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Nom. indig. : Kepiat (Djambi); Tjipo (Palembang). 



Habitat: Sumatra (Palembang !, Djambi!, Indragiri); Java 



(Ngawi) ; Borneo (river Kapuas; river Mahakam, Kota Bangun !). 



28. Puntius nini n. sp. 

 D. 4.8; A. 3.6; P. 1. 17; V. 1.9; L. 1.36+1 or 2 on caudal; 

 L. tr. ^^. 



Strongly compressed, oblong, very elevated. Dorsal profile 

 ascending nearly in a straight line from nape to dorsal, head 

 above eyes convex. Height 2, 2.6 in length with caudal. Head 

 3.5, about 4.5 in length with caudal. Eye large, 3.1- — ^3.3 in 

 head, situated for its greater part in the anterior half of the 





Fig- 75- Piiittitts n'liii n. sp. X Vs- 

 head, rather near to the upper profile, surrounded by a gela- 

 tinous membrane, somewhat longer than snout, but shorter 

 than somewhat convex interorbital space. Snout bluntly rounded, 

 mouth somewhat inferior. No barbels. Origin of dorsal oppo- 

 site to lOth or nth scale of lateral line, slightly behind origin 

 of ventrals, nearly opposite to the middle of a line connecting 

 end of snout and base of caudal and separated by about 13 

 scales from occiput. Base of dorsal in a scaly sheath. Dorsal 

 deeply emarginate, the fourth osseous spine strong, strongly 

 denticulated behind, with its flexible part much longer than 

 head. Base of anal in a scaly sheath. Anal deeply concave, 



