130 CYPRINID^. 



i-l. Adult : stuffed. ludia. 



m. Young. Delhi. From the Collection of Messrs. von Schla- 

 gintweit. », 



99. Barbus soro. 



Barbus soro, Cuv. ^- Val. xvi. p. 191 ; Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Nederl, 



Ind. viii. p. 90. 

 Labeobarbus soro, Bleek. Prodi: Cypr. p. 390, and Atl. Ichthyol. 



Cijpr. p. 79, pi. 20. lig. 2. 



Scarcely distinct from B. liexastlchus, but with the interorbital 

 space flat. 



D. 12. A. 8. L. lat. 26-38. L. transv. 31/4. 



The osseous ray is very strong, smooth, one-half or two-thirds as 

 long as the head, the* length of which is contained from thrice and 

 three-fourths to four times and a half in the total (without caudal). 

 Tliere are two series of scales between the lateral line and the root 

 of the ventral fin. Lips moderately thick, lower lip without lobe, 

 but with a continuous transverse fold ; mouth inferior. Body com- 

 pressed, rather elongate, its depth being two-sevenths of the total 

 length (without caudal) ; snout of moderate length ; operculum 

 much higher than long. Origin of the dorsal fin nearly midway 

 between the end of the snout and the root of the caudal. Caudal 

 fin deeply forked. 



Java and Sumatra. 



a. Young. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



h. Half-grown. East Indies. Purchased of Mr. Damon. 



100. Barbus mosal. 



Mahaseer, Mahasaula. Jungba (Assam). 



C_yprinus mosal. Ham. Buck. Fish. Gang. pp. .300, 388; Gray ^ 



Hardw. Ind. Zoo/, pi. 



tor, mmi. Buck. I. c. pp. 305, 388. 



Tor liamiltonii. Gray Sf Hardw. Ind. Zool. pi. 



Barbus khudree, Sykes, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 357. 



Barbus megalepis, 3I'Ckll. Lid. Cyprin. p. 337. 



Barbus progeneius, M'C/e//. Ind. Cypr. p. 334, tab. 56. fig.- 3. 



? Barbus (Labeobarbus) hamiltouii, Jerdon, Madr. Jotirn. Lit. ^- Sc. 



XV. 1849, p. 311. 



D. 12. A. 7-8. L. lat. 25-27. L. transv. 3^-4/4. 



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

 nearly half as long as the head, which is much elongate, two- 

 sevenths of the total length (Avithout caudal). There are two series 

 of scales between the lateral line and the I'oot of the ventral fin. 

 Lips more or less fleshy, with or withoirt lobes ; body moderately 

 compressed, elongate, its depth being one-fourth, or rather less than 

 one-fourth, of the total length (without caudal) ; snout produced, 

 pointed; operculum not much higher than long. Caudal deeply 

 forked. 



Mountain-streams south of the Himalayas and Hindoo Koosh. 



