ARTICLE XVIII 



REPORT ON FISHES. PART II: SISORIDAE AND CYPRINIDAE 



By Dev Dev Mukerji, M.Sc. 



Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta 



(Published with permission uf tlie Director, Zoological Survey of In(Ha) 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 323 



Systematic Account 326 



Sisoridae : 



Glyptothorax kashinircnsis Hora 326 



Glyptostcrnum rcticiihituin McClelland 328 



Cyprinidae : 



Cyprininae : 



Laheo diplosfoimis (Heckel) 329 



Crossocliiliis piDijabciisis Mukerji 331 



Schizothoracinae : 



Scliicothorax labiatus (McClelland) 333 



Scliicotliorax longipiimis Heckel 334 



Schiaothorax csociniis Heckel 335 



Schiaothonix planifrons Heckel 340 



Schicothorax iincropoi^on Heckel 343 



Scliiaothorax curvifrons Heckel 346 



Orcinus sinuatus (Heckel) 347 



? Schisothorax labiatus x Orcinus sinuatus 350 



? Scliiaothomx planifrons x Orcinus sinuatus 351 



Schiaopygopsis stoliczkae Steindacliner 351 



Diptychus niaculatus Steindacliner 354 



Ptyclwbarbus conirostris Steindacliner 356 



INTRODUCTION 



Professor G. Evelyn Hutchinson, Biologist to the Yale North India Expedition, 

 entrusted to Dr. S. L. Hora of the Zoological Survey of India a representative collection 

 of fisiies made l)y the Ivxpedition in 1932 in various localities in the Kashmir valley and 

 Indian Til)et ( Ladak ) fur taxnnoniic study and rcpnrt. The collection comprises repre- 

 sentatives of the families Sisoriihw. Cypriniihic and Cobitidac. A report on the Cohitidac 

 is presented by Dr. Hora as Part I above, antl the collection of the Sisoridae and the 

 Cyprinidae was after a jjreliminary determination by him turned over to me for detailed 

 stud}- and report. 



Though the material came in my hands towards the latter ])art of 1934, it was not 

 possible for me tn take up the work l>efore the middle of 1935. I'urthermore, in studying 



Mf.m. Conn. Acah., Vol. X, Art. XVIII, June, 1936. 



