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Fins — Dorsal arises midway between the snout and tho base of the caudal ; ventral under the 

 commencement of tho dorsal : whilst tho anal is situated entirely in tho posterior third of the total 

 length. Pectoral large, the internal rays forming a broad spine, with a flattened extremity inter- 

 nally, and terminating externally in a soft filamentous and articulated prolongation : the flat portion 

 of the spine, which is only about half tho length of the soft rays, lies against the sido when the 

 fin is at rest. The anal with the first ray undivided, and the last divided to the root. Caudal 

 slightly lobed. 



Scales — Very distinct over the whole of the body and cheeks. None on the summit of the 

 head. 



Lateral Hue — Straight. 



Coloui's — Light brown with irregular spots and bands. Dorsal spotted with brown. Caudal 

 with four oblique bars of dark brown, and a brown bar at its base. 



Habitat — Trichoor, near Cochin, on the Malabar coast. 



Fam. CYPRINOIDES, Meeker. 

 Sub-Fam. LABEONINI, Meeker. 



Group garr,e. 



Genus GARKA, Ham. Buck. 



Discognathus, Hechel. 



Discognathichthys et Lissorhynchus, Bleeker. 



Branchiostegals, three : pseudobranchise. Body elongated, subcyhndrical. Mouth destitute of teeth, 

 directed downwards, jaws protrusible : lower jaw not covered in front by lips, but those of the upper and 

 lower jaw continuous. No lateral processes to the snout. A suctorial disk on the chin. Cirri four (Garra, 

 Ham. Buch.) of which one pair are on the snout, the others on the maxilla : or only one pair present 

 {Discognathus, Heckel) which are situated on the maxillae. Pharyngeal teeth, sharp, conical, and 

 curved at their extremities, situated in three closely approximating rows 2, 4, 5 | 5, 4, 2. Dorsal with few 

 rays, no scales along its base: pectoral inserted sub-horizontally. Scales large, cycloid. Lateral line 

 continuous. 



Garra Malabarica. Plate XV. Fig. 1. 



Garra Malabarica, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 297. 



B. iii. D. |. P. 15. V. 10. A. f . C. 19. L. 1. 81. L. tr. f. Vert. 29. 



Length of head &, of pectoral \, of base of dorsal \, of base of anal ^ of total length. 

 Height of head ^, of body \, of dorsal ], of anal \ of total length. 



Eyes— Nearer the posterior than anterior extremity of the head, and with their superior 

 surfaces on the upper profile looking upwards and outwards. Diameter nearly \ the length of the 

 head, rather more than 1 diameter from end of snout, nearly 2 diameters apart. 



The profile rises as far as the back of the head, from whence to the caudal it is nearly straight : 

 the abdominal profile as convex as that of the back, sides compressed. Back rather broad, flat, 

 and nearly as wide as the body is high. 



Mouth below, snout broad and depressed, the upper jaw overlapping the lower : the two lips 

 united, moderately thick and in the young covered with numerous pores which almost disappear 



