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^^. Puntius vittatus (Day). 



Barbus vittatus Day, Fishes of India 40, 1878— 1888, p. 582. 



This species is mentioned by Karoli (Termeszetrajzi Fiizetek 

 V. 1882, p. 34) from "Palabuan, Java." This is probably erro- 

 neous, as this species is otherwise known only from the 

 Indian Peninsula and Ceylon. 



19. Balantiocheiliis Bleeker. 



(Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie XX. 1859 — 1860, p. 430). 



Oblong, compressed. Snout prominent. Mouth slightly inferior, 

 horseshoe-shaped, upper jaw strongly protractile. Upper lip 

 swollen and crenulated, its anterior part partly covered by an 

 overhanging square fold of the snout, followed on each side 

 by a lower fold. Lower lip formed by a broad, smooth fold 

 of the skin, forming a pouch opening hindwards (Fig. 76 /). 



Fig. 76. Balantiocheilus melanopterus (Blkr.) X 'A- 



Left figure: mouth from below; right figure: snout, with the mouth protracted, 



/ lower lip, mouthopening, m maxillary. 



No barbels. Suborbital bones narrow. Dorsal with 8 — 9 branched 

 rays, with a scaly sheath at its base, its origin slightly behind 

 that of ventrals; its fourth osseous spine strong and strongly 

 denticulated behind. Anal with 5 branched rays. Scales moderate, 

 with fine, converging longitudinal lines; lateral line complete, 

 running in the middle of the tail, the tubes undivided. No 

 sensory folds on head. Gillmembranes united to isthmus oppo- 

 site middle of operculum. Pharyngeal teeth hooked and spoon- 

 shaped 5.3.2—2.3.5. 



