578 PHYSOSTOMI. 



Length of head 4| to 4i, of caudal 4, height of body 3 to 3i in the total length. Byes — diameter 

 2\ in length of head, 1/2 a diameter from end of snout, 1 diameter apart. Third suborbital bone broad. Dorsal 

 profile rather elevated. Barhels — absent. Fins — dorsal arises slightly in advance of the ventrals, its osseous 

 ray is strong, rather coarsely serrated, and as long as the head excluding the snout, the fin 2/3 as high as 

 the body : caudal deeply forked. Latei-aUline — incomplete, ceasing after 5 or 6 scales : 3 rows of scales between 

 lateral-iine and base of ventral fin : 8 rows before the dorsal fin. Colours — reddish brown, with a black band 

 over the tail a little anterior to the base of the caudal fin, and another less distinct behind the base of that fin. 

 A silvery band along the side. The peritoneum being black appears like an irregular dark blotch. A black 

 spot passes across the base of the anterior lialf of the dorsal, extending one-third the distance up the rays. A 

 black band over the base of the anal, highest in front. Occiput also black. 



fiafeita^.—G-anjam, Orissa, Bengal, and Assam. It attains at least 2 inches in length. The example 

 figured (life-size) was from Debrooghur in Upper Assam. 



56. Barbus phutunio, Plate CXLV, fig. 4. 



Cyprinus pJmtunio, Ham. Buch. Fish. Gang. pp. 319, 390 ; Cuv. and Val. xvi, p. 395. 



Systonius leptosomus, McClell. Ind. Gyp. pp. 287, 387, pi. 44. f. 2, (from Ham. Buch. MSS.)^ 



Systomus phutunio. Blocker, Bengal, pp. 62 and 128, (not Gyp. and Gobit. Geylon, 1864-65, p. 12, 

 t. iv, f. 4.) 



Barhus phutunio, Giinther, Gatal. vii, p. 154; Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 375. 



Kudji-kerundi, Goriah ; Phutuni p>ungti, Beng. 



B. iii, D. 10-11( V), P- 15, V. 9, A. 8(1), G. 19, L. 1. 20-23, L. tr. 8-10. 



Length of head 4 to 4|, of caudal 4, height of body 3 to 3j in the total length. E^e.?— diameter 2} in 

 the length of head, 1/2 to 3/4 of a diameter from end of snout, 1 diameter apart. Dorsal profile more elevated 

 than the abdominal. Mouth small. Barbels — ahsent. Fins — dorsal osseous ray serrated, the serratures often 

 becoming indistinct in the adult : the fin commences opposite the ventrals, and midway between the end of the 

 snout and the base of the caudal, which latter is rather deeply forked. Lateral-line— i-acounp\ete, only extending 

 along three or four- scales : from it to the base of the ventral are 3 rows : 9 rows before the dorsal fin. 

 CoZo!(;-s— reddish-brown, with a black band passing from the back to opposite the middle of the pectoral fin : a 

 second from the back to the posterior end of the base of the anal : two other lighter bands pass downwards, 

 one fi-om the anterior, the other from the posterior extremity of the dorsal. A dark band down the centre of 

 the dorsal, another at the base of the caudal. The adult in its colours becomes very similar to B. punctatus, the 

 pectoral band decreases in size, whilst that on the dorsal fin breaks up into spots. 



Eahitat. — Ganjam, Orissa and through Bengal and Burma, attaining 3 inches in length. 



57. Bartus Cumingii. 



Pmitius phutunio, Bleeker, Gyp. and Gobit. Ceylon, 1804, p. 12, t. iv, f. 4 (not H. Buch.) 



Barhus cumingii, Giinther, Gatal. vii, p. 155. 



B. iii, D. 11(1), P. 15, V. 9, A. 8(f), C. 19, L. 1. 21, L. tr. 3^/3^. 



Length of head 5, of caudal 4i, height of body 3 in the total length. %es— diameter 2f in the length 

 of head, 2/3 of a diameter from the end of snout, and 1 apart. Dorsal profile more convex than that of the 

 abdomen. Mouth small. Suborbital bones very deep. Barhels— absent. Fins — the dorsal commences midway 

 between the end of the snout and base of the caudal fin, and opposite the insertion of the venti-al, 

 its last undivided ray is rather weak, osseous, and finely serrated. Pectoral reaches the ventral. Anal 

 rather small. Gaudal deeply forked. Lrtieral-Z/iie— incomplete, ceasing after 4 scales : 3 rows of scales between 

 the lateral-line and base of the ventral fin : and 9 before the base of the dorsal. Colours — two dark vertical bands, 

 one descending to the pectoral fin : the second across the free portion of the tail. Each scale with a sUvery 

 vertical streak (? a post-mortem appearance. ) 



Hahitat. — Geylon attaining to at least 2 inches in length. 



58. Barbus nigrofasciatus, Plate GXLIV, fig. 6. 



Giinther, Gatal. vii, p. 155. 



B. iii, D. 11(1), P. 15, V. 9, A. 7(f), G. 19, L. 1. 20-21. 



Length of head 4J, of caudal 3|, height of body 2| in the total length. 2?!/es— diameter 3 to 3^ in the 

 length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout and also apart. Body oval, strongly compressed : interorbital 

 space convex. Mouth small, ujjper jaw the longer. Barhels— ahsent. Fins — dorsal lower than the body, it 

 commences opposite the ventrals, its osseous ray is strong and finely serrated. Gaudal deeply forked. Lateral- 

 line — complete, 3 rows of scales between it and' the base of the ventrals. Colours — reddish, with a black baud 

 passing from eye to eye : body w^th three vertical black bands, the first from the back to the middle of the 

 pectoral fin, the second from the base of tlie dorsal to behind the base of the ventral, and the third across the 

 free portion of the tail. Dorsal, anterior jwrtion of ventral and outer edge of anal black. The bands are not 

 in exactly the same position in all specimens. 



