19. BAUBUS. 141 



a-b. Typical specimens, 1^ inch long. Luliat. From Dr. Elccker's 

 Collection. 



bb. Tlic third durml ray is os.scom and smooth. 



123. Barbus luteus. 



Systomus luteus, HccM, in Busseqqcr' s licisen, i. p. 1001, taf fiff 1 

 ? Systomus albus, Heckel, I. c. p. 1003. fig. 2, and ii. 3. p. 257. 



D. 14. A. 9. L. lat. 28-30. L. transv. 5/4. 



The osseous dorsal ray is of moderate strength, and smooth. 

 Mouth rather small, not extencUng backwards to the vertical from 

 the front margin of the eye. Snout obtuse, longer than the eye, 

 which is small, about one-sixth of the length of the head, in ST)e- 

 cimens 6-7 inches long. The height of the body is a little less than 

 one-thu'd of the total length (without caudal), the length of the 

 head two-ninths. There are two and a half longitudinal series of 

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

 dorsal fin commences opposite to the origin of the ventral, midway 

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

 uniform. (Heck.) 



Orontes and Tigris ; ? Rivers and lakes of Persia. 



124. Barbus Uacanthus. 



Capoeta ja^'anica, Bleek. Nat. T>/dschr. Nederl. Lid. ix. p. 412. 



Pun tins ( (Lapoeta) lei acanthus, Bleek. I'rodr. Ci/2]r. p. 350 ; ox Ail. 



Irhthyd. Cypr. p. 109, tab. 36. tig. 1. 

 Systomus amphibius, Jcrdoti, Madras Jotirn. Lit. &■ Sc. xv. 1849 p 315 



(not Cuv. iS'- Val). 

 Tuutius parrah,Z»f/y, Proc. ZooL 5'oc.l8C5,p.301, and Fish, of Malabar, 



p. 211, tab. 7. fig. 3 (not good). ' 



.^Pimtius perlee, Day, I. c. p. 211. 



D. 11. A. 8. L. lat. 24-27. L. transv. 4|/4. 



The osseous dorsal ray is of moderate strength, and smooth. 

 Mouth small ; barbel shorter than the eye ; snout obtuse, not 

 longer than the eye, with the jaws equal in length. The height 

 of the body is contained twice and two-thirds or twice and three- 

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

 nearly four times ; the depth of tlie head is equal to, or a little 

 more than, its length (without snout). There are three longitudinal 

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

 The dorsal fin commences opposite to the origin of the ventral, 

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

 Silvery, frequently a more or less distinct black spot on the end of 

 the lateral line. 



Java ; Madras Presidency. 



a, One of the typical specimens. Java. From Dr. Pleeker's Col- 

 lection. 

 h. Adidl. Cochin. Presented by Caj)!. Milcliell. 



