142 CYPRINID,!?. 



c. Half-grown. Malabar. Presented by Mr. Day as one of the 

 types of his P. jicrJce. 



Mr. Day, the author of the ' Fishes of Malabar,' has described 

 two Barbels under the names of Pinitius parrali and Puntius perlee, 

 the latter being distinguished by a higher body,- — " the height of the 

 body being four- elevenths of its length, excluding the caudal fin," 

 in the former species, and "one-half" in the latter. Typical 

 examples of these two species were presented by him to the British 

 Jiluseum. However, these specimens do not at all agree with the 

 descriptions given. The fish given to us as P. perlee agrees much 

 more with the description and figure of P. parrali than with that of 

 the species to which the specimen is said to belong. And, again, the 

 fish presented as P. parrali cannot be referred to this species, as de- 

 scribed by Mr. Day. Beside the very oblong body, its osseous dorsal 

 ray is ver}^ feeble, and much less strong than that in P. parrah. 

 It is possible that the latter specimen belongs to a distinct species, 

 not recognized by Mr. Day, and which I abstain from describing, 

 having only one apparently immature example (3^ inches). 



12.5. Barbus dorsalis. 



Systomus dorsalis, Jcrdon, Madr. Journ. Lit. Sf Sc. xv. 1849, p. 314. 

 D. 11. A. 8. L. lat. 25. L. transv. 4|/4. 



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

 being as long as the head, without snout. Mouth of moderate 

 width ; barbel not longer than the eye. Snout somewhat pointed, 

 its length being more than the cUameter of the eye; the upper jaw 

 slightly overlaps the lower. The height of the body is one-third of 

 the total length (without caudal), the length of the head two- 

 sevenths ; the depth of the head is more than its length (without 

 snout). There az'e two longitudinal series of scales between the 

 lateral line and the root of the ventral fin. The dorsal fin com- 

 mences 0])posite to the origin of the ventral, and nearly midway 

 between the end of the snout and the root of the caudal. A blackish 

 sj^ot on each side of the hinder part of the base of the dorsal fin. 



Madras Presidency. 



a. Six and a half inches long. Coruttalai Piver, near Ponnamullee. 



Presented by Capt. Mitchell. 



b. Half-grown. Ponnay. Presented by Capt. Mitchell. 



126. Barbus tetraspilus. 



Leuciscus binotatus, lihjth, Jviirn. As. Sue. L'enff. 1858-59 (not Barbus 

 binotatus, Kuhl). 



Closely allied to B. dorsalis, but with the body more elongate. 

 D. 11. A. 8. L. lat. 25. L. transv. 4|/3|. 



The osseous dorsal ray is rather strong, unserrated, its stiff 

 portion being as long as the head, without snout. There are two 

 longitudinal series of scales between the lateral line and the root 



