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Dangila taeniata Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 38. 

 Dangila fasciata Popta, Notes Leyden Museum XXVII. 1906, p. 84. 



D. 4.27—30; A. 3.5; P. 1. 17; V. 1.8; L. 1.50— 53; L. tr. 2. 



9 

 Height 3.3 — 3.5, 4.3 — 4.6 in length with caudal. Head 4.3 — 4.4, 



5.6 — 5.7 in length with caudal. Eye about 3, about equal to 

 snout but much shorter than interorbital space. On the top 

 of the snout two series of conspicuous pores, separated by a 

 deep transverse furrow, the upper pores decreasing in size, 

 reaching nearly to below nostrils. Maxillary barbels much longer 

 than eye, the rostral ones shorter. Origin of dorsal opposite 

 to nth or I2th scale of lateral line, separated by 14 — 16 scales 

 from occiput. Height of dorsal decreasing gradually hindwards, 

 its longest rays somewhat shorter than length of head. Anal 

 nearly truncate, its longest ray about equal to head without 

 snout, its origin opposite to 25th scale, and to 21st or 22nd 

 branched dorsal ray. Ventrals equal to pectorals, reaching anus, 

 separated by 6 scales from 19th to 20th scale of lateral line, and 

 opposite to 7th branched dorsal ray. Pectorals somewhat shorter 

 than head. Caudal deeply incised, the lobes pointed, about 

 equal to height of body. Least height of caudal peduncle more 

 than twice in length of head, about 1.4 in length of peduncle, 

 surrounded by 20 scales. A brownish streak along each series 

 of scales, that of the lateral line more distinct. Upper and 

 lower margin of the caudal and in a less degree its hind margin 

 blackish. Dorsal fin darkish, other fins hyaline. Length 263 mm. 



Nom. indig. : Masik, Ma (Bulit). 



Habitat: Sumatra (Pangabuang, Benakat on river Lema- 

 tang ilir, Palembang, Taluk!, Djambi!); Borneo (river Kapuas: 

 Pontianak, river Raun, affluent of river Mandai and river Buht). 



3. Dangila cuvieri C.V. 



Da?igila Cuvieri Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons XVI. 1842, p. 230. 



Dangila leptocheila Cuvier & Valenciennes, Ibid. p. 234. 



Dangila Cuvieri} Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen. XXIII (1849) 1850, Ichth. Midden 



en Oost-Java p. 19. 

 Datigila leptocheilus Bleeker, Ichth. Arch. Ind. Prodr. II. Cyprini, i860, p. 198. — 



Atl. Ichth. III. 1863, p. 45. 

 Dangila cuvieri Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 38 •). 



i) GyNTHER states that there are 3 1/2 scales between the lateral line and the 

 root of the ventral fin, this must be a misprint, as w^ell as that there are 5 '/a 

 rows of scales below the lateral line in the linea transversalis. 



