19. BARBtrs. 147 



eye ; snout short. The height of the body is one-fourth of the 

 total lengtli (with the ciiudal), the length of the head two-elevenths ; 

 the diameter of the eye is two-fifths of the length of the head. A 

 dark diffused spot on the end of the lateral line. (^Bay.) 

 Fresh waters of Southern India. 



136. Barbus bimaculatus. 



Gnathopogon bimaculatus, IJleck. Verluindl. Maatsch. HoU. Harlem, 

 1864, Cobit. et Cypr. Ceyl. p. 17, tab. 4. fig. 1. 



D. 10. A. 7. L. lat. 23. L. transv. 3|/4|. 



No osseous dorsal ray; there are only seven branched rays 

 behind the simple one (third). There are two and a half longi- 

 tudinal series of scales between the lateral line and the ventral fin. 

 Body compressed, elongate, with the upper profile slightly arched ; 

 its depth is two-sevenths of the total length (without caudal), the 

 length of the head one-fourth. Head rather depressed, longish ; 

 snout not longer than the eye, which is one-fourth of the length of 

 the head; interorbital space flatfish; upper jaw overlapping the 

 lower ; barbel nearly as long as the eye. Dorsal fin considerably 

 lower than the body ; its origin is somewhat in advance of that of 

 the ventral, and nearer to the end of the snout than to the root of 

 the caudal. Anal fin of moderate size ; caudal deeply forked. 

 A deep black spot across the base of the posterior dorsal rays; 

 another on the end of the lateral line. 



Ceylon. 



a-g, h. From 1| to 2i inches long. Purchased of Mr. Cuming. 

 137. Barbus oligolepis. 



Systomus ) (-Qg-poeta) oligolepis, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. iv. 



Puntius 



p. 296 ; or Prodr. Cypr. p. 357; or Atl. Ichthyol. Cypr. p. 109, tab. 2. 

 fig. 2. 



D. 11. A. 7. L. lat. 17. L. transv. 9. 

 None of the dorsal rays osseous. Mouth rather small; barbel 

 very short ; snout shorter than the eye, obtuse, with the upper 

 jaw overlapping the lower. The height of the body is two-fifths of 

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

 sevenths. The dorsal fin commences a little in advance of the 

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

 caudal. The cutaneous pouches of the scales on the sides are 

 deep black. 

 Sumatra. 

 a. One of the typical specimens, 1| inch long, not in good state. 

 Priamara. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



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