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Hampala macrolepiJota Bleeker, Ichth. Arch. Ind. Prodr. II. Cyprini i860, p. 308. — 



Atl. Ichth. III. 1863, p. 112. 

 Barbiis hampal CUinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 139. 

 Barbtis macrolepidota Day, Fishes of India 4°. 1878 — 1888, p. 571. 

 Hampala macrolepidota Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (2) LVII. 



1905, p. 486. 

 Barbus hampal C. V. var. bifascialaVo'pia., Notes Leyden Mus. XXV. 1904 — 1905, 



p. 173. — Ibid. XXVII, 1906, p. 147. 

 Barbus hampal Popta, Notes Leydeo Mus. XXVII. 1906, p. 145. 



5 

 D. 3.8; A. 3.5; P. 1. 15— 16; V. 2.8; L. 1.28— 29; L. tr.T. 



3V 

 • Elongate, profile of back slightly elevated and arched, that 



of head .slowly descending with a shallow concavity above 

 and behind eyes. Height decreasing with age, 3 — 3.7, 3.7 — 4.6 

 in length with caudal. Head about 3, about 3.8 to more than 



4 in length with caudal. Eye 3 — 5, nearly twice in snout in 

 fullgrown specimen.s, about I'/a in interorbital space. Snout 

 pointed. Jaws nearly equal in length. Mouth wide, extending 

 backwards slightly beyond vertical through frontborder of eye. 

 Lips broadened: the upper one anteriorly, the lower lip late- 

 rally. A barbel behind corner of mouth, nearly as long as 

 eye. Origin of dorsal opposite to 8^1^ or 9th lateral scale and 

 to origin of ventrals, slightly before or, in young specimens, 

 behind middle of a line connecting end of snout and base 

 of caudal, separated by 10 scales from occiput. Dorsal concave, 

 the third osseous ray feeble and finely serrated, with its 

 flexible part nearly as long as head without snout. Anal concave, 

 its third spine equal to the dorsal one, but '/o shorter. Ven- 

 trals separated by 2 — 2^\^ scales from lateral line, shorter than 

 pectorals, far distant from anus. Pectorals more than half 

 head, not reaching ventrals. Caudal deeply forked, shorter 

 than head. Least height of caudal peduncle much less than its 

 length, about 2'/2 in head. Twelve scales round caudal peduncle, 



5 of which above the lateral lines. Scales finely punctuated, 

 in fullgrown specimens with some radiating lines. Silvery, 

 back darker, a more or less distinct vertical blotch between 

 dorsal and ventrals. Upper and lower margin of caudal black. 

 Length 700 mm. 



N o m e n i n d i g. : Ampalong (Malay. Batavia) ; Hampal, Ham- 

 bal, Hampalong (Sundan.) ; Wader, Sutjo (Javan.); Polittah 

 (small specimens), Palung (older specimens) (Kediri); Sabaju 

 (Lampong) ; Kabarouw (Benkulen) ; Barauw and Gadi (Sing- 

 karah) ; Dungan (Bo, Borneo, Mahakam). 



