19. BAKBUS. 127 



91. Barbus conirostris. 



? Barbus gracilis, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. Lit. 4'" iSc. xv. 1819, p. .313 



(not Capoeta gracilis, Schlcf/.). 

 Puntius gracilis, Dai/, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 290. 



D. 4/9. A. 8. V. 10. L. lat. 40. L. transv. 7/7. 



Osseous dorsal ray very strong and smooth ; its stiiF portion is 

 longer than the head. Snout conically pointed. There are three 

 longitudinal scries of scales between the lateral line and the root of 

 the ventral. Body oblong, compressed, profile of the back arched ; 

 its height is contained thrice and one-third in the total length (with- 

 out caudal), the length of the head is one-fourth of the same ; the 

 greatest depth of the head is two-thirds of its length ; the diameter 

 of the eye is contained thrice and two-thirds in the length of the 

 head, and less than that of the snout ; barbels longer than the eye, 

 especially the lower ; lower lip without anterior fold, and with the 

 posterior interrupted in the middle. Height of dorsal fin at least 

 e(iual to the depth of the body ; its commencement is a little anterior 

 to the ventral, and midway between the end of the snout and the 

 root of the caudal. Caudal fin deeply forked ; the pectoral extends 

 nearly to the root of the ventral. Uniform silveiy. 



Nilgherrics. 



a-h. Adult (O'lO millim. long) and young. Bowany River. 



"We have received these specimens from Mr. Day under the deno- 

 mination given by Mr. Jerdon to a Barbel from Southern India ; 

 otherwise I should not have been able to recognize it from the de- 

 scription given by the latter gentleman. 



92. Barbus dubius. 



Puntius (Barbodes) dubius. Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 291. 

 D. 4/9. A. 8. L. lat. 42. L. transv. 9/?. 

 Extremely similar to the last species, of which it may be only a 

 sexual ditference. Barbels shorter, both pairs of equal length and 

 oidy half as long as the eye. (JJay.) 

 15owany lliver. 



93. Barbus chilinoides. 



Barbus clieilyuoides, M'CIvU. Ind. Ci/pr. p. .340, tab. 57. fig. o (very 



bad). 

 Labeobarbus mosal (!), Steiiidachner, Sitzf/^her. Ak. Jf'iss. Wicn, 

 hi. p. , taf. ?,. 



. D. 11. A. 7. L. lat. 32-35. L. transv. 54/5. 

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

 being about three-fifths as long as the head. There are three series 

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

 The length of tlie head is one-fourth of the total (without caudal) ; 

 it is rather low, its depth being equal to its length, without snout ; 

 snout moderately produced, somewhat pointed ; mouth inferior, lips 

 thickish, the lower without lobe, but M'ith a continuous transverse 



