126 CYrRINID.«. 



89. Barbus amblyrhynchus. 



Barbus obtusirostris, Bleeh. Nat. Tydschr. Nederl. hid. xiv. p. 355 



(not K. iS- V. H.). 

 Svstomus (Barbodes) obtusirostris, Bleek. Prodr. Ci/pr. p. 34-5. 

 Piintius (Barbodes) amblyrhynchus, Bleek. Atl. Ichthyol. Cypr. p. 104, 

 tab. 43. fig. 5. 



D. 11, A. 7. L. lat. 23. L. transv. 4|/4. 

 The osseous dorsal ray is of moderate strength and finely serrated 

 behind. There are two series of scales between the lateral line and 

 the root of the ventral fin. Body strongly compressed, oblong, with 

 the profile of the back slightly arched ; its depth is contained thrice 

 and one-third in the total length (without caudal), the length of 

 the head thrice and three-fourths ; snout very short and obtuse, 

 much shorter than the diameter of the eye, which is one-third of 

 the length of the head ; barbels not shorter than the eye. The origin 

 of the dorsal fin is opposite that of the ventrals, and rather nearer to 

 the root of the caudal than to the end of the snout. Coloration 

 uniform. 

 Java, 

 rt. Type of the species, 1| inch long. Tjanibea. From Dr. 

 Bleeker's Collection. 



Although this fish probably belongs to a really distinct species, it 

 is young, and ought never have been made the type of a species. 

 Of course, older examples will materially diflfer from the young one, 

 and it will be difficult to recognize their specific identity, even to 

 those who may compare the typical example. The description of 

 such a species is rather a disadvantage to science than a progress in 

 our knowledge. 



bb. The third dorsal ray is strony, hut smooth. 



90. Barbus micropogon. 

 ? Cuv. S)- Val. xvi. p. 188. 



D. 11. A. 8. L. lat. 38. L. transv. 4|/5. 

 The osseous dorsal ray is very strong, smooth, its stiff portion 

 being three-fifths as long as the head. There are two and a half 

 series of scales between the lateral line and the root of the ventral 

 fin. Lips thin, the lower with the transverse fold interrupted in the 

 middle ; barbels small. Head and body elongate ; the length of the 

 head equals the height of the body, and is one-fifth, or rather less 

 than one-fifth, of the total (without caudal) ; snout rather pro- 

 duced, obtusely conical ; mouth inferior. The origin of the dorsal 

 fin is nearly opposite to the root of the ventrals, and midway between 

 the end of the snout and the root of the caudal. Caudal fin deeply 

 forked. Pectoral much shorter than the head, terminating, in adult 

 examples, at a distance from the ventrals equal to its ovn\ length. 



Mysore ? 

 a. stuffed, 30 inches long. India. From the Collection of the East- 

 India Company. 



