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2. Mystacoleucus padangensis (Blkr.) [Fig. 48, p. ioS]. 



Capocta padangensis Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie III. 1852, p. 593. 

 Systomus (Capoeta) padangensis Bleeker, Ichth. Arch. Ind. Prodr. II. Cyprini, 1860, 



P- 353- 



Puntius (Capoeta) padangensis Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. III. 1863, p. 107. 

 Mystacoleucus padangensis Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 206. 

 Mystacoleucus (Puntius) padangensis Max Weber, Zool. Ergebn. Heft 2, 1894, 



p. 423. 

 Mystacoleucus padangensis Max Weber & de Beaufort, In Maass : Durch Zentral- 



Sumatra II. 1912, Fische p. 531. 



ji 



0.4.8(9); A. 3.8; P. i. 14 15; V. 2.9; L.I. 37 39;L.tr. j_. 



5 

 Oblong, profile from snout to dorsal slightly arched. Height 



about 3^, about 4 ! / 2 in length with caudal. Head 4.5, more 

 than 5 in length with caudal. Eye nearly 3, equal to inter- 

 orbital space and slightly longer than rounded and somewhat 

 prominent snout. Mouth normal. A small barbel at corner of 

 mouth, which may be wanting on one or both sides. Origin 

 of dorsal opposite to middle of line connecting end of snout 

 and base of caudal and to I2th or 13^ scale of lateral line as 

 well as to origin of ventrals. Dorsal slightly concave, separated 

 by 12 scales from occiput; its strong, and strongly denticulated 

 fourth spine shorter than head. Anal nearly truncate, its weak 

 spine about half length of head. Ventrals about equal to pecto- 

 rals, not reaching anus, separated by 3 scales from lateral line. 

 Pectorals shorter than dorsal spine. Caudal deeply emarginate, 

 lobes pointed. Least height of caudal peduncle about twice in 

 head. 18 scales round caudal peduncle, 9 of which above the 

 lateral lines. Scales with concentric lines. Lateral line with a 

 curve downwards, running along middle of tail. Colour silvery. 

 Fins hyaline, more or less dusky, anterior border of dorsal 

 and hindmargin of caudal blackish. Length 116 mm. 



Nomen indig. : Bako (Malay. Sumatra). 



Habitat: Sumatra (Padang, Solok!, Lake Singkarah !, Lake 

 Manindjau!, river Kwantan, Taluk!). 



8. Ctenopharyngodon Steindachner. 



(STEINDACHNER, Ichth. Mitth. IX. in Verhandl. zool. bot. Ges. Wien 

 XVI. 1866, p. 782). 



Elongate, head broad, anteriorly depressed. Dorsal fin short, 

 with 7 branched rays, its spines weak, without serration, its 

 origin slightly in advance of that of the ventrals, its base 



