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{P. leiacantliiis Blkr.), if it is wanting there may be a silvery 

 band along the sides. Length 90 mm. 



N o m. i n d i g. : Tjahul (Tulung Agung); Lukas, Wader (Javan.). 



Habitat: Java (Buitenzorg, Tulung Agung !, Pasuruan, Grati, 

 Surabaya, Gombong, Palabuan). — Siam. 



In rivers, lakes and marshes. 



4. Puntius belinka (Blkr.) [Fig. 71, p. 171]. 



Systomus (^BarbodesJ belinka Bleeker, Ichth. Arch. Tnd. Prodr. II. Cyprini, i860, 



p. 321. 

 Puntius (Barbodes) belinka Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. III. 1863, p. 93. 

 Barbus schwanefeldi Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 112 (p.p.). 

 Bar bus (Puntius) belinka Max Weber & de Beaufort, In Maass : "Diirch Zentral 



Sumatra" II. 191 2, Fische p. 526. 



D.4.8; A. 3.5(6); P. 1. 14— 16; V. 2.8; L. 1. 36; L. tr. T. 



Profile strongly arched from snout to dorsal. Height 2.3 — 2.4, 

 3.1 in length with caudal. Head 4.1 — 4.3, 5.4 — 5.8 in length 

 with caudal. Eye t^.G, about equal to snout and somewhat more 

 in postorbital part of head. Mouth terminal; four barbels, equal to 

 or somewhat longer than eye. Origin of dorsal opposite to 

 13th scale of lateral line and slightly before middle of line con- 

 necting end of snout and last scales on tail, separated by 16 

 scales from occiput. Dorsal deeply emarginate, the last ray 

 prolonged. Fourth dorsal spine rather strong, coarsely denti- 

 culated behind, with its stiff portion somewhat shorter than 

 head, nearly twice in height. Anal emarginate, height of third 

 spine more than I'/o in head. Origin of ventrals separated by 

 4 scales from nth scale of lateral line, somewhat shorter than 

 pectorals, not reaching anus. Pectorals equal to distance from 

 hindborder of operculum to nostrils, far distant from base of 

 ventrals. Caudal deeply forked, its lobes pointed, much longer 

 than head. Least height of caudal peduncle 1.2 — 1.3 in its 

 length, about 1^/3 in head, surrounded by 16 scales. Scales 

 without longitudinal lines. Silvery, back dark, in formol specimens 

 with faint longitudinal lines, corresponding to the rows of 

 scales. Posterior part of dorsal darkish. Caudal lobes with an 

 intramarginal black band. Length 235 mm. 



Habitat: Sumatra (Padang, Solok!, lake Singkarah). — 

 Malacca. 



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