39J: On a new Cyprinid Fish from Singapore. 



near its end ; third s.m. short and high ; second r. n. and 

 tliird t.-c. evanescent. Legs dark green basally, but broad 

 apices o£ femora and all the tibiae and tarsi ferruginous, the 

 hind tibiffi pallid at base. Apical plate of abdomen trans- 

 verse, broad, and short. 



Hab. Puruong, near Murray River, S. Australia [S. W. 

 Fulton). 



Perfectlj^ unique among the Australian species by the very 

 large head, with toothed cheeks. It belongs to the subgenus 

 Chloralictus. 



XLIII. — Description of a new Cyprinid Fish from Singapore. 

 By C. Tate Regan, M. A. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



Eashorichthys altior^ sp. n. 



Depth of body 3 in the length, length of head 4. Diameter 

 of eye 3 to 3^ in length of head, interorbital width 2|^ to 2|. 

 Mouth very oblique ; lower jaw included; maxillary ending 

 below nostrils. Pharyngeal teeth hooked, compressed, tri- 

 serial, 1.3. 5-5 .3.1. 36 to 38 scales in lateral line, 

 8 from origin of dorsal fin to lateral line, 4 from lateral line 

 to base of pelvic fin. Dorsal 9-10, with 7 branched rays; 

 origin equidistant from eye and base of caudal ; first branclied 

 ray longest, shorter than head; free edge straight or slightly 

 convex. Anal 18-20 ; origin behind end of dorsal ; free 

 edge straight or slightly emarginate. Pectoral f or ^ length 

 of head, nearly or quite reaching the 8-rayed pelvics. 

 Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle as long as deej). Oliva- 

 ceous above, silvery on sides, with or without dark stripes 

 along the series of scales. 



Singapore. 



Three specimens, 60 to 85 mm. in total length, the smallest 

 received from Herr J. Paul Arnold, the two larger ones from 

 Herr Hans Gaukel. 



R. helfyichiiy Bleck., from Borneo, the only other species of 

 the genus, is more slender (depth 4^ in the length) and has 

 fsmaller scales (55 in the lateral line). 



