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 3- Labeobarbus tambroides Blkr. 



Labeobarbus tambroides Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie VII. 1854, p. 92. 

 Ichth. Arch. Ind. Prodr. II. Cyprini 1 860, p. 386. Atl. Ichth. III. 1863, p. 77. 

 Barbus tambroides Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1 868, p. 133. 

 Barbus tambroides Volz, Revue Suisse Zool. XII. 1904, p. 476. 

 Barbus tambra Popta, Notes Leyden Mus. XXVII. 1906, p. 141 (nee C.V.). 

 Barbus tambroides Popta, ibid. p. 144. 



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 D. 3.9(10); A. 3.5; P. 1.1516; V. 2.8; L. 1. 2324; L. tr. _i_. 



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Height 3 to more than 3, 4 or somewhat more in length 

 with caudal. Head about 3.6 3.8, 4.6 5 in length with caudal. 

 Eye 4 5, i ! / 2 or more in snout, i ! / 2 to 2 in interorbital 

 space. Lips broad, swollen, thick, continuous, the upper one 

 generally with an anterior lobe, the lower one with a long 

 free median lobe, which reaches to a line connecting the corners 

 of the mouth. Maxillary barbels somewhat longer than the 

 rostral ones, slightly or much longer than eye. Origin of dorsal 

 about in the middle between end of snout and root of caudal, 

 separated by 8 or 9 scales from occiput, opposite to 7 th scale 

 of lateral line and slightly before origin of ventrals. Dorsal 

 concave, third spine strong, osseous, about i l j 5 in head, its 

 stiff portion as long as the head without snout. Anal truncate, 

 depressed not reaching caudal, its height somewhat less than 

 that of the dorsal. Ventrals as long as height of anal, not 

 reaching anus, separated by 2 scales from lateral line. Pectorals 

 slightly shorter than height of dorsal. Caudal deeply forked, 

 its lobes pointed, the lower one the longer, equal to or longer 

 than head. Least height of caudal peduncle about i'/ 2 times 

 in its length, surrounded by 12 scales. Silvery, back dark, as 

 also the fins. Length to 700 mm. 



Nom. indig. : Tambra and Hampal (Sundan.); Njarem and 

 Tekla (Bo) ; Garing or Gadji (Singkarah). 



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

 Manindjau, Pajakombo, Si-Djundjung!, Benkulen, Lahat, Upper 

 and Lower Langkat); Java (Tjampea, Buitenzorg, Tjipanas, 

 Banjubiru, Ngantang); Borneo (river Kapuas, river Bo, affluent 

 of river Mahakam; Sarawak [British Museum]. 



4. Labeobarbus douronensis (C.V.). 



Barbus douronensis Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons XVI. 1842, p. 187. 

 Barbus douronensis Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie VII. 1854, p. 91. 



