19. BARBUS. 83 



rated ; never, or only exceptionally*, with more than nine branched 

 rays, commencing opposite, or nearly opposite, the root of the ven- 

 tral fin. Eyes without adipose eyelid. Anal fin very short, but 

 frequently very high. Mouth arched, without inner folds, inferior 

 or anterior ; Ups without horny covering. Earbels short, four, 

 two, or none. Lateral line running in, or nearly in, the middle of 



Mountain-streams in Malabar. — L. lat. 23 ; dorsal spine not serrated ; 

 4 long barbels ; head to whole bodj (?) as 1 : 4 &c. — Day, in his ' Fishes 

 of Malabar,' does not even mention this insufficiently characterized 

 species. 



7. Barbus mysorensis, Jerdon, I. c. — Cavery. — The author does not even 



describe the dorsal spine ! L. lat. 38. 



8. mussullah, Sykes, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 356, tab. 61. fig. 4. — 



Dekkan. 



9. ^ punter, BkeJc. Naf. Ti/dschr. Ned. hid. xiii. p. 350 ; Systomus <yr 



Puntius (Barbodes) punter, Bleek. Prodr. Ci/pr. p. 340; or Atl. 

 Ichfhi/ol. Ci/pr. p. 101, tab. 38. fig. 3.— Java. 



10. Kadoon, Russell, no. 206. — Lake at Ankapilly. — This fish cannot be re- 



cognized, except with specimens from the locality mentioned. 



11. Kakoo, Russell, no. 205 ; Barbus kakus, C. cf- V. xvi. p. 1.53. — Tank near 



Tartoor. Also this species cannot be recognized without specimens 

 from the iDCality where the typical examples had teen obtamed ; it is 

 said to closely resemble the European barbel ; dorsal ray serrated. 



12. Barbus subnasutus, C. l^' V. xvi. p. 154. — Pondicherry. — Dorsal ray ser- 



rated. L. lat. 20. 



13. roseipinni.s, C. tf- V. xvi. p. 169.— Pondicherry. — Dorsal ray ser- 

 rated. L. lat. 22. 



14. rododactylus, M'CMl. Ind. Cypr. p. 273. — Lower Assam. — De- 

 scription perfectly insufficient. 



15. cyri, De Filippi, Viaggio in Persia, p. 358 (Zoolog. Record, ii. 



p. 201). — From the Kur near Tiflis. — Dorsal spine serrated. — L. 

 lat. 66. 



16. Barbus natalensis, Castelnau, Poiss. Afr. Austr. p. 59. — Natal. — Dorsal 



spine smooth. — L. lat. 48. 



17. Labeobarbus aureus, Cojie, Journ. Ac. Naf. Sc. Philad. 1866, p. 406. — 



Umooti Mission, South Africa. — L. lat. 37. 



Barbeh two : — ■ 



1. Systomus carnaticus, Jerdon, I. c. p. 315. — Foot of the Nhilgerries and 



River Cavery. — L. lat. 24. 



2. tristis, Jerdon, I. c. p. 316. — River Cavery. L. lat. 24. 



3. Cyprinus curmuca, Buchanan, Journ. to Mi/sore, iii. p. 334, pi. 30 ; 



Ham. Buck. Fish. Ganges, pp. 294^387. — Southern India. — No osseous 

 dorsal ray. 



Barbels none : — 



1. Cyprinus guganio, Ham. Buck. Gang. Fish. p. 338. — Ghingetic provinces. 



— Osseous dorsal ray denticulated ; coloration uniform. 



2. Sy.stomus tripunctatus, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. Lit. ^- Sc. xv. 1849, p. 316. — 



Canara. — L. lat. 23 ; two black spots under end of dorsal, and another 

 at base of tail. 



3. rubrotinctus, Jerdon, I. c. — Manantoddy River, a tributary of the 



Cavery. — L. lat. 20 ; a small black spot under dorsal, a second over 

 the anal, a third near the base of the caudal. Third dorsal ray not 

 noticed ! 



Number of barbels not hwwn : — 



1. Systomus (?) unimaculatus, Blyfh, Journ. As. Soc. Bcng. 1860, p. 159. — 

 Sitang River (Tenna.sserim). 

 • Se« Barbus beddomii, p. 110, Barbus lu'cus. p. 141. 



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