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25. Puntius sunieri n.sp. 



6 

 0.3.8; A. 3.6; P.I.I;; V. 1.8; L.I. 29 30; L.tr.jT. 



4l 

 Strongly compressed, elevated. Dorsal profile arched from 



snout to dorsal. Height 2.6, 3.3 in length with caudal. Head 4, 

 5.2 in length with caudal. Eye 3.6, about equal to snout and 

 nearly twice in somewhat flattened interorbital space. Snout 

 bluntly rounded, mouth terminal. Barbels 4, long, the maxillary 

 ones more than i ] / 2 diameter of eye, the rostral ones some- 

 what shorter. Origin of dorsal opposite to io th scale of lateral 

 line, about 2 scales behind that of ventrals, somewhat before 

 middle of a line connecting end of snout and base of caudal, 

 separated by 1 1 scales from occiput. Dorsal deeply emarginate; 

 the third osseous spine very strong, strongly denticulated behind 

 and somewhat shorter than head, its stiff portion about equal 

 to head without snout. Anal emarginate, its third, weak spine 

 equal to head without snout. Origin of anal below 17^ scale 

 of lateral line. Ventrals shorter than pectorals, nearly reaching 

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

 the outer rays prolonged, longer than head, reaching ventrals. 

 Caudal deeply forked, lobes pointed, much longer than head. 

 Least height of caudal peduncle somewhat more than once in 

 its own length, 1.6 in that of head, surrounded by 16 scales. 

 Silvery, upper surface darker, base of scales of upper half of 

 body darkish. Dorsal, caudal and pectorals with a dark hue. 

 A rather broad black band behind operculum. Length of single 

 specimen 287 mm. [Type of the species in the zoological 

 Museum of Amsterdam]. 



Habitat: North East Borneo (river Sedalit, affluent of 

 river Sambakung!). Named in honour of Dr. A. L. J. SUNIER. 



26. Puntius bulu (Blkr.). 



Systomus bulu Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie II. 1851, p. 207. 



Systomus (Systomtis} bulu Bleeker, Ichth. Arch. Ind. Prodr. II. Cyprini, 1860, p. 360. 



Puntius (Puntius} bulu Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. Ill, 1863, p. no. 



Barbus bulu Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 149. 



D. 4 .8; A. 3.5; P. 1.1618; V. 1.9; L.I. 37; L.tr.^T. 



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Compressed, elevated, dorsal profile from nape to dorsal 

 strongly ascending and slightly arched, from nape to end of 



