19. BAEBUS. 125 



behind, its stiff portion being two-thirds a-s long as the head. There 

 are three series of scales between the lateral line and the root of the 

 ventral fin. Body strongly compressed, somewhat elevated, as in 

 Leuciscus rutihis, Avith the profile of the back arched ; its depth is 

 two-fifths of the total length (without caudal), the length of the 

 head being contained in it thrice and two-thirds ; snout short, ob- 

 tuse, much shorter than the diameter of the eye, which is more than 

 a third of the length of the head ; barbels of moderate length, scarcely 

 shorter than the eye. The origin of the dorsal fin is opposite to that 

 of the ventrals, and midway between the end of the snout and the 

 root of the caudal. Body with four broad blackish violet cross bands 

 edged with yellow — the first from the nape to behind the pectoral, 

 the second from below the dorsal to below the lateral line, the third 

 across the tail to the middle of the base of the anal, and the fourth 

 (which is the narrowest) across the middle of the free portion of 

 the tail. 

 Borneo. 



a. Two inches long. River Kahajan. From Dr. Bleeker's Collec- 

 tion. — Type of the species. 



88. Barbus lateristriga. 



Barbus lateristriga, Cuv. <§• Val. xvi. p. 161 ; Bleek. Nat. Ti/dschr. 

 Ned. Ind. iii. p. 95. 



PimtTus"^ [ (Barbodes) lateristriga, Bleek. Prodr. Cypr. p. 342 ; or 

 Atl. Ichthijol. Cijpr. p. 102, tab. 32. fig. 2. 



D. 11. A. 8. L. lat. 23. L. transv. 41/4. 



The osseous dorsal ray is rather stout, finely serrated behind, 

 scarcely half as long as the head. There are two and a half longi- 

 tudinal series of scales between the lateral line and the root of the 

 ventrals. Body moderately compressed, elevated, its depth being 

 contained from twice and two-thirds to twice and one-fourth in the 

 total length (without caudal). The upper profile is arched on the 

 nape, and concave on the occiput. Head thick, flat above, its length 

 being contained from thrice and two-fifths to four times and one- 

 third in the total (without caudal) ; eye small, situated imme- 

 diately below the upper profile, one-fifth of the length of the head ; 

 snout obtuse, much longer than the eye ; barbels well developed, as 

 long as the snout. Dorsal fin lonc/er tluin high ; its origin is in front 

 of that of the ventrals, and midway between the end of the snout, and 

 the root of the caudal. A blackish blotch above the opercle ; a broad 

 band descends from the middle of the back towards the pectoral tin, 

 terminating in a horizontal band which does not reach the second 

 cross baud ; the latter descends from below the dorsal fin to the 

 lateral Hne, where it tapers and terminates ; a longitudinal band 

 runs along the middle of the tail and caudal fin. 



East-Indian archipelago. 



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



