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truncate, fourth osseous spine rather strong, with about 20 serrae, 

 with its flexible part somewhat longer than head without snout. 

 Anal truncate, its height shorter than head without snout. 

 Ventrals and pectorals subequal. Ventrals reaching anus, sepa- 

 rated by 3 — 37-2 scales from lateral Hne. Pectorals nearly equal 

 to head without snout. Caudal deeply emarginate, the lobes 

 rounded, about equal to length of head. Least height of caudal 

 peduncle about I'/j in head, somewhat shorter than its own 

 length, surrounded by I2 scales. Scales faintly striated. Colour 

 of formol specimens dark red, lighter towards belly. Six black 

 light-margined transverse bands, the first through eye, bent 

 backwards and uniting on the nape with that of the other 

 side, the second behind pectorals from back to belly, the third 

 from origin of dorsal to ventrals, the fourth behind dorsal to 

 beginning of anal, the fifth in the middle of the caudal peduncle, 

 the sixth at the base of caudal. Ventrals with traces of orange- 

 red. Length 55 mm. [Type of the species in the zoological 

 Museum of Amsterdam]. 



Nom. in dig.: Ikan kadis (Djambi). 



Habitat: Sumatra (Djambi!, Bagan api api !, Taluk !, Lalak 

 on river Indragiri !). 



Note: This species may be only a colour-variety of 

 P. pentazona (Blgr,). 



9. Puntius pentazona (Blgr.). 



Barbtts pentazona Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) XIII. 1894, p. 248. 

 Barbus (Barbodes) pentazona Steindachner, Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Gesellsch. 

 XXV. 1901, p. 454. 



51(6) 

 D. 3.8; A. 3.5; L. 1.22— 25; L. tr. I . 



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Height 2'^/, — 3. Head 3-/5 — 3V3' 4'/3 — 5 '" length with caudal. 

 Eye 3, shorter than rounded not prominent snout and nearly 

 equal to interorbital width. Rostral barbels 74> maxillary barbels 

 I'/j diameter of eye. Third dorsal spine strong, ^3 length of 

 head with 18 to 20 strong serrae, the spine opposite to inner 

 ventral ray and equally distant from end of snout and caudal 

 fin. Longest ray of anaP/3 length of head. Three scales between 

 lateral line and base of ventrals. Brown above, yellowish 

 beneath, with 5 black bands completely encircling the body, 

 the first behind the pectorals, the second from the anterior 

 dorsal rays to behind the ventrals, the third above the anal, 



