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13. Puntius microps (Gthr.). 



Barbus viicrops Giiiither, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 124. 



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D. 4.8; A. 3.5; P. 1. 15 — 16; V. 1.8; L. 1. 26; L. tr. i. 



Oblong. Dorsal profile evenly convex from snout to dorsal, 

 or with a slight elevation behind nape. Height 3.4 — 3.7, 4.2 — 4.6 

 in length with caudal. Head 3.7 — 3.8, 4.6 in length with caudal, 

 its upper profile strongly ascending. Eye 4.6 to nearly 5, 

 about I '/a in snout, which is pointed and somewhat prominent 

 and equal to interorbital space. The upper lip overlapping the 

 lower one. Lips rather thin, continuous. Barbels subequal, the 

 maxillary ones about twice as long as the eye. Origin of 

 dorsal opposite to 8* scale of lateral line and to origin of 

 ventrals, separated by 9 — 10 scales from occiput, conspicuously 

 before the middle of a line connecting end of snout and base 

 of caudal. Dorsal truncate, its fourth osseous spine denticulated 

 behind, with its flexible portion longer than head without 

 snout. Anal truncate, its height about twice in length of head. 

 Ventrals shorter than pectorals, not reaching anus, separated 

 by 2 '/a to 3 scales from lateral line. Pectorals not reaching 

 ventrals, about equal to distance between nostrils and hind- 

 border of operculum. Caudal bifurcate, the lobes somewhat 

 rounded, shorter than head. Least height of caudal peduncle 

 somewhat more or less than twice in length of head, more 

 than i^/., in its own length, surrounded by 12 scales. Scales 

 with faint longitudinal lines, often anastomising near their base. 

 Colour silvery, upper surface brownish. Length 125 mm. [Type 

 of the species in the British Museum seen by. us]. 



Habitat: Java (subterraneous river in cave Djomblang near 

 Gunung Sewu in Djocja!). GiJNTHER gives as locality for the 

 types: ^Java?". 



Some of the specimens from the above named cave, col- 

 lected by Mr. E. JaCOBSON, have lost one or both eyes, pro- 

 bably through mutilation by Crustacea. 



14. Puntius binotatus (C.V.) 



Barbus tnaculaitis van Ilasselt, Algem. Konst- en Letterbode 1823, II. p. 132 



(no description). 

 Barbus bijiotatiis Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons XVI. 1842, p. 168. 

 Barbus maculattis Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons XVI. 1842, p. 195. 

 Barbus oresigenes Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Gen. XXIII. (1849) 1850, Bijdr, Ichth. 



Midden- en Oost Java, p. 17. 



