566 PHYSOSTOMI. 



comparatively longer than those from the hills. Ceylon examples, which seem to be a variety, have a longer 

 dorsal spine it being equal to or a little longer than the head. 



17. Barbus Bovanicus, Plate CXXXVIII. fig. 1. 

 B. iii, D. 12(f), P. 17, V. 0, A. 8(A), C. 19, L. 1. 24-26. L. tr. mU. 



Length of bead 4f , of caudal 4i, height of body 3| in the total length. Eyes — diameter 3| in the 

 length of the head, 1 to ly diameters from the end of snout, and 1§ apart. Dorsal profile somewhat more 

 convex than that of the abdomen. Interorbital space flat. Snout somewhat obtuse. Upper jaw tlie longer. 

 Lower labial fcjld in the adult complete, with a moderately developed median lobe, but such is not apparent in 

 the young. Barbels — rostral pair extend to beneath fir.st 1/3 of the eye, the maxillary pair to the posterior edge 

 of the preopercle. Fins — dorsal 2/3 as high as the body, with a concave upper edge, it commences anterior to 

 the ventrals and midway between the end of snout and the base of the caudal fin : its last undivided ray i.s 

 ost?eous, of moderate strength, its stift'jiortion being as long as the head excluding the snout. Pectoral as long 

 as the head posterior to the nostrils and longer than the ventral. Anal laid flat reaches the caudal. Free 

 portion of the tail as long as high. Lateral-line — complete, 25 rows of scales between it and the base of the 

 ventral fin : 10 rows before the dorsal fin. Colours — greenish, with a golden tinge, darkest along the back. 



Habitat. — Bowany river at base of Neilgherry hills in Madras. The largest specimen obtained 5 inches 

 in length. 



18. Barbus sophore, Plate CXLIII, fig. 4. 



Cyprinus sophore, Ham. Buch. Fish. Ganges, pp. 310, 389, (part) and (pi. 19, f. 86 not synonymous). 

 Barbus sophore, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 376 (not Giinther). 



B. iii, D. 12 (I), P. 15, V. 9, A. 7 (f ), L. 1. 25, L. tr. 3|/4i. 



Length of head 4j, of caudal 4^-, height of body 31 in the total length. Eyes — 3 to 3^ in the length of 

 the head, nearly 1 diameter from end of snout, and also apart. Cleft of mouth extending to below the first 

 third of the orbit. Upper jaw the longer. Lower labial fold interrupted. Barbels — long and thin, the 

 maxillary pair 1/2 longer than the eye : the rostral pair slightly shorter. Fins — dorsal ray weak, osseous, 

 entire, and as long as the head without the snout : the fin arises slightly before the ventral, and midway between 

 the end of the snout and the root of the caudal. Lateral-line — complete, 2^ rows between it and the base of 

 the ventral : 9 rows before the dorsal fin. Scales — with numerous longitudinal striae. Colours — silvery, with a 

 lateral blotch. 



Systomus sopJwre, McClelland, is the same as Barbus stigma, C. V. 



That Barbus stigma destitute of barbels, has been generally considei-ed identical with B. sophore, H. B. 

 does not admit a doubt ; it also agrees with H. B.'s figoi-e in which no barbels are shown. But in the text he 

 observes " there are four tendrils, so very minute as often to be scarcely perceptible." When examining the 

 collection of fishes of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, in the Calcutta Museum, 1 came across an old bleached 

 specimen without any label to say from whence it had been received, it was 3^ inches long to the base of the 

 caudal fin, the latter being injured from pressure. Since then about 12 more specimens have been received from 

 the Khasia hills, thus ascertaining its habitat. Buchanan appears to have mixed up two species — the 

 geographical distribution and figure give B. stigma, as is also evident from the markings on the scale ; the text 

 B. sophore which has 4 barbels. 



Habitat. — Assam and Khasia hills. 



19. Barbus Stracheyi, Plate CXXXIX, fig. 4. 



Barbus Malabaricus, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 619, (not Jerdon). 

 Barbus (barbodes) Stracheyi, Day, J. A. S. of B. 1871, p. 3o7. 



B. iii, D. 11(f), P. 17, V. 9, A. 7(1), C. 17, L. 1. 23, L. tr. 3i-/5. 



Length of head 4i, of caudal 6, height of body 4i in the total length. Eyes — diameter 5 in the length 

 of head, l-i- diameters from end of snout, 2^ diameters apart. Mouth without enlarged lips : lower labial 

 fold inteiTupted. Upper jaw somewhat the longer. Summit of head flat. Barbels — long, the rostral pair 

 reaching to below the centre of the orbit, and the maxillary pair to beneath its posterior margin. Fins — dorsal 

 osseous ray strong, smooth, and as long as the head without the snout, it commences midway between the end 

 of the snout and the base of the caudal fin. Lateral-line — complete, 2|- rows of scales between it and the 

 base of the ventral fins. Colours — uniform silvery. 



Habitat. — Akyab and Moulmc-in. 



I have named this species after General Strachey, C.B., F.R.S., who I have to thank for assistance in 

 enabling me to prosecute my enquiries into the fisb and fisheries of India. 



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



20. Barbus curmuca, Plato CXLI, fig. 1. 



Cyprinus curmuca, Buchanan's Journey in Mysore, iii, p. 344, pi. xxx, and Fishes of Ganges, pp. 294, 

 387 ; McClelland, Ind. Cyp. pp. 276, 353. 



