15 



Abdomen scaly, with exception of the space between the 

 pectorals. Scales of the belly smaller than the others and not 

 provided as- those with a strong keel. About 10 pharyngeal 

 teeth. Colour brownish above, lighter below, with about 6 

 obscure crossbands. Caudal brown, its upper lobe with two or 

 three oblique bands. Length 100 mm. [After Bleeker and 

 Giinther. Not seen by us). 



Nomen in dig. : Salusur (Sundan.). 



Habitat: Java (Batavia, Bandung); Sumatra (Lahat); Siam 

 (British Museum). 



10. Homaloptera ophiolepis Blkr. 



Homaloptera ophiolepis Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie IV. 1853, p. 160. - 



Ichth. Arch. Ind. Prodr. II. Cyprini. 1860, p. 90. Atl. Ichth. III. 1863, p. 18. 

 Homaloptera ophiolepis Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 342. 



D. 3.89; A. 2.5 6; P. 45.911.1; V. 2.8; L. 1.45 48. 



Height lO 1 ^ n'/j in total length. Head 6 7 in length 

 with caudal, its breadth i 1 ^ 1 ] / 2 in its length. Eyes 4^3 5 ! /2> 

 situated in the beginning of the posterior half of the head, 

 less than twice their diameter apart. Barbels subequal, equal 

 to eye or slightly longer. Origin of dorsal slightly before that 

 of ventrals, separated by about 15 scales from the occiput. 

 Dorsal acute, not or slightly emarginate, much higher than body. 

 Anal acute, not or slightly emarginate, not or only slightly higher 

 than body. Ventrals somewhat shorter than pectorals, not 

 reaching anal. Pectorals not reaching ventrals. Caudal deeply 

 emarginate, lobes acute, the lower the longer, 4 T / 2 5 in length. 

 Abdomen scaly, excepting the space between the pectorals. 

 Scales of belly smaller than the others, which are provided with 

 a very strong median keel, those of the anterior part of the body 

 with 2 or 4 short keels besides. Brownish above, lighter below. 

 Seven large round brown spots on the back, 4 of which behind 

 the dorsal. Sides with large brown roundish unequal spots. 

 Fins with brown crossbands. Length 124 mm. [Specimens of 

 Bleeker's collection seen by us in the Leyden Museum]. 



Nom. indig. : Salusur (Sundan.). 



Habitat: Java (Parongkalong, Bandung); Sumatra (Lahat) ; 

 Borneo (Mahakam river). 



ii. Homaloptera orthogoniata Vaill. 



Homaloptera bilineata Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) XIII. 1894, p. 251. 



(nee Blyth). 

 Homaloptera orthogoniata Vaillant, Notes Leyden Mus. XXIV. 1902, p. 122. 



