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young specimen of Ilemibarbns labeo, they are not j^ermanent; the 

 color of the adult is always uniformly grayish brown. 



Genus BARBODES Blacker. 



i860. Barbodes Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind., XX, p. 431. (Type Barbodes 

 belinka Bleeker.) 



Body strongly compressed, more or less elevated, with the profile of 

 the back arched; head of moderate size, its length being one-fourth 

 of the length without caudal; snout shorter than the postorbital part. 

 Mouth subinferior, arched, without inner fold. Barbels four,' two 

 maxillary and two rostral, rather short. Scales of moderate size, 

 about forty in the lateral line. Lateral line continuous, running along 

 the middle of the sides. Dorsal fin with three osseous spines, the 

 third the longest, inner border of which is coarsely serrated or smooth; 

 with not more than nine branched rays, inserted above or a little 

 behind the origin of the ventral. Pharyngeal teeth 4, 3, 2 — 2, 3, 4. 



Distribution: Philippine Islands; Malay Archipelago; India to 

 South China; Formosa. 



22. Barbodes paradoxus (Giinther). 



1868. Barbus paradoxus Gijnther, Cat. Fish., VII, p. 97. Formosa. 



Head 4 in length; depth 3.5; D. Ill, 9; A. 2. 6; P. 15; V. 9; width of 

 head 1.86 in its length; interorbital space 2.66 in head; snout 3; eye 

 3; pectoral 1.18; ventral 1.20; thirty-nine scales in the lateral line, 

 six scales in an oblique series between origin of dorsal and lateral line, 

 six scales between the latter and the middle of the belly, three scales 

 from lateral line to the root of the ventral; pharyngeal teeth, 4, 3, 2 — ■ 

 2, 3, 4; gill-rakers 4-1-9; branchiostegals 3. 



Body oblong, slightly compressed; abdomen rounded; head mod- 

 erate, its top convex; snout shorter than postorbital part, obtusely 

 pointed anteriorly, its dorsal profile rounded; mouth subinferior, 

 arched, its angle not reaching the orbit; lips fleshy, lower lip distinct 

 only near the angle of mouth; lower jaw shorter than the upper, its 

 tip naked; four barbels, two maxillary and two rostral; eyes moderate, 

 slightly superior and anterior; nostrils close together, in front of eye, 

 the anterior in a short tube. 



Origin of dorsal midway between the tip of snout and base of 

 caudal, opposite the root of ventral; inner border of third spine not 

 serrated, its length 1.71 in head; pectorals not reaching the ventral; 



