76 cYrRiNiDJi;. 



the middle of the tail. Their intestinal tract is very long, and the 

 liver of some of the species at least broken xip into numerous [/lands 

 distributed over various parts of the abdomen. 



The species referred to this artificial group, which I have not 

 otherwise identified, are : — 



1. Gobius bicolor, M'Clell. Ind. Cjpr. pp. 278, 360, pi. 40. fig. 1. 

 From northern Assam. D. 12. A. 7. L. lat. 42. Snout de- 

 pressed, long ; mouth semicircular, placed horizontally on the lower 

 surface of the snout. 



2. Chondrostoma gangeticum, Cuv. & Yal. xvii. p. 399, from the 

 Ganges. D. 10. A. 7. L. lat. 33. This ought to he compared 

 with Crossocliilus reba. 



3. Chondrostoma semivelatus, Cuv. & Yal. xvii. p. 402, from 

 Madras. D. 12. A. 7. L. lat. 40. 



4. Chondrostoma duvaucelU, Cuv. & Val. xvii. p. 403, from Madras. 

 D. 11. A. 7. L. lat. 40. Pharjugeal teeth 4.3. 3—3 .3.4; 

 interorbital space broad. 



5. Chondrostoma fulungce, Sykes, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 358. 

 Dekkan. 



6. Chondrostoma mulhja, Sykes, I. c. p. 359, tab. 62. fig. 3. 

 Beema Eiver. 



7. Chondrostoma wattanah, Sykes, I. c. p. 300, tab. 62. fig. 4, 

 Beema Eiver. 



17. EPALZEORHYNCHUS. 



EpalzeorhjTichus, Bleeker, Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. ix. p. 279. 



Scales of moderate size. Dorsal fin vrithout osseous ray, with not 

 more than nine branched rays, commencing somewhat in advance of 

 the ventrals. Snout obtusely rounded, swollen, with a free move- 

 able lateral lobe, the base of which is formed by bone. Lower jaw 

 transverse, with a broad double lip, continuous with the upper, and 

 with a sharp bony inner transverse edge : upper lip fringed. Bar- 

 bels four, small. Anal scales not enlarged; lateral line running 

 along the middle of the tail. Anal fin very short. Pharyngeal 

 teeth 5.4. 2—2 .4.5. 



East- Indian archipelago. 



1. Epalzeorhynchus calloptems. 



Barbus kalopterus, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Lid. i. p. 13. 

 Epalzeorh^Tichus kalopterus, Blcek. I. c. ix. p. 270; Frodr. Cypr. 

 p. 118 ; 'or Atl. Ichthjol. Cypr. p. 38, tab. 4. fig. 5. 



D. 11. A. 7. L. lat. 35. L. transv. 5^/7. 

 Barbels subequal in length, as long as the eye. Five series of 

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

 height of the body is tv.'o-ninths of the total length (without caudal), 

 the length of the head one-fifth. A broad brown band runs from 

 the head, above the lateral line, to the end of the middle caudal 

 rays, and is separated from the dark coloration of the back by a 



