V. 6. 



The height of the body is equal to, or rather more than, the 

 length of the head, which is one-sixth or two-thirteenths of the 

 total (without caudal). The distance between dorsal and caudal is 

 two-ninths of the same length. Eye almost rudimentary. Colora- 

 tion uniform. 



Java and Sumatra. 



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



106. ACANTHOPHTHALMUS. 



Acanthophtlialmus, sp., v. Ilasselt, Alyem. Konst- en Letterh. 1823, ii. 



p. 133. 

 Pangio, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Be7u/al, 18G0, p. 169. 

 Acautliophthalmus*, likeker, Cypr. Prodr. p. 73. 



Body compressed, elongate. A small, erectile bifid suborbital 

 spine below the eye. Six barbels, viz. two on the extremity of the 

 snout, and the others attached to the maxillaries. Dorsal fin placed 

 far backwards, at some distance behind the root of the ventrals ; 

 caudal truncate. Air-bladder enclosed in a bony capsule. 



East Indies. 



1. Acanthophtlialmus pangia. 



Cobitis paugia, Ham. Biich. Fl.-<h. Gmiy. p. 355. 



cinnamomea, M^CIell. Lid. Cypr. p. 435, pi. 51. fig. 5 (cop. from 



Buchanan's MS. drairiiiy>i). 

 oblonga, (Kuld ^- v. Ilass.) Cuv. ^ Val. xviii. p. 76 ; Bleek. Act. 



Soc. Sc. Indo-Neerl. ii. Sumatra, vi. p. 48. 

 Pangio cinnamomea, Blyth, Jovrn. As. Soc. Beny. 1860, p. 169. 

 Acanthophtlialmus javanicus, {v. Hass.) Bleek. Cijpr. Prodr. p. 75 ; or 



Ail Ichthyol. Cypr. p. 11, tab. 2. fig. 3. 



D. 8. A. 7. V. 6-7. 



The length of the head is a little more than one-seventh of the 

 total length (without caudal). Eye almost rudimentary. Caudal 

 fin subtruncate. The distance between dorsal and caudal fins is 

 about one-fourth of the total length (without caudal). Scales con- 

 spicuous. Coloration uniform. 



Bengal ; Java ; Sumatra. 



a. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



* Dr. Bleeker is rather inconsistent in choosing the name of Acanfhophthal- 

 mus for this genus, a name proposed by his countryman Van Hasselt. The first 

 and (according to Dr. Bleeker's most recent principles) typical s]:iecies of Acan- 

 thopjithalmus is Cobitis octocirrhus (v. Hass.). Yet he proposes for the latter 

 the generic name Lepidocephalichthi/s, thus getting rid of Blyth's Panyio. I 

 adopt Acantlwphthalmus simply because its adoption necessitates the least 

 amount of change in nomenclature. — The air-bladder, the presence of which is 

 denied by Bleeker in these and other species, is present. 



