i. Acrochordonichthys ischnosoma Blkr. 



Acrochordonichthys ischnosoma Bleeker, Ichth. Arch. Ind. Prodr. I. Siluri, 1858, 



p. 232. Atl. Ichth. II. 1862, p. 70. 

 Acrochordonichthys ischnosoma Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. V. 1864, p. 96. 



B. 6; D. I. 5; A. 10; P. I. 7; V. 6. 



Height 8 ! /3, greatest width 5 2 / 5 , head 5 in the total length. 

 Dorsal profile slightly convex. Nasal barbels scarcely surpassing 

 eye, maxillary barbels reaching operculum, mandibulary bar- 

 bels reaching base of pectoral spine, mental ones short. Occi- 

 pital process elongate, oval, more than twice longer than 



Fig. 149. 

 Acrochordonichthys pletirostigma Blkr. 



broad at its base, its point roun- 

 ded and nearly reaching the basal 

 bone of the dorsal spine, an 

 oval hollow at its base, distinctly 

 separated from the median fon- 

 tanel. Height of dorsal less than 

 twice its length, its strong spine 



2 times shorter than head, about as long as first ray. Anal 

 scarcely higher than long. Ventrals obtusely angulate, about 

 2 times shorter than pectorals. Pectorals slightly shorter than 

 head, their strong curved spine much longer than the dorsal 

 spine. Caudal slightly emarginate, about 6 ! / 4 in total length. 

 Greyish brown above, lighter below. Length of single specimen 

 known 115 mm. [After Bleeker, not seen by us]. 

 Nomen indig. : Kekel (Sundan.). 

 Habitat: Java (Parongkalong, river Tjitarum). 



