FAMILY, V— CYPRINID^. 677 



Barhus ticto, Giintter, Catal. vii, p. 153. 



Kaoli and Kotree, Hind. : Kali-nee jJotiah, Assam. 



B. iii, D. 11 (f), P. 15, V. 9, A. 7 (I), C. 19, L. 1. 23-26, L. tr. 5-6/6. 



Length of head 5, of caudal 41- to 5, height of body 3 to 3j in the total length. Eyes — diameter 3 in 

 length of head, 2/3 of a diameter from end of snout, 1 diametei' apart. Body strongly compressed and elevated. 

 Upper jaw slightly the longer. Teeth — pharyngeal, crooked, pointed, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, -5. Fins — osseous dorsal ray 

 strong and serrated, three-quarters as long as the head, fin half as high as the body. Caudal forked. Lateral. 

 Une — incomplete, ceasing after 6 or 8 scales : 4 or 5 rows of scales between the lateral-line and base of the 

 ventriil fin, and 11 before the dorsal fin. Colours — silvery, sometimes stained with red, a black spot on the side 

 of the tail before the base of the caudal fin and immediately behind the anal : a smaller one (frequently absent) 

 at the commencement of the lateral-line. Fins often black, sometimes orange. 



A single specimen from Calcutta shows a lateral-line distinct for 6 scales, indistinct for 10 more, when it 

 ceases. Cutch examples have 23 to 25 scales along the lateral-line, and one specimen had two blotches on 

 either side of the base of the caudal fin. In Sind the dorsal spine is thin and very finely serrated. One 

 Ganjam example had L. 1. 27, as had also one from Bheer Bhoom. In Orissa they had as a rule L. 1. 25, in the 

 Wynaad L. 1. 23. 



Habitat. — Sind, throughout India and Ceylon. The specimen figured (life-size) was from Assam. It 

 rarely exceeds 4 inches in length. 



53. Barbus Stoliczkanus, Plate CXLIV, fig. 8. 



Barbus MeClellandi, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 619 (not Cuv. and Val.) 

 Barbus Stoliczkanus, Day, Journal Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 1871, pt. ii, p. 328. 



B. iii, D. 10-11( V), P- 14, V. 9, A. 7(1), C. 19, L. 1. 25, L. tr. 5/6. 



Length of head 1/6, of caudal 1/5, height of body 1/3 of the total length. Eyes — diameter 3 in length 

 of head, 1/2 to 2/3 of a diameter from end of snout, 1^ apart. Interorbital space flat. Moath small. Barbels — 

 absent. Teeth — pharyngeal, crooked, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. Fins — osseous dorsal ray nearly as long as the head 

 excluding the snout, serrated, but less strongly than in B. ticto, the serratures are likewise rather irregular, the 

 fin commences midway between the snout and the base of the caudal, which latter is forked. Lateral-line — 

 complete, there are 3^ rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral fin : 9 rows before the dorsal fin. 

 Colours — silvery, an oblong black mark on the lateral-line about the third scale, and a deep black mark above 

 and a little behind the posterior extremity of the anal fin on the 18th and 19th scales, superiorly it extends 

 almost to the back, whilst it is yellow anteriorly. Fins orange. 



Some Darjeeling examples agree with the Burmese fish. 



Habitat. — Eastern Barma, where it supersedes B. ticto. It attains 4 inches in length. The specimen 

 figured (life-size) was from Moulmein. 



54. Barbus punctatus, Plate CXLR'', fig. 5. 



Systomus conchonius, Jerdon, Madr. J. L. and Sc. 1849, p. 317 (not Gyiirinus conchonius, H. B.) 

 Piintius pmictatus. Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 302, and Fishes of Malabar, p. 214, pi. vii, f. 1. 

 Putter perlee, Mai. 



B. iii, D. 11(1), P. 15, V. 9, A. 7(1), C. 18, L. 1. 23-24, L. tr. 5/5. 



Length of head h\, of caudal 4j to 5, height of body 3 to 3j in the total length. Eyes — diameter 2\ in the 

 length of head, 1/2 a diameter from end of snout, and 1 diameter apart. Interorbital space flat. Dorsal profile 

 more convex than that of the abdomen. Fins — dorsal fin commences over the ventral, and midway between 

 end of snout and base of the caudal, its upper border slightly concave, its last undivided ray osseous, strong, 

 serrated, and about as long as the head : the fin 2/3 as high as the body. Caudal forked. Lateral-line — complete, 

 3 rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral fin : 8 rows before the dorsal fin. Free portion of 

 the tail as high as long. (7o/oit?-s — olive-green superiorly, becoming white on the abdomen. A diffused black 

 spot on the twentieth and twenty-first scales of the lateral-line. The anterior half of the third or fourth scale 

 from the opercle, in the row next below the lateral-line, black. Fins yellowish, dorsal and anal tipped with 

 orange. Dorsal with two rows of black spots, and in Malabar examples a short intermediate one anteriorly. 

 In some specimens there is a light edge round the caudal blotch, and a silvery band along the sides. 



Habitat. — Malabar and Coromandel coast. It does not appear to exceed 3 inches in length. 



55. Barbus gelius, Plate CXLV, fig. 3. 



Cyftrinus gelius and cdnius. Ham. Buch. Fish. Gang. pp. 320, 390 ; Cuv. and Val. xvi, pp. 396, 397. 

 Sylomus gelius and cauius, McClell. Ind. Cyp. pp. 286, 287, 386, 387, pi. 44, f. 4 and 6 (from Ham. 

 Buch. MSS.) ; Bleeker, Beng. pp. 60 and 129. 



Barbus gelius, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 154 ; Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 374. 

 Cutturpoh, Ooriah : Oili pungii, Beng. 



B. iii, D. lO.ll(V)- P- 15. V. 9, A. 8(-J), C. 19, L. 1. 23-24, L. tr. 4/5. 



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