118 CTPRINID^, 



especiall}' if nothing but a few young examples arc available for 

 examination. 



«. Young, bad state. Java. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. — Type 

 of B. hypselonotus, 



73. Barbus erythropterus- 



Barbus erytbroptei'us, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Genootsch. xxiii. Oost-Java, 

 p. 15. 



I'l ntius I (B^^^odes) erythropterus, Blvek. P}'oclr. C)ipr. p. 325 ; or 

 Atl. Ichth. Cjipr. p. 95, tab. 26. fig. 1. 



D. 11. A. 9. L. lat. 29. L. transv. 7/5. 



The osseous dorsal ray is very strong, its stiff portion being longer 

 than the head; it is rather coarsely serrated. There are three lon- 

 gitudinal 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-fourth in the 

 total length (without caudal) ; head rather small, its length being a 

 little less than one-fourth of the total (without caudal) ; snout rather 

 short, a little shorter than the eye, which is two-sevenths of the 

 length of the head ; barbels about as long as the eye. The origin 

 of the dorsal fin is a little behind the vertical from that of the 

 ventrals, and somewhat nearer to the root of the caudal than to the 

 end of the snout. The least depth of the tail is contained once and 

 a half or once and three-fifths in the length of the head. Coloration 

 uniform. 



Java and Borneo. 



«. One of the typical specimens, 8 inches long. Java, From Dr, 

 Bleeker's Collection. 



74. Barbus javanicus. 



Barbus javanicus, Bleek. Nat. Tt/dschr. Ned. Ind. ix. p. 403. 

 koilometopon, Bleek. I. c. xiii. p. 347. 



Puntius 1 (Barbodes) javanicus, ^/feA. P/Wr. Cypr. p. 328; ox Atl. 



Ichth. Cypr. p. 96, tab. 87. fig. 1. 

 p^ ,. > (Barbodes) koilometopon, 5^eeA;. JV-ofZr. Q/pr. p. 330 ; or 

 Atl. Ichth. Cypr. p. 97, tab. 30. fig. 1 (barbels much too long). 

 D. 11-12. A. 8-9. L. lat. 29-31. L. transv. 6/5^. 

 The osseous dorsal ray is very strong, its stiff portion being not 

 much shorter than the head ; its serrature is very coarse, with com- 

 paratively few denticulations. There are three 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, concave above the occiput ; the height of the body is two- 

 fifths, and sometimes more than two-fifths, of the total length (with- 

 out caudal) ; head of moderate size, its leng'th being one-fourth or 

 two-ninths of the total (without caudal) ; snout short, but somewhat 



