Remarks on S. formosus by early authors
Valenciennes (in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846: 304), not having access to a specimen of S. formosus, gives a
summary of the characters described by Müller & Schlegel (1840-1845). The description of the colouration is not
copied from the original description, but based on his own observations of the colours of their figure (see Fig. 1).
Bleeker (1851: 436) described a specimen (222 mm TL) from the river Sambas, NW Borneo. After the
description he wrote [translated]: