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flexible, gradually setaceous, reaching the anterior border of 

 the opercle; in the female rounded and rather stiff in their 

 proximal half, distally flattened into a rather thick broad 

 membrane, one border of which is split into 3 5 long 

 threads, the longest of which forms the end of the barbel 

 and reaches to the middle of the pectorals. Mandibulary 

 barbels far distant behind symphysis, extremely thin and 

 nearly as long as pupil. Anal ceases before caudal, which is 

 deeply forked, its lobes slightly pointed and shorter than 

 the head. Ventrals reaching to second anal ray, pectorals 



Fig. 85. Ileinisiliints moolenburghi n. sp. 9- n anterior, 

 ' posterior nostril. % n. s. 



which are slightly pointed and about ] /4 shorter than head, a 

 little farther. Villiform teeth in the upper jaw in two broad, 

 gently curved bands, the bands in the lower jaws are more 

 curved and narrowing laterally. Vomerine teeth in two oval 

 patches. 12 gillrakers, a little shorter than branchial filaments. 

 Upper half greyish, lower half bluish pearl-colour, pectorals, 

 ventrals and caudal more or less blackish, anal bordered with 

 black. Length more than 500 mm. 



Nomen indig. : Silung buda (Djambi). 



Habitat: Sumatra (river Batang Hari !). 



