200 



crrEiNiDJ!. 



48. NURIA. 



Nuria, C'ltv. ^- Val. xvi. p. 238. 



Scales large. Lateral line (if present) running along the lower 

 part of the tail. Dorsal fin short, not much in advance of the anal, 

 which is also short. Mouth obliquely directed upwards, narrow. 

 Barbels four ; the upper barbel much shorter than that at the angle 

 of the mouth, which is long. Suborbitals broad. Gill-rakers short ; 

 pseudobranchise. PharjTigeal teeth 5 — 5, pointed, lanceolate. 



East-Indian continent, with Ceylon. 



1. Nuria danrica. 



Cypriuus dam-ica, Buch. Ham. Fish. Gaiuj. pp. 325, 390, tab.lG. fig. 88. 



sutiha, Buch. Ham. I. c. pp. 327, .391. 



• — — jogia, Buch. Ham. I. c. 



Perilampus recur\-irostris, M'Clell. Ind. Cypr. pp. 290, 398, tab. 46. 



fig. 2. 



niacropterus, M'Clell. I. c. pp. 291, 398, tab. 46. fig. 3. 



thermophilus, M'Clell. I. c. pp. 291, 399. 



Nuria thermoicos, Cuv. Sf Val. xvi. p. 238, pi. 472. 



thermopliylos, Cuv. Sf Val. xvi. p. 240. 



Leuciscus barbatus, Jenlon, Maclr. Journ. Lit. Sf Sc. xv. p. 322. 

 Niu'ia daurica, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxv. Beng. ^- Hind. p. 1.30. 

 Esomus (Swains.) danrica, Bleek. Atl. Ichthyol. Cijpr. p. 32 (name 



only). 

 Esomus thermoicos, Kner, Novara, Fisch. p. 363 *. 

 Esomus maderaspatensis. Bay., Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 300. 



D. 8. A. 7. L. lat. 29-31. L. transv. 5-6/3. 



The barbels extend to, or nearly to, the ventral fins. The height 

 of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, which is two- 

 ninths, or nearly two-ninths, of the total (without caudal). Pectoral 

 fin rather longer than the head. Generally a blackish band along 

 the middle of the side of the body. 



This fish is subject to considerable variation in the proportions of 

 the various parts of its body. Very remarkable is the difference in 

 the length of the pectoral fin, which, in young examples, is twice as 

 long as the head, or even longer, whilst older specimens have it 

 comparatively much shorter. 



East-Indian continent ; Ceylon. This species lives occasionally 

 in warm springs, as many other fishes. 

 a, b. c. Many half-grown and young specimens. Ganges. 

 d-i. Fine specimens, 4 inches long. Madras Presidency. Presented 



by Capt. Mitchell. 

 k: Adult. Ceylon. Purchased of Mr. Cuming. 

 l-n. Young. Madras. Collected by F. Day, Esq. {Esomus made- 

 raspateiisis). 



Mr. Day (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 299) distinguishes Esomus 

 mcdabaricus as a separate species. The specimens sent by him are 



* Kner adds to the sjTionymy M.'Chlland's Leuciscus margarodes, erroneously 

 referring pi. 46. fig. 2 to it. I cannot perceive how this mistake occurred, 

 M'Clelland never having figured his L. margarodes. 



