48 INDIAN FRESH- WATER FISHES. 



17. Barbus immaculatus. 



This fish, seems scarcely to differ from the preced- 

 ing species, except that the number of the scales are 

 slightly greater. It may possibly be a variety of B. 

 sarana. 



Hab. Himalayan streams, 10 or 12 inches. 



Char. Scales 32 to 34. 



18. Barbus pinnauratus. 



Hab. E. Indus, Kurnool, and Malabar. 5 inches. 

 Char. Scales 27 to 29, transverse 6 + 5. 

 A dark spot on the side, about the 24th to the 28th 

 scales along the lateral line. 



19. Barbus roseipnmis. 

 Hab. Pondicherry. 4^ inches. 

 Char. Scales 22. 



Lower border of the caudal fin tinged with black. 



(c). The principal ray of the dorsal fin is flexible, and 



not serrated. 



20. Barbus spinulosus. 



Hab. Found near Darjeeling, in Sikkim, a Hima- 

 layan region. 



Char. Scales 32. 



Head contained 4 times in the total length. 



21. Barbus pulchellus. 



Hab. Canara district, Madras. Length of one speci- 

 men, 17^ inches. 



Char. Scales 30, transverse 6 + 5|. Four rows 

 between the lateral line and the ventral fin. 



