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nearly reaching anus, their origin opposite to I2th or 13111 scale 

 of lateral line and to y^ branched ray of dorsal, separated 

 by $^l.^ scales from lateral line. Pectorals equal to head. Least 

 height of caudal peduncle about i ^j^ in length of head and in 

 length of caudal peduncle, surrounded by 12 scales. Caudal 

 forked, much longer than head. Silvery, back brownish, a faint 

 silvery band above lateral line. Length 128 mm. [Type of the 

 species in the zoological Museum of AmsterdamJ. 

 Habitat: Sumatra (Fort de Kock !). 



3. Crossochilus cobitis (Blkr.). 



Lobocheilos cobitis Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie V, 1853, p. 523. 

 Crossocheilos {Crossochcilichthys) cobitis Bleeker, Ichth. Arch. Ind. I'rodr. II. 



Cyprini, i860, p. 125. — Atl. Ichth. III. 1863, p. 40. 

 Crossochilus cobitis Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 73. 

 Crossochilus cobitis Popta, Notes Leyden Mus. XXVII. 1906, p. 120. 



I? 



D. 3.8; A. 3.5; P. 1. 14; V. 1.8; L. 1. 32—34; L. tr. 2;. 



5? 



Height nearly equal to length of head. Head \^\^, s'/a — 5'74 

 in length with caudal. Eye 3 or somewhat more, "'/^ of the 

 length of the snout and i'/4 — i '/s i^^ ^^e interorbital space. 

 A pair of rostral and maxillary barbels, the rostral ones the 

 longer, but much smaller than the eye. Dorsal emarginate, about 

 as high as the body, separated by 8 — 9 scales from occiput. 

 Anal emarginate, much lower than dorsal. Ventrals slightly 

 shorter than pectorals, not reaching anal, their origin separated 

 by 3 scales from lateral line. Pectorals 5^4 — 6 in length, not 

 reaching ventrals. Caudal deeply incised, 4 in length, much 

 longer than head. Margaritaceous, dark above. A silvery band 

 runs along the side, in the middle of which sometimes runs a 

 dark streak. A round blackish spot on the end of the lateral 

 line. Length 148 mm. 



N o m. i n d i g. : Lukas (Malay. Batavia) ; Pedang Laran (Bulit). 



Habitat: Sumatra (Padang) ; Java (Batavia, Surabaya); 

 Borneo (river Kapuas: river Bongan, Bulit, river Bo affluent 

 of river Mahakam). 



4. Crossochilus langei Blkr. 



Crossocheilos {Crossochcilichthys) Langei Bleeker, Ichth. Arch. Ind. Trodr. II. 



Cyprini, i860, p. 127. — Atl. Ichth. III. 1863, p. 41. 

 Crossochilus latigii Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 74. 



