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the rows of scales. Fins, especially the vertical ones, with 

 dark margins. Length 280 mm. 



Nomen indig. : Teban galang, Bettet (Palembang); Semu- 

 mul (Djambi). 



Habitat: Sumatra (Palembang, Djambi!); Borneo (river 

 Kapuas: Pontianak, Bunut !, river Barito : Banjermassin). Siam. 



2. Amblyrhynchichthys altus Vaill. 



Amblyrhynchichthys altus Vaillant, Bull. Soc. Zool. de France, XVIII. 1893, 

 p. 59. Nouv. Arch. Mus. (4) V. 1893, p. 81. 



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0.3.8; A. 3.8; V. 1.9; L.I. 36; L. tr. j[. 



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Elevated, compressed. Height 2 ! / 3 , nearly 3 in length with 

 caudal. Head 3.7, 4.5 in length with caudal. Eye 2.6, equal 

 to interorbital space, ! / 4 longer than snout. Dorsal spine den- 

 ticulated behind, probably equal to half height of body. Ventrals 

 separated by 5 scales from lateral line. Length of single 

 specimen 96 mm. (After VAILLANT, not seen by us). 



Habitat: Borneo (river Kapuas). 



6. Albulichthys Bleeker. 



(BLEEKER, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie XX. 18591860, p. 430). 



Oblong, strongly compressed. Mouth terminal, lateral, snout 

 convex. Lips thin, continuous, the upper one partly covered 

 by a rostral fold, which contains the maxillaries. Postlabial 



Fig. 47. Albulichthys albuloides (Blkr.). (After Bleeker) X 2 /s- 



groove not continuous, laterally only developed. No barbels. 

 Eyes with a broad annular adipose eyelid. Dorsal short, with 



