. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. FRESH-WATER FISHES OF SIAM, OR THAILAND 177 ventrals; dorsal rays iii, 7, last simple ray osseous and bearing about 12 fine denticulations on its posterior edge, longest branched ray slightly shorter than head; caudal fin longer than head, deeply forked, lobes pointed; anal rays ii, 5, longest about head; ventral rays i, 7, reaching origin of anal fin, in head; pectoral rays i, 9, as long as ventrals but not reaching ventral origin. Coloration: Silvery; a narrow blackish cross band on body halfway between eye and dorsal fin, the band
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. FRESH-WATER FISHES OF SIAM, OR THAILAND 177 ventrals; dorsal rays iii, 7, last simple ray osseous and bearing about 12 fine denticulations on its posterior edge, longest branched ray slightly shorter than head; caudal fin longer than head, deeply forked, lobes pointed; anal rays ii, 5, longest about head; ventral rays i, 7, reaching origin of anal fin, in head; pectoral rays i, 9, as long as ventrals but not reaching ventral origin. Coloration: Silvery; a narrow blackish cross band on body halfway between eye and dorsal fin, the band extending below the lateral line and nearly meeting its fellow on opposite side across back; a second similar band under origin of dorsal fin; a third shorter, double blackish band extending under posterior end of base of dorsal fin below lateral line; a fourth blackish band over posterior end of anal fin, still shorter and reaching below lateral line; a round black spot on caudal peduncle on each side of lateral line; a round blackish spot on each side of the dorsal fin anteriorly, partly on the fin and partly on the scaly base; a less distinct blackish spot at the base of the last 2 or 3 dorsal rays; a round blackish spot on side immediately above the anterior base of the anal fin; fins otherwise hyaline. / i^^. Figure 28.—Puntius sametensis, new species: Type ( No. 117755). Drawn by Mrs. Alice C. Mullen. Type.—A. specimen ( No. 117755), cm. long, collected July 19, 1928, in Nong Samet, a small lake in Southeastern Thailand near Chantabun. Remarks.—This species belongs in the group of small puntiid fishes, peculiar to Thailand, characterized by a single pair of barbels, a com- plete lateral line, large scales, and an osseous, denticulated simple dorsal ray, with the body marked by a single lengthwise row of dark. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration an
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