part of the body. Five round black spots on each side, two 

 above the lateral line and two below it above the ventral and 

 anal, which may be united to not well marked crossbars. The 

 fifth spot on the lateral line a little in front of the base of 

 the caudal; dorsal and anal tipped with blackish. Total length 

 100 mm. [Type of the species in the British Museum seen by us]. 



Habitat: Singapore; Poeh, Sarawak (Borneo); Bunguran 

 Island. 



Note. This species is near to Puntius tetrazona (Blkr.), from 

 which it chiefly differs by the number of scales of the linea 

 transversalis and by only 2 scales instead of 3 between origin 

 of ventrals and lateral line. It has also some affinity to P. late- 

 ristriga (C.V.). It may be possible that it is a hybrid between 

 the lastnamed species and P. tetrazona (Blkr.). 



8. Puntius hexazona (M. Web. & de Bfrt.). 



Bdrbus (Barbodes) hexazona Max Weber & de Beaufort, In Alfr. Maass: Durch 

 Zentral-Sumatra, II. 1912, Fische, p. 527. 



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D. 4.8; A. 3.5; P. 1.14; V. 1.8; L.I. 23 25; L. tr. j_. 



4l 



Oblong, dorsal profile strongly arched, with a slight conca- 

 vity above the nape. Height 2.3 2.4, 3 or somewhat more 

 in length with caudal. Head 3.2 3.4, 4.3 4.4 in length with 



Fi g- 73- Puntius hexazona (M. Web. & de Bfrt.) X I V-2- 



caudal. Eye about 3, about equal to snout and interorbital 

 space. Barbels longer than eye. Origin of dorsal opposite to 

 8 th or Qth scale of lateral line, somewhat behind origin of 

 ventrals, in the middle of a line connecting end of snout and 

 base of caudal, separated by 9 scales from occiput. Dorsal 



