19. BARBUS. 133 



bi'ing as long as the head, the length of which is one-fonrth, or a 

 little more than one-fourth, of the total length (without caudal). 

 There are two, or one and a half, series of scales between the lateral 

 line and the root of the ventral tin. Lips moderately thick, lower 

 lip with an indication of a lobe ; mouth inferior. Body compressed, 

 rather elongate, with the back below the origin of the dorsal some- 

 what elevated ; its depth is contained thrice and one fourth in the 

 total length (without caudal). Snout of moderate length. Origin of 

 the dorsal tin midway between the end of the snout and the root of 

 the caudal. Caudal fin deeply forked. 

 Ceylon. 



a, b-c, d-e, f~h. From 4 to 11 inches long. Ceylon. From ilr. 

 Cuming's Collection. 



106. Barbus tambroides. 



Labeobarbus tambroides, Bkek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Iiul. vii. p. 22, or 

 Prodr. Cypr. p. 386 ; Atl. Ichthyol. (Jypr. p. 77, tab. 23. 

 D. 12. A. 8. L. lat. 22-23*. L. transv. 3|/-4i. 

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

 long as the head, without snout. The length of the head is con- 

 tained thrice and two-thirds in the total (without caudal), the 

 height of the body thrice, or thrice and one-fourth. There are two 

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

 fin. Lips very thick, both with well-developed lobes ; mouth in- 

 ferior. Body compressed, vnih. the profile of the back curved. Snout 

 of moderate length. Origin of the dorsal fin a little nearer to the 

 root of the caudal than to the end of the snout. Caudal fin deeply 

 forked. 



Java and Sumatra. 



a. One of the typical specimens. From Dr. Blocker's Collection. 

 b. No osseous dorsal ray. 



107. Barbus arulius. 



Systomus arulius, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. Lit. !^- Sc. xv. 1849, p. 317 

 Labeo nielanampyx, Day, Proe. Zoo/. Soc. 18l)0, p. 298. 

 Pimtius nielanampyx, Day, Fish. Malah. p. 210, pi. 10. fig. 1. 



grayi, U(ty, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1807, p. 293. 



arulius. Day, I. c. p. 294. 



D. 11. A. 7. L. lat. 19-20. L. transv. 3|/3|. 

 No osseous dorsal ray. Two longitudinal series of scales between 

 the lateral line and the root of the ventral Shape of body as in a 

 young Carp. The height of the body is contained twice and three- 

 fifths in the total length (without caudal), the length of the head 

 thrice and a half. Snout of moderate length, as long as, or rather 

 longer than, the eye, which is two-sevenths of the length of the head ; 

 barbels well developed, the lower half as long as the head. Dorsal 



* 24-26 .iccordins' to Bleeker. 



