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not reaching ventrals. Caudal emarginate, lobes rounded, shorter 

 than or about equal to head. Least height of caudal peduncle 

 1.8 to nearly twice in head, much less than its own length, sur- 

 rounded by 12 scales. Scales with longitudinally radiating striae. 

 Silvery, upper surface brownish, a triangular black blotch on the 

 top of the head. A broad band descending from back to pectorals, 

 a second tapering one descending from base of dorsal to 

 ventrals; a longitudinal black band along the middle of the 

 tail. There may be an anterior longitudinal band between the 

 two crossbands. Often a black spot above base of anal. 

 Length 180 mm. 



Nomen indig. : Dokkum (Sundan.). 



Habitat: Sumatra (Sungei Putih near Serdang!, Air Runding 

 in Padangsche Benedenlanden !, Ravin of Arau !, Si-Djundjung!, 

 Solok, Lahat, Benkulen, Telok Betong, river Semangus, affluent 

 of river Musi, Sungei Sunkaka, Sungei Mahe, Upper Langkat, 

 Deli); Singapore; Java (Batavia, Buitenzorg, Tjampea, Sading- 

 wetan, Tjipanas) ; Borneo (Bangkajang, Seminis, Lumar, Danau 

 Sriang, Senah); Banka; Biliton; Singkep !. Malacca. 



7. Puntius everetti (Blgr.). 



Barbus Everetti Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) XIII. 1894, p. 248. 



3i 

 D.4.8; A. 3.5; P. 1.13; V. 1.7; L.I. 22 25; L. tr. j_. 



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Height 2.1, 3.7 in length with caudal; head 3.7, 4.7 in length 



with caudal. Eye 4.2, 1.6 in interorbital space, 1.4 in snout, 

 which is rounded and not prominent. Rostral barbels i 2 / 3 to 

 twice as long as diameter of eye, a little shorter than maxil- 

 lary barbels. Origin of dorsal opposite to that of ventrals 

 and to 8th scale of lateral line, separated by 9 scales from 

 occiput. Fourth dorsal spine rather feeble, with 17 22 serrae, 

 its stiff portion about half length of head, with its flexible 

 portion about equal to head without snout. Height of anal a 

 little more than half length of head. Ventrals slightly shorter 

 than pectorals ; separated by 2 scales from 8th scale of lateral 

 line. Pectorals longer than head without snout. Caudal forked, 

 about equal to length of head. Least height of caudal peduncle 

 1.7 in head, 1.2 in its own length, surrounded by 12 scales. 

 Brown above, yellowish beneath ; a black bar across the nape, 

 a short longitudinal black streak on each side of the anterior 



