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Acrochordonichthys pleurostigma Bleeker, Ichth. Arch. Ind. Prodr. I. Siluri, 1858, 
p- 229. — Atl. Ichth. II. 1862, p. 68. 
Acrochordonichthys zonatus Bleeker, Ichth. Arch. Ind. Prodr. I. Siluri, 1858, 
p- 230. — Atl. Ichth. II. 1862, p. 69. 
Acrochordonichthys pleurostigma Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. V. 1864, p. 95. 
Acrochordonichthys zonatus Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. V. 1864, p. 95. 
PO Dr. fs A: 6 10> (Po 6—7- V.'6. 
Height 6'/,—7'/,, greatest width 4°/,—5, head about 5 in 
the total length. Dorsal profile nearly straight. Nasal barbels 
slightly longer than eye, maxillary barbels extending to front- 
border of operculum, mandibulary barbels not reaching gill- 
opening, mental barbels short. Occipital process triangular, 
bluntly pointed, about 1'/, times longer than broad at its base. 
Before its base a longitudinal groove, with a deep groove 
at both sides, distinctly separated from the median fontanel. 
Origine of dorsal above the middle of the pectorals, its height 
about equal to postorbital part of head, its spine somewhat 
longer. Anal of about the same height, ventrals reaching anal, 
somewhat shorter than postorbital part of head. Pectorals as 
long as head from anterior nostril, their spine of about the 
same length, much longer than the dorsal spine. Caudal slightly 
emarginate, about ?/, of head. Least depth of caudal peduncle 
more than thrice its length. Yellowish or brownish, with a 
narrower or broader blackish band round the body below the 
dorsal, which may extend to the hinderhalf of the tail (A. 
zonatus). In some specimens (A. pleurostigma) a series of several 
rounded yellow spots along the sides. Length 100 mm. [Speci- 
mens of A. zonatus and A. pleurostigma of Bleeker’s collection 
in the Leyden Museum examined by us]. 
Nomen indig.: Kékel, Kechkel (Mal. Batav. and Sundan.). 
Habitat: Java (Batavia, Buitenzorg!, Menes, Parongkalong). 
4. Acrochordonichthys melanogaster (Blkr.). 
Pimelodus melanogaster Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indié, VII. 1854, p. 89. 
Acrochordonichthys melanogaster Bleeker, Ichth. Arch. Ind. Prodr. I. Siluri, 1858, 
p- 224. — Atl. Ichth. II. 1862, p. 67. 
Acrochordonichthys melanogaster Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. V. 1864, p. 94. 
Bao Pe Goer es ber. 7s Ve. 6. 
Height 67/,, greatest width 4, head 4*/, in total length. 
Dorsal profile convex, only on the vertex slightly concave. 
Nasal barbels not or slightly extending beyond eye, maxillary 
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