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Nomen indig.: Wakkal (Java), Rios tjaring (Banjermassin), 
Lantjang (Mahakam), Juara (Djambi). 
Habitat: Java (Surakarta, Wonogiri, Kediri!, Gempol, 
Surabaya!); Sumatra (Djambi!); Borneo (rivers Kapuas, Barito, 
Mahakam !). ‘ 
In rivers. 
DorDitiules pecies: 
‘About Pangasius delicatissimus Blkr., recorded by Bleeker 
in';a note on p. 73, Atlas ichthyologique II, 1862, from 
Krawang, Java, nothing else is known besides his very short 
description after a drawing, made by an artist of the former 
,Commission for natural history research in Netherlands India”’. 
The ,bandelette nacrée qui commence sur le museau, monte 
vers la tempe et suit la courbure du dos jusque pres de la 
nageoire caudale” which distinguishes it according to Bleeker 
from all other species of Pangasius, exists, after our obser- 
vation, also in P. macronema. 
6. Fam. BAGARIDAE. 
Dorsal fin short, with a pungent spine and 6—7 soft rays, 
placed anteriorly on the trunk in advance of the ventrals. 
Adipose fin equal to anal and opposite to it. Lower surface 
of head and abdomen flat. Paired fins horizontal. Pectorals 
with a pungent spine. Ventrals 6-rayed. Caudal forked. Eyes 
subcutaneous. Anterior and posterior nostrils placed close 
together, a membranaceous fold with a short nasal barbel 
between them. Mouth transverse or crescentic, at the lower 
side of the snout, the upper jaw being prominent. Eight 
barbels, a pair of small nasal ones, maxillary pair with a stiff 
base, a mandibulary and a mental pair in a curved or trans- 
verse line. Palate edentulous. Small teeth, sometimes mixed 
with larger ones, in bands on the jaws. Gillmembranes con- 
fluent with the isthmus or free. 5—12 branchiostegals. 
Hey to they enera: 
I. A thoracic adhesive apparatus between the pectorals 
composed of longitudinal plaits of the skin. ..... Glyptosternum p. 263. 
Il. No adhesive apparatus. 
A. Head compressed, gillmembranes confluent with 
