324 REPORT ON FISHES. PART II: SISORIDAE AND CVrRINIDAE 



the Schi::(itlioracinac, particularly the different species of Schizothorax, more time had to be 

 devoted than I anticipated. Though all the sjjecies of the genus brought back by the I'Lxpe- 

 dition are referable to the already known forms from the Kashmir basin'), the specific 

 limits and the ranges of variation ;uni)ng these fishes are by no means easy to define. The 

 difitlculty is further accentuated by hybridisation in the Sclii::ollioraciiiac, as a result of 

 which even the limits of genera sijmetimes become obscure. 



The collection under report consists of 119 specimens," of which belong to the laniily 

 Sisoriihw and the rest to the Cyprinidnc. Among the ("yiirinids, 12 belong to the subtaniily 

 Cypriniiiac and 101 to the Schizothoracinac. This clearly indicates the great preijonderance 

 of the ScliicoHioracinac over other fishes in the Kashmir valley and in the portions of 

 Indian Tibet traversed by the lixpedition. 



So far as the present collection is concerned, the Kxpedition obtained specimens mainly 

 from (i) the lakes, rivers and channels in the Kashmir valley and (ii) from several rapid 

 running and torrential streams of the Upper Indus system in Indian Tibet at altitudes vary- 

 ing from 8,790 feet to 15,215 feet. 1 give below a complete list of the specimens with 

 their localities: 



Kashmir Valley: 

 Sisoridae: 



''*Glyptothoni.v kasluiiircnsis llora JlRJuni River, Sha(lii)ur (Sta. K 40). 



Cyprinidae: 



I.abco diplostoiiiHx (Heckel) Srinagar (Sta. K 7) ; Jlu-knn River, Pampur 



(Sta. K 10). 



Crossochihfs piiiijiibciisis Mukerji Srinagar (Sta. K7). 



Schizothorax longipinnis Heckel Channel, Manasbal Lake, Srinagar (Sta. K 48). 



Schizotlwrax csoc'mus Ifeckel Srinagar (Sta. K 7) ; Jhchiin Kiver, Srinagar 



Sta. K 14) ; Channel, Manasbal Lake, Srina- 

 gar (Sta. K48). 



*Scliiz(>lli()rtix plauifrons Heckel Canal to Dal Lake, Srinagar (Sta. K6) ; Dal 



Lake, Srinagar (Sta. Kll); Channel to 

 Manasbal Lake, Srinagar (Sta. K48). 



*ScIi!zolliorax inicropogon Ueckel Canal to Dal Lake (Sta. K6); Dal Lake, 



-Srinagar (Sta. Kll); Manasbal Lake, 

 Srinagar (Sta. K48) ; Kashmir. 



*Srliizothorax cttrvifrnns Heckel Srinagar (Sta. 7) ; Channel to Manasbal Lake, 



Srinagar (Sta. K48). 



Orcimis sinualns (Heckel) Jheliim River. Srinagar (.Sta. K 14) ; Jliehini 



River, Pampur (Sta. K 16) ; Rivers and 

 canals in Srinagar. 



Schizothonix Jahialns / Orchuts sinuatus Jheluni River, Srinagar (Sta. K14); Rivers 



and canals in Srinagar. 

 Schizothorax plauifrons :< Orciniis simtalns ..Main canal, Srinagar (Sta. 12) ; Jheluni River 



Srinagar (Sta. K 14) ; Channel to Manasbal 

 Lake, Srinagar (Sta. K48). 



'Heckel, J. J.: Fische aus Caschimr (Wien, 1838). 



" For keeping down the cost of transport some of the specimens of easily determined species were not sent for 

 report. 



'^Aii asterisk (*) against a species denotes that it is endemic in the Kashmir Valley. 



