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fin. Anal II[ 5, longest ray § to f length of head. Pectoral 

 about I length of head, not reaching ventral ; latter below 

 anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to If times as 

 long as deep. Scales 21-22 2f, 2^-3 between lateral line and 

 ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown on the back, 

 yellowish on the sides and below, the lateral scales brown at 

 tiie base ; two longitudinal dark brown streaks embracing 

 the 8 to 10 first scales of the lateral line ; four round black 

 spots on each side, the second higher up than the others, 

 just in front of the vertical of the origin of the dorsal fin, the 

 liiird below the second half of the dorsal fin and above the 

 lateral line, the fourtii at the base of the caudal fin and 

 traversed by the lateral line ; a more or less distinct dark spot 

 on each side of the vent ; fins white, a few small black spots 

 on the dorsal. 



Total length 100 mm. 



Gold (yoast. Several specimens from Ingogosu, collected by 

 the late Mr. E.. B. N. Walker. These have been confounded 

 by Dr. Giinther with B. irispihis, Blkr., which difiers in 

 the smaller scales and in the markings. 



Puntius {Barbodes) camptacantJius, Sauvage (Bull. Soc. 

 Zool. France, 1882, p. 322), nee Bleeker, is perhaps the 

 same fish. 



A mph ilius atesuen s is . 



Depth of body 5 to 6 times in total lengtli, length of head 

 4 to 4-^ times. Head a little longer than broad; eyes small, 

 in the middle of the length of the liead, 2^ or 3 diameters 

 apart ; interocular width | length of snout, which is broadly 

 rounded and projects a little beyond lower jaw ; posterior 

 nostril a little nearer eye than end of snout, prsemaxillary 

 teeth forming a crescentic band ; maxillary barbel as long as 

 head or a little longer, outer mandibular a little shorter than 

 head, inner mandibular about § length of head. Dorsal I 5-6, 

 equally distant from end of snout and from root of caudal, 

 first ray § to f length of head. Adipose j to -^ longer than 

 dorsal. Anal I 5-6, midway between root of ventral and 

 root of caudal. Pectoral slightly longer than ventral, a little 

 shorter than head. Ventrals below posterior rays of dorsal. 

 Caudal forked, with rounded lobes. Caudal peduncle a little 

 longer than deep. Brown above, speckled with darker, 

 whitish below ; six yellowish cross-bars on the back, the first 

 on the nape, the third just behind the dorsal fin ; fins whitish, 

 tlie dorsal with a transverse series of small black spots, the 



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