19. BARBUS. 153 



151. Barbus ticto. 



Cyprinus ticto, Ham. Biich. Fish. Gaiaj. pp. 314, 389, pi. 8. fig. 87. 

 Systoiims ticto, 31'Clell. Lid. Cypr. p. 3b2; Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. 



' Xed. Ind. xxv. 18.5."3, p. 128. 

 ? Ivohtee ticto, St/kes, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. p.365. 



D. 11. A. 7. L. lat. 23. L. transv. 5/6. 



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

 There arc four longitudinal series of scales between the lateral line 

 and the root of the ventral tin. Lateral line incomplete. Body 

 strongly compressed, its depth being contained twice and one-third or 

 twice and a half in the total length (without caudal) ; the length of 

 the head is contained thrice and two-thirds in the same. A small 

 black spot on the commencement of the lateral line, another larger 

 one on the lateral line, iramediatelj' behind the anal tin. Upper two- 

 thirds of the dorsal fin black. 



Bengal ; Assam ; Himalayas. 



a-h. Fine specimens. Ganges. From the Collection of the Zoolo- 

 gical Society. 



c. Adidt, 2 inches long. River Hooghly. From Dr. Bleeker's Col- 



lection. 



d. Adult. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Playfair. 



e. Half-grown. Sikkim. From the Collection of Messrs. von Schla- 



gintweit. 



f-g. Adult : not in good state. Dekkan. From Colonel Sykes's 

 Collection. 



h-1. Adult, half-grown, and young. East India. From the Col- 

 lection of the East-India Company. 



152. Barbus conchonius. 



Cyprinus conchonius, Ham. Bxch. Fish. Gang. pp. 317, 389. 

 Systomus conchonius, M'Clell. Ind. Cijpr. pp. 28(3, 38-4, tab. 44. fig. 8 



(cop. from Buchanan's MS. drawing). 

 Puntius conchonius, Stcindachner, Sitzffsber. Ak. JViss. Tf7«i, Ivi. 



p. 



D. 11. A. 7. y.8. L. lat. 26-28. L. transv. 5|/5|. 



The osseous dorsal ray is strong and serrated. The height of the 

 body is scarcely less than one-half of the total length, without cau- 

 dal tin, which is subtruncate. There are four and a half longitudinal 

 series of scales between the lateral line and ventral tin. A round 

 black spot on the lateral line, above the hinder part of the anal fin. 



Ganges. 



153. Barbus terio. 



Cyprinus terio, Ham. Biich. Fi.sh. Gang. pp. 313, 389. 

 Systomus gibbosus, M'Clell. Ind. Cgpr. pp. 286, 38o, tab. 44. fig. 7 

 (cop. from Buchanan's MS. draii-ing). 



Scales large. The height of the body is more than the length of 

 the head, or than one-third of the total (without caudal). Osseous 

 dorsal ray feeble, not serrated. Profile of the nape very concave. 



