46 INDIAN FRESH- WATER FISHES. 



museum with barbels ; aucl that the fish described 

 under this name by Dr. Giinther is a different species 

 which has no barbels at all ; (this fish will be found 

 described under the name Barbus stigma). 



Hab. Ponds in Bengal. 3 or 4 inches. 



Char. Scales 25, transverse 3^+4^. 



A black spot at the end of the tail on each side, a 

 dark blotch at the base of the dorsal fin, and a golden 

 spot on the gill-covers. 



12. Barbus jerdoni. 



Hab. Eivers below the Ghats, in Canara (Madras). 

 Char. Fins tipped with black. 

 Scales 28, transverse 6 + 4. Four rows between 

 the lateral line and the ventral fin. 



(b). Principal ray of the dorsal fin osseous , very 

 strong ', and toothed on the inner edge. 



13. Barbus spilopholis. 



Colours. Body silvery, fins red, head plates golden 

 tinted, eye light yellow, base of each scale above the 

 line slightly shaded. This fish is very oily, and I 

 should imagine on that account it would not be good 

 eating. Sometimes one or two of the rays of the anal 

 fin are produced into long filaments. 



Hab. I obtained a specimen at Hazareebagh. 

 (Bengal.) 



Char. Scales 46, transverse 9^+9-|-. 



Eight rows of scales between the lateral line and 

 the ventral fin. Head 4 times in total. 



