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the rows of scales. Fins, especially the vertical ones, with 

 dark margins. Length 280 mm. 



Nomen indig. : Teban galang, Bettet (Palembang); Semu- 

 mul (Djambi). 



Habitat: Sumatra (Palembang, Djambi!); Borneo (river 

 Kapuas: Pontianak, Bunut !, river Barito : Banjermassin). — Siam. 



2. Amblyrhynchichthys altus Vaill. 



Amblyrhynchichthys altus Vaillant, Bull. Soc. Zool. de France, XVIII. 1893, 

 p. 59. — Nouv. Arch. Mus. (4) V. 1893, p. 81. 



D. 3.8; A. 3.8; V. 1.9; L. 1. 36; L. tr.^. 



8" 



Elevated, compressed. Height 2^\^, nearly 3 in length with 

 caudal. Head ■^j.j, 4.5 in length with caudal. Eye 2.6, equal 

 to interorbital space, 74 longer than snout. Dorsal spine den- 

 ticulated behind, probably equal to half height of body. Ventrals 

 separated by 5 scales from lateral line. Length of single 

 specimen 96 mm. (After Vaillant, not seen by us). 



Habitat: Borneo (river Kapuas). 



6. Albulichthys Bleeker. 



(Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie XX. 1859 — 1860, p. 430), 

 Oblong, strongly compressed. Mouth terminal, lateral, snout 

 convex. Lips thin, continuous, the upper one partly covered 

 by a rostral fold, which contains the maxillaries. Postlabial 



Fig. 47. Albulichthys albuloldcs (Blkr.). (After Bleeker) 



groove not continuous, laterally only developed. No barbels. 

 Eyes with a broad annular adipose eyelid. Dorsal short, with 



