188 INDIAN FRESH-WATER FISHES. 



formed by both lips, and having a free margin, 

 it is extended some distance posterior to the lower 

 jaw as in the genus Discognathus, from which 

 it essentially differs in that the sucker is completed 

 by the upper lip, so as entirely to surround the 

 opening of the mouth." 



Char. Barbels 4. Scales 35. Dorsal rays 8. Anal 

 6. ~No scales on the chest. 



A dark blotch under the dorsal fin, and a mark at 

 the base of the caudal. 



Hab. Probably Northern India, 3^ inches. 



Leuciscus rubripes, Jerdon. 



This may be a Easbora, or a Barilius. It was 

 described from a single species and requires redis- 

 covering. 



Hab. Bowany Eiver. • 6 inches. 



Description. Dorsal rays 9. Anal 9. Scales 45, 

 transverse 12. Barbels 2. Depth contained 4 times, 

 head 4 times in total. 



Mouth very slightly oblique. The dorsal arises 

 above the interspace between the ventral and anal 

 fins. Caudal fin lunate. Lateral lines bent down- 

 wards. 



Colours : green above, golden on the sides, silvery 

 beneath. Dorsal fin yellow, edged with black ; 

 pectorals yellow, ventral and anal white, tipped 

 with vermilion, caudal pink in the centre, yellow 

 externally. 



