. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 180 BULLETIN 188, UNITED STATES NATIONAL mUSEUM single specimen, cm. long, in the Deignan collection was taken in the gorge of the Mecliem by A. R. Buchanan and P. D. Harrisson in July 1035. Ditt'erences from the type are explainable by diti'erence in size; lateral line scales 29, scales in transverse series to base of ventral fin or 3, predorsal scales 10, circumpeduncular scales 14; pectorals reaching to ventrals; barbels equal to or slightly longer than eye, tip of dorsal and tips of caudal lobes blackish. The re- cording of
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 180 BULLETIN 188, UNITED STATES NATIONAL mUSEUM single specimen, cm. long, in the Deignan collection was taken in the gorge of the Mecliem by A. R. Buchanan and P. D. Harrisson in July 1035. Ditt'erences from the type are explainable by diti'erence in size; lateral line scales 29, scales in transverse series to base of ventral fin or 3, predorsal scales 10, circumpeduncular scales 14; pectorals reaching to ventrals; barbels equal to or slightly longer than eye, tip of dorsal and tips of caudal lobes blackish. The re- cording of the pharyngeal teeth in the type as 5, 3, that is, in two rows, indicates a defect or an abnormality, as the teeth in this genus are normally triserial. PUNTIUS FAUCIS, new species • Figure 30 Description.—Both head and body strongly compressed; depth in standard length; least depth of caudal peduncle about 2 in head and in its length; head equal to depth of body; eye 3 in head, equal to interorbital space, and slightly more than snout; mouth small, oblique, lower jaw shorter, maxillary reaching opposite nos- trils; rostral and maxillary barbels subequal and about diameter of Figure 30.—Puntius faucis, new species: Type ( 119497). Drawn by Mrs. Alice C. Mullen. Squamation: Scales in lateral line 33, in transverse series , between lateral line and base of ventral fin , predorsal 12, circum- peduncular 14. Fins: Dorsal rays iii, 8, last simple ray osseus and nondenticulated; first branched ray somewhat shorter than head; origin of dorsal a little closer to base of caudal than to tip of snout, over tenth scale of lateral line; caudal longer than head, deeply forked, lobes pointed; anal rays iii, 5; ventrals not reaching anal opening; pectorals slightly longer than ventrals, not reaching ventral base, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - color
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