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be wanting. Praeorbital triangular, with its point directed 

 forward. Suborbital bones narrow. Eye by exception with a 

 gelatinous eyelid. Dor- ^ 



sal with 8 branched J 



rays and a basal scaly ■ — --^^ 

 sheath, its origin above 

 or behind that of ven- 

 trals, its fourth spine 

 strong and strongly den- 

 ticulated. Anal with 5 

 branched rays. Scales 

 large or moderate, longi- 

 tudinally or radially 

 striated. Lateral line 

 complete, running in the 

 middle of the tail, sen- 

 sory tubes simple or 

 bifid. Numerous fine pa- ^'S- ^5- Anterior part of head oi Cyc/oc/ieinc/ii/iys 

 ,, , - , , rcpassofi (Blkr.) a rostral, b maxillary barbel, 



rallel sensory folds on // Wer lip, ;« mouthopening, « nostril, /,. post- 

 snout, extending on labial groove, which is continued to the other 

 interorbital space and ^^^^ behind the lower lip, ;/ rostral fold. 



on cheeks even to operculum, skin underneath gelatinous '). 

 Gillmembranes united to isthmus, opposite about hindborder of 



Fig. 66. Pharyngeal teeth of Cyclochcilichtliys rcpassoii (Blkr.) X 3- 



praeoperculum. Pharyngeal teeth more or less spoon-shaped, 

 5.3.2—2.3.5. 



Distribution: Fresh water of indo-australian Archipelago 

 (Sumatra, Java, Borneo), Malacca, Tenasserim, Burma, Yunnan, 

 Siam, Indo-China, China. 



i) In alcohol specimens less distinct. 



