FAMILY, V— CTPRINID^. 589 



2. Barilius modesties, D. 9, A. 12-13, L. 1. 43. Back dark, sides silvery. Sind and Punjab. 



3. Barilius radiolatus, D. 9, A. 12, L. 1. 56-62. Silvery. Central India. 



4. Barilius shacra, D. 9, A. 10, L. 1. 60-70. Twelve vertical bars. Bengal, N.W. Provinces and Assam. 



5. Barilius hendelisis, D. 9, A. 9-10, L. 1. 40-43. Short vertical bars : each scale with a black spot in 

 adults. From Western Ghauts throughout India (not Sind) to Assam. 



B. — With two barhels. CBendilisis) . 



6. Barilius harila, D. 9, A. 13-14, L. 1, 43-46. With 14 or 15 vertical bars. Bengal, Orissa, and Lower 

 Assq,m. 



C. — WitJwut or with only rudimentary harbels. (Barilius) . 



7. Barilius Bakeri, D. 13, A. 16-17, L. 1. 38. A row of large spots. Travancore. 



8. Barilius gatensis, D. 10-12, A. 15-17, L. 1. 40. With 15 vertical bars. Western Ghauts and 

 Neilgherries. 



9. Barilius Canarensis, D. 12-13, A. 14-16, L. 1. 38. Two rows of spots. Canara. 



10. Barilius barna, D. 9, A. 13-14, L. 1. 39-42. Nine vertical bands. Orissa, Bengal, Assam. 



11. Barilius guttatus, D. 9, A. 14, L. 1. 44-48. Two rows of spots. Burma. 



12. Barilius tileo, D. 9, A. 13, L. 1. 70-75. Two rows of spots. Bengal and Assam. 



13. Barilius Evezardi, D. 9, A. 14-15, L. 1. 40. Silvery. Poona. 



14. Barilius bola, D. 10-11, A. 13, L. 1. 88-94. Two rows of blotches. Orissa, Bengal, Assam. 



A. — With four barhels. (Pachystomus.) 

 1. Barilius vagra, Plate CXLVIII, fig. 3. 

 Cyprinus vagra, Ham. Buch. Fish. Ganges, pp. 269, 385 ; Guv. and Val. xvi, p. 420. 

 Opsarius isocheilus, McClelland, Ind. Cyp. pp. 298, 421, pi. 56, f. 1 (from H. B.'s MSS.) 

 .*■ Opsarius piscatorius, McClell. Cal. Journ. Nat. Hist, ii, 1842, p. 682. 

 Leuciscus 2)iscatorius and vagra, Blocker, Beng. p. 68. 

 Barilius alburmis, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 289. 



Barilius Bleekeri, Day, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 1872, p. 5 (young). 

 Lo-har-ree and Charl, Punj.: Mon-e-o-ree, Assam. 



B. iii, D. 9(1), P. 16, V. 9, A. 13-15(^:f^), C. 19, L. 1. 42-44, L. tr. 7-8/4, Vert. 16-23. 



Length of head 5 to 5^, of caudal 5, height of body 5 to 6 in the total length. Eyes — diameter 3^ to 4 

 in length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout, and Ij apart. The posterior extremity of the maxiUa extends 

 to beneath the middle of the orbit ; lower jaw slightly the longer. Third suborbital bone twice as deep as the 

 uncovered portion of the cheek below it. Jaws of equal length anteriorly, the upper sometimes a little notched, 

 the lower covered with large pores in the adult. Axillary process very short. Barhels — rostral nearly 

 half as long as the bead, maxillary pair very short. Teeth — pharyngeal, crooked, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. Fins — dorsal 

 higher than long, commencing midway between the posterior edge of the orbit and the root of the caudal, its 

 last two rays being over the anal ; pectoral not quite so long as the head : caudal deeply forked. Lateral-line — 

 2 to 2| rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral fin : 20 rows before the base of the dorsal fin. 

 Colours — silvery, 10 to 14 dark bands (sometimes indistinct) jdescend from the back to the lateral-line: fins 

 yellowish, the edge of the caudal stained grayish. 



Both Ham. Buch. and McClelland overlooked the barbels. 



Habitat. — Sind hills, rivers in the Himalayas and Sub-Himalayan range, Jumna and Ganges, also the 

 Punjab and Assam. It attains above five inches in length. Kelaart sent a Ceylon specimen to the E. I. 

 Museum. 



2. Barilius modestus, Plate CLI, fig. 3. 



? Opsarius hicirrhatus, McClelland, Cal. Journ. Nat. Hist, ii, 1842, p. 582. 



? Leuciscus hicirrhatus, Bleeker, Beng. p. GG. 



? Barilius hicirrhatus, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 290. 



Barilius modestus, Day, J. A. S. of Beng. 1872, p. 4. 



B. iii, D. 9(f), P. 15, V. 9, A. 12-13(„?tt)- C. 19, L. 1. 43, L. tr. 641. 



Length of head h\, of caudal h\, height of body 5y in the total length. Eyes — diameter 4 in the 

 length of the head and situated in its anterior half, 1 diameter from end of snout and also apart. Suborbital 

 ring of bones wide, the third nearly touching the preopercular ridge. Upper jaw slightly the longer, and notched 

 at its end in large examples. The posterior extremity of the maxilla reaches to below the middle of the orbit. 

 Barhels — rostral extend to beneath the front margin of the eyes, the maxillary pair minute. Axillary process 

 short. Fins — dorsal two-thirds as high as the body below it, commencing midway between the middle of the 

 caudal lobes and the snout : it is entirely, or all but the last ray, in advance of the anal. Pectoral nearly as 

 long as the head, but not reaching the ventrals, which last extend half way to the base of the anal. Lateral-line — 

 very slightly concave, two and a half rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral fin : 19 rows before 

 the base of the dorsal fin. Colours — back brownish, strongly defined from the silvery sides : caudal edged with 

 dark : the other fins yellow : a dark band along the dorsal. 



Hahitat-^The Indus in Sind, and the Ravi river at Lahore. It attains four or five inches in length. 



