FAmLT, V— CYPRINID^. 559 



51. Barhus conchonius, D. 3/8, L. 1 26, incomplete; 4|- rows between lateral-line and ventral fin. A 

 black spot on side over anal fin. Prom the Punjab throughout Bengal, the Deccan, Orissa and Assam. 



52. Barhus ticto, D. 3/8, L. 1. 23-26, incomplete. Two black spots, one at commencement of lateral-line, 

 another at the side of the tail. Throughout India. 



53. Barbus Stoliczkanus, D. 2/8, L. 1. 25, complete. Two black marks on lateral-line. Darjeeling and 

 Burma. 



54. Barbus punctatus, D. 3/8, L. 1. 23, complete. Two lilack spots one below the commencement of 

 lateral-line, the other near its termination. Malabar coast and ^Madras. 



55. Barbus gelms, D. 3/8, L. 1. 25, incomplete. A black band over tail, a black spot across the bases of 

 the first 6 dorsal rays, and another over base of anal. Orissa, Bengal, and Assam. 



56. Barbiis phutunio, D. 2-3/8, L. 1. 20-23, incomplete. Four vertical black bands on a brown body, and a 

 dark one down the centre of the dorsal fin. Bengal, Orissa, Ganjam and Assam. 



57. Barbus Gumingn, D. 3/8, A. 3/5, L. 1. 21, incomplete. 3 rows of scales between 1. 1. and base of 

 ventral fin. Two dark vertical bands. Ceylon. 



58. Barhus nigrofasciatus, D. 3/8, L. 1. 20, complete. Three vertical black bands on body. Southern 

 Ceylon. 



59. Barhus gicganio, D. 2/8, L. 1. incomplete. Bengal and Assam. 



b. Osseous dorsal ray, entire. 



60. Barbus stigma, D. 3/8, L. 1. 23-36, complete. A dark mark near the posterior extremity of the 

 lateral-line, another across the base of the middle dorsal rays. Throughout India and Burma. 



61. Barbus chrijso2}terus, D. 3/8, L. 1. 23-25, complete. Fins black tipped. Sind, Punjab, N. W. 

 Provinces, Assam, N. India. 



62. Barhus thermalis, D. 3/8, A. 3/5, L. 24, incomplete. 3^ rows of scales between 1. 1. and base of 

 ventral fin. A dark mark at side of base of tail. Ceylon. 



63. Barbus terio, D. 3/8, L. 1. 21-23, incomplete. A black mark on side above the anal fin, sometimes 

 continued by a band to the caudal, a second indistinct one under posterior end of dorsal. Orissa, Bengal, and 

 Punjab. 



c. Last undivided dorsal ray articulated, or if osseous very weak. 



64. Barhus Punjabensis, D. 3/8, L. 1. 43, incomplete. A silvery band along the side, a black spot at 

 base of caudal, and two first dorsal rays black. Lahore in the Punjab, also Jubbulpore. 



65. Barbus unimaculatus, D. 3/8, L. 1. 24, incomplete. A black mark at base of each dorsal ray. Sitang 

 river in Burma. 



66. Barbus Waagenii, T>. 2-3/8, A. 2/5, L. 1. 23, incomplete. A lateral blotch. Punjab salt-range. 



67. Barhus cosuatis, D. 3/8, L. 1. 22, incomplete. Uniform, a dark spot across the middle of the anterior 

 dorsal rays. Throughout India. 



68. Barhus vittatus, D. 2/8, L. 1. 20-22, incomplete. Fom- black spots on the side, and a black streak 

 down the dorsal fin. Cutoh, Malabar, Mysore and Madras. 



69. Barhus filamentosus, D. 3/8, L. 1. 21, complete. Branched dorsal rays elongated. A black mark 

 near posterior end of lateral-line, and each caudal lobe with a black extremity. Malabar coast and Southern 



India. 



70. Barbus puntio, D. 3/8, L. 1. 23, incomplete. A black band encircles the free portion of the tail. 

 Bengal and Burma. 



A. — With four Barbels (Barhodes). 



a. Last undivided dorsal ray, osseous and serrated. 



1. Barbus chagunio, Plate CXXXVI, fig. 2 (variety spilopholus) , and CXL, fig. 2. 



Cyprinus chagunio. Ham. Buch. Fishes of Ganges, pp. 295, 387. 

 Bohita chagunio, Cuv. and Val. xvi. p. 257. 



Barhus chagunio, spilopholus and sarana, (not H. B.) McClell. Ind. Cyp. pp. 272, 341, pi. 9, f. 4; 

 Bleeker, Beng. p. "60 ; Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 373. 



Barbus spilopholis, Cuv. and Val. xvi, p. 171 ; Giinther, Catal. vii, p. ^Q. 



Barbus Beavani, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 96. 



Jerruah, Beng. : Cha.guni, Behar. : Pootee keintah, Assam. 



B. iii, D. 11(1), P. 15, V. 9, A. 8(f), C. 19, L. 1. 44-47, L. tr. 11/9. 



Length of head 4^ to 5, of caudal 5, height of body 4 to 4i in the total length. Eyes — diameter 5 to 

 Gi in leno-th of head, 2 to 3 diameters from end of snout, 1^ diameters apart. Suborbital region, cheeks and 

 anterior superior margin of the orbit usually covered with numerous pores. Mouth somewhat inferior but 

 directed forwards. Barbels — both pairs rather longer than the orbit. Fins — dorsal commences midway between 

 the end of the snout and the base of the caudal fin, its last undivided ray is osseous, strong, with coarse teeth : 

 its length equals rather more than that of the head excluding the snout : some of the last few anal rays in 

 large specimens may be elongated, (B. spilophilus), but more frequently not so. Lateral-line — complete, 



