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 20. Puntius huguenini (Blkr.). 



Barbus huguenini Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie IV. 1853. p. 294. 

 Systomus {Barbodes) Huguenini Bleeker, Ichth. Arch. Ind. Prodr. II. Cyprini, 



i860, p. 332. 

 Puntius {Barbodes) Huguenini Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. III. 1863, p. 98. 

 Barbus huguenini Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 120. 



D.4.8; A. 3.5; P. r.14— 15; V. 2.7—8; L. 1. 30—32; L. tr. I . 



Strongly compressed, back convex, profile of neck and head 

 sloping downward nearly in a straight line. Height 2.5 — 2.7, 

 3,3 — 3.6 in length with caudal. Head rather small, 4.3 — 4.7, about 

 5.7 — 6.3 in length with caudal. Eye 3.2 — 4.6, equal to or conspi- 

 cuously shorter than snout, 1.2 to more than twice in interorbital 

 space. Rostral and maxillary barbels subequal and about equal to 

 or longer than diameter of eye. The origin of the dorsal is a 

 little behind the vertical from that of the ventrals, midway 

 between the end of the snout and the root of the caudal and 

 separated by 10 scales from occiput. Dorsal acute, its height 

 somewhat more or equal to length of head ; its osseous ray is 

 strong with the serrature very conspicuous and rather coarse, the 

 denticulations being numerous and closely set, and with the stiff 

 portion being longer than the head without snout. Anal acute, 

 emarginate, its height not much less than that of dorsal. Pectorals 

 and ventrals subequal; in the large specimen the outer ventral 

 rays prolonged and reaching anus ; pectorals slightly shorter 

 than head. There are two and a half to three longitudinal 

 series of scales between the lateral line and the root of the 

 ventral fin. Caudal deeply incised, its lobes acute, much longer 

 than head. Least height of caudal peduncle about equal to 

 its own length, 1.4 — 1.7 in length of head, surrounded by 14 

 scales. Silvery, back darker, base of scales with a transverse 

 narrow band. Length 460 mm. [The type of the species of 

 176 mm. length as also a specimen of 460 mm. length from 

 lake Korintji, both in the British Museum, have been seen by us]. 



Habitat: Sumatra (river Ombilin ! and lake Korintji!). 



21. Puntius orphoides (C. V.). 



Barbus rubripinna van Hasselt, Algem. Konst- en Letterbode 1823, II. p. 132 



(no description). 

 Barbus gardonides Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons XVI. 1842, p. 157 



(p.p. spec, javan. tantum). 

 Indo-australian fishes III. 13 



