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obtusely pointed, '/, the length of head, projecting beyond 
the mouth; nasal barbel a little nearer to eye than to tip of 
snout, when laid back not quite reaching the eye; maxillary 
barbel extending to below the eye; occipital process three 
times as long as broad, separated by an interspace a little 
less than its own length from the basal shield of the dorsal 
spine; clavicular process extending to the middle of the pec- 
toral spine. Vomerine teeth in a curved uninterrupted band, 
with a pointed median posterior projection, extending back 
nearly as far as the lateral horns. Dorsal I. 7; spine very 
feebly serrated behind, nearly !/, the length of head. Adipose 
fin 17/, as long as the base of the dorsal and equal to its 
distance from the latter. Anal 14. Pectoral spine a little more 
than '/, the length of head; inner edge strongly serrated. 
Ventrals not quite reaching the origin of anal. Caudal forked. 
Caudal peduncle 2'/, as long as deep. Brownish, with two 
oblong pale areas, which may be confluent, on each side of 
the posterior part of the body above the lateral line; similar 
pale areas below the lateral line, confluent and meeting in 
the mid-ventral line; fins with blackish basal and intramarginal 
bands. Length of single specimen 190 mm. [After Regan, not 
seen by us]. 
Habitat: Borneo. 
11. Leiocassis breviceps Reg. 
Liocassis breviceps C. Tate Regan. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) XI. 1913, p. 551. 
Depth of body 47/,—5'/, in the length, length of head 4?/,—4*/,. 
Head nearly as broad as long. Diameter of eye 41/,—5 in the 
length of head. Snout broad, obtuse, '/, the length of head, 
scarcely projecting beyond the mouth; nasal barbel a little 
nearer to eye than to tip of snout, when laid back extending to 
the operculum; maxillary barbel extending to the middle of 
pectoral; upper surface of head, behind the orbits, naked, 
rugose; this bony area with straight transverse anterior edge; 
occipital process as long as broad, meeting the basal shield 
of the dorsal spine; supraclavicular plate small, not produced 
backwards. Teeth on the palate in a curved uninterrupted 
band, without posterior median process. Dorsal I. 6; spine 
weakly serrated behind, ?/, or */, the length of head. Adipose 
fin longer than the base of dorsal but shorter than its distance 
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