44 INDIAN FRESH-WATER FISHES. 



Head contained 3^ to 3 J times in the total length. 



2. Barbus hexastichus. 



Habitat. Assam and Himalayan streams. Grows 

 to 2\ feet in length = 10 or 121b. weight. 



Char. This fish differs from Barbus mosal in having 

 a smaller head, the length of which is contained 4| 

 times in the total length. Scales 24 to 28. 



3. Barbus carnaticus. 



Hab. Eivers along the base of the Neilgherries 

 and the Wynaad range of hills. Beaches 251b. 

 weight. 



Char. Head contained \.\ times in the total length. 

 Scales 30 to 32 (Day). 

 " 25 to 29 (Gimth.) 



4. Barbus chilinoides. 



Hab. Eivers of the Himalayas. 8 inches in length. 

 Char. Head contained 4 to 4^ times in the total. 

 Scales 32 to 35. Dorsal ray very stout. 



5. Barbus himalayanus. 



Hab. Ussun river, near Simla. Sylhet. 7 inches. 

 Char. Head contained 2f (?) times in the total. 

 Scales 32 to 34. Dorsal ray moderately strong. 

 Colour golden above, in the young a black mark 

 behind the gill openings. 



6. Barbus conirostris. 



This fish is described by Dr. Day as Barbus 

 mysorensls. I think it is perhaps better to adhere 

 to Dr. Gimther's name which has been, as it were, 

 stereotyped in the Catalogue of the British Museum. 



