72 CYPRINID^. 



a-f. Adult. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 

 g-h. Half-grown : in bad state. Cachar. Presented by Lieut.-Col. 

 Playfair. 



2. Crossochilus gohama. 



Cyprinus gohama, Ham. Bnch. Fish. Gang. pp. 346, 393. 

 Gouorliyncbus brevis, J/' Clell. Ind. Cypr. p. 373, tab. 43. iig. 6 (copied 



from Buchanan^ MS. draiving). 

 Crossocheilus gohama, Bleek. Prodr. Cypr. p. 110 (name only). 



D. 11. A. 7. L. lat. 36. L. transv. 5|/6. 



Two barbels only, shorter than the eye. Three longitudinal series 

 of scales between the lateral line and the root of the ventral fin. 

 The height of the body is a little less than one-fourth of the total 

 length (without caudal), the length of the head one-fifth. The eye 

 is situated a little before the middle of the length of the head ; its 

 diameter is three-fourths of the length of the snout, and two- 

 sevenths of that of the head. Body irregularly spotted with brown. 



Bengal, 

 (r. Three and a half inches long. Calcutta. From the Collection of 

 Messrs. v. Schlagintweit. 



3. Crossochilus rostratus. 



D. 11. A. 7. L. lat. 3y. L. transv. 5|/7. 



Two barbels only, shorter than the eye. Foivr longitudinal series 

 of scales between the lateral line and the root of the ventral fin. 

 The height of the body is somewhat more than the length of the 

 head, which is one-fifth of the total (without caudal). Snout long, 

 conical, much protruding beyond the mouth. Eye large, two- 

 sevenths of, and situated somewhat behind the middle of, the length 

 of the head. Origin of the dorsal fin considerably in advance of 

 that of the ventrals, and equidistant from the end of the anal and 

 the extremity of the snout. Pectoral fin a little longer than the 

 head, terminating at a great distance from the ventral. A black 

 spot (composed of about four smaller spots) on the fifth and sixth 

 scales of the lateral line. 



Cossye Eiver. 



a. Four inches long. Presented by Lieut. R. C. Beavan. 



4. Crossochilus barbatulus. 



Barbus diplochilus, Heckel, Fisclie aus Caschmir, p. 53, tab. 10. fig. 1. 

 Tylognathus barbatulus, Ileckel, in Hiiyers Bcise, iv. p. 376, and in 



Busscyf/ers Beiseii, ii. 3. p. 283 (name only). 

 Crossocheilus diplochilus, Steindachner, Verhandl. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 



1866, p. 791. 



D. 11. A. 7. L. lat. 36-39. L. transv. 4i/6. 

 Four small barbels, the lower being rudimental or entirely absent. 

 Snout thick, much projecting beyond the lower jaw. Eye of mode- 

 rate size, in or somewhat before the middle of the length of the head. 



