352 REPdkT ON FISHES. I'ART II: SISORIDAE AND CYPRINIUAE 



1916. Sclii:iopyi^of^sis slolicchac, N'incitvuerra, ./)/)). ^[us. Civ. Slor. \'al. Geneva, XLVIT, p. 143. 

 1932. ScUhot>yi^opsts stolkckiie, Berg (in part), Poiss. dcs liaii.v Doiici'S dc !'U. R. S. S. (3rcl 



ed.), pt. i, p. 473. 

 1935. Scliicopy};of^sis slolicskae, Hora and Wukerji, in J'isscr's Karahontiii, I, j). 434, pi. iii, 



figs. 1-4." 



Aniont^ the Schizothdracinae of Central Asia Sclii.zopyi^opsis stolicckac is one of the 

 most variable forms, particularly in regard to size and the proportions of the height of the 

 body, and of the length, breadth and the height of the liead in relation to the length of the 

 body. The diameter of the eyes in proportion to tlie length of the head is also considerably 

 variable. The species is generally uniform in colouration, but spotted and l)lotched forms 

 are not rare. In view of considerable variations of a nmnber of characters — which again 

 are not infrecpiently inconstant even in series of si)ecimens from any ])articular area — a very 

 wide interpretation has been given to i". stolic::ktu' by certain authors, while others form 

 restricted groups of e.xtremc and intermediate variations which may almost be regarded as 

 distinct taxonoiuic entities. 



In I'Ul, Stewart {op.cit.), while reporting the species from various localities (from 

 11,500 ft. to 15,000 ft.) lietween the Chumbi valley and the town of CJyantse in the TiU-tan 

 province of Tsang,'^ took opportunity of e.xamining the extensive collection of S. stolic.^kur 

 preserved in the Indian Museum. Liesides s])ecimens from various localities, the Indian 

 Milium colifction includes tlie topotyijcs of tiie species wiiich were obtained by Dr. 

 Stoliczka from the Pamirs and Ladak during Sir ]>niglas Forsyth's Mission to \'ark:ni(l in 

 1873-74, as also those of i". sc-^'crcowi from the I'amris. 



Uerzenstein's species, A\ sc2'cr::o7in, may be superficially separated from S. stt'lic::kae 

 l)y its somewhat smaller size (dwarf), flattened lower surface of tiie head instead of Ijeing 

 curved, and by the position of its mouth which is somewhat overhung by the snout and 

 is more terminal than ventral. iUit Stewart has shown, after a \ery detailed analysis of 

 the so-called characteristics of the two forms that all i)rol)al)le gradations exist between the 

 typical form of stolicckae and the sei'cr::oiin type, so much so that specific distinction seems 

 hardly justifiable. 



In this connection mention may also Ik- made of the Seistan form of stulircknr reported 

 by .Annandale and I lora.'"' In all probability this is yet anotluT dwarf race, distinct Iroin 

 both the typical slolicskac and scz'crcoun. Recently, while ilealing with the material obtained 

 by the Netherland Karakorum b'xpedition, Hora and Mukerji'" have intlicated, after thor- 

 oughly examining the entire collection of S. stolicckar in the Indian Museum, that l)oth 

 severzowi and the Seistan form should Ik.- considered at least as separate subspecific forms. 

 But unless further material from tin- Pamirs and .Seistan l)ecome available, no definite 

 conclusions are possible. 



The Yale North India Expedition obtained 17 specimens from the fnlldwing localities 

 in June-August, 1932, which, in my o])inion, are .'dl referable to the typical form of stoliczkae. 

 The specimens are of variable sizes, the largest one from .S])itnk being about 300 mm. long 

 excluding the caudal fin. 



" "The province of Tsang lies roughly iiortli of Sikhim and Nepal and imiudi-s the di.strirt from Tang-la to 

 Gyantse and Shigatse." 



"Annandale, N., and Hora, S. L.: Rec. Intl. Mus., XVIII, pp. 173, 174, figs. 7a, 7h, 7c (1920). 

 "Hora, S. L., and Mukerji, D. D. : in Visser's Karakorum, I, pp. 434, 435, pi. iii. 



