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and reproduced by Bleeker (Atl. Ichth. III. 1863. p. 48, 

 Cyprin. Tab. VII, fig. i). No specimens are known. 



10. Barynotus Giinther. 



(GtJNTHER, Cat. Biit. Mus. VII, 1868, p. 6l). 



Elongate. Head pointed. Skin of head gelatinous, with a 

 multitude of parallel more or less wavy sensory lines. Prae- 

 orbital subtriangular, with the top directed forward, its lower 

 margin subhorizontal, covering the maxillary and hindpart of 

 the upper lip. Mouth inferior, horseshoe-shaped with thick 

 continuous lips. A barbel behind corner of mouth, a much 

 smaller rostral barbel may be deficient on one or both sides. 



Fig. 54. Barynotus microlepis (Blkr.). X Vs* 



Eye large, with a kind of a circular adipose eyelid. Dorsal 

 long, with 14 — 18 branched rays, its origin before that of 

 ventrals, its end far before origin of anal. Anus nearly in the 

 middle between base n y^ 



of ventrals and anal. 

 Base of dorsal and 

 anal in a scaly sheath. 

 Scales small. Pseudo- 

 branchiae present. 

 Gillrakers short, cy- 

 lindrical, with a swol- 

 len base, widely set, 9 Fig. 55. Pharyngeal teeth of Barynotus microlepis 



on first arch. Pharyn- (^^'"'•^ X ^• 



geal teeth 5.3.2 — 2.3.5, conical, their point slightly hooked. 

 Gillopenings rather narrow, reaching to below hindborder of 

 operculum. Gillmembranes broadly united to isthmus. 

 Distribution: Freshwater of Sumatra and Borneo. 



