1 84 



lateral line, beginning somewhat before second band and nearly 

 reaching to the third. After BLEEKER and GONTHER the four 

 crossbands of their specimens blackish violet, edged with yellow. 

 Length 88 mm. 



Habitat: Singapore!; Borneo (river Kahajan and river 

 Kapuas). 



ii. Puntius fasciatus (Blkr.). 



Barbus fasciatus Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie V. 1853, p. 190. 



Systomus (Barbodes) fasciatus Bleeker, Ichth. Arch. Ind. Prodr. II. Cyprini, 



1860, p. 344. 



Puntius (Barbodes) fasciatus Bleeker. Atl. Ichth. III. 1863, p. 103. 

 Barbus fasciatus Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 122. 

 Barbus fasciatus Vaillant, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. (3) V. 1893, p. 78. 

 Barbus fasciatus Volz, Revue suisse de Zool. XII. 1904, p. 475. 



5 (4j) 



0.4.8; A. 3.5; P. 1.1416; V. 2.8; L.I. 27; L. tr. i . 



4* 



Compressed, oblong, dorsal profile nearly straight. Height 

 2.8 2.9, 3.7 in length with caudal. Head 3.5 3.6, 4.5 4.9 

 in length with caudal. Eye somewhat more than 3, nearly equal 

 to snout, slightly less than interorbital space. Snout somewhat 

 pointed, mouth terminal. Rostral barbels shorter than maxil- 

 lary ones, which are somewhat longer or more than twice longer 

 than eye. Origin of dorsal opposite to 9 th or io th scale of 

 lateral line and opposite to origin of ventrals, separated by 

 10 ii scales from occiput, about in the middle of a line con- 

 necting end of snout and base of caudal. Dorsal nearly truncate, 

 its fourth osseous spine very feeble and finely serrated behind, 

 somewhat shorter than head. Anal emarginate, much shorter 

 than head without snout. Ventrals separated by 3 to 4 scales 

 from lateral line, equal to pectorals, reaching anus. Pectorals 

 about equal to head without snout. Caudal forked, the lobes 

 pointed, somewhat longer than head. Least height of caudal 

 peduncle twice in head or nearly so, i ] / 2 or less in its own 

 length, surrounded by 12 scales. Colour yellowish brown. Body 

 with dark brown longitudinal bands, one in the lateral line, 

 3 above it and one or two below it and a median one on the 

 back. Length 120 mm. 



Nom. in dig.: Seluang maram (Djambi). 



Habitat: Sumatra (Muara kompeh, Djambi !, Lahat, Taluk !, 

 Gunung Sahilan!, affluent of river Kwantan, Upper Langkat); 



