194 



Barbus orphoides Cuvier & Valenciennes, ibid. p. 193. 



Barbus rubripinnis Cuvier & Valenciennes, ibid. p. 194. 



Barbus sarananella Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. XXIII (1849) 1850, Ichth. Midden- 

 en Oost-Java p. 16. 



Barbtis rubripinnis Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie IX. 1855, p. 406. 



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

 i860, p. 337. 



Puntius (Barbodes} rubripinna Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. III. 1863, p. IOO. 



Barbus rubripinnis Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 116. 



Barbodes rubripinnis Jordan & Scale, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XXXIII. 1908, p. 538. 



551 



D.4.8; A. 3. 5; P. 1.1416; V. 1.8; L. 1.31 34; L.tr. i . 



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Body compressed, somewhat elevated. Dorsal profile from 

 snout to dorsal arched. Height about 2 ! / 2 to almost 3, more 

 than 3 3 ! / 2 in length with caudal. Head 3.2 to nearly 4, 4.2 

 to nearly 5 in length with caudal. Eye 4 6 in adult specimens, 

 shorter than snout, situated far below the upper profile of 

 the head, the interorbital space being very convex and nearly 

 twice the diameter of the eye. Snout obtuse. Barbels subequal, 

 equal to or longer than eye. Origin of dorsal opposite to 9 th 

 scale of lateral line, slightly behind that of ventrals, separated 

 by 10 or ii scales from occiput, before the middle of a line 

 connecting end of snout and base of caudal. Dorsal emarginate, 

 fourth spine strongly ossified, finely serrated behind by about 

 30 serratures; with its flexible part somewhat shorter than 

 head; its stiff portion somewhat more than postorbital part 

 of head. Anal nearly truncate, its height shorter than head 

 without snout. Ventrals shorter than pectorals, not reaching 

 anus, separated by 3 3 ! / 2 scales from lateral line. Pectorals 

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

 somewhat pointed, as long as or slightly longer than head. 

 Least height of caudal peduncle 1.6 in head, 1.2 1.3 in its 

 own length, surrounded by 16 scales. Scales with radiating 

 longitudinal lines, they may have nuptial, pearly tubercles. 

 Silvery, upper surface brownish, in young specimens a black 

 blotch near end of lateral line. Caudal with a broad blackish 

 marginal band above and below. Length 250 mm. 



Nomen indig.: Marotja, Marotjotja, Wadonon (Malay. 

 Batavia); Sisik-milik, Ampa (Sundan.); Brek, Pekkiseh, Lundjar, 

 Wader (Javan.). 



Habitat: Java (Batavia, Sunter !, Tjibitong, Bekassi !, Serang, 

 Rankasbetong, Tjampea, Buitenzorg, Banjumas, Purwuredjo, 



