72. DARTLTUS. 



287 



Dorsal fin short with loss than nine branched rays, inserted 

 distinctly behind the root of the vcntrals. .^aal fin elongate, '^th 

 ten or niore rays Mouth anterior. Barbels four, two%rnrne 

 The maxillary reaches to or below, but not behind the orbit. Sub- 

 soft n^k.^r.^'f-f^l'^:^' '" «"-\— bein^ narrower than the 

 so naked portion of the cheek, and partly situated below the orbit. 

 Gill-mkers very short ; pseudobranchia^. Pharyngeal teeth 5 . 3 or 

 4 . j; 01 i — 1 or 2 . 4 or 3 . o, uncinate. 



East-Indian continent ; Nile ; East Africa. 



1. Barilius tileo. 



Cyprinus tileo, IIa„i. Ihich. Fish, (ian,, p 970 

 Opsanusmaculatus, J/'C'W/. Ind. Cimr. pp 297 417 tih 47 ficr d 

 Banhus tileo, 8teindaclmer, Sit.ffsI..Ak. 'Jfi^ 7f -£,; 1^, fe J^ '• 

 D. 10. A. 14. L. lat. 70. L. transv. 14/5 

 Barbels none. The height of the body equals the length of the 

 head, and is one-fourth of the total (without caudal). The maxu! 



The tWl" ]''T:VI' "''^'''^ ^™^ '^'' f^-^'^t "^''^'•g- °f ^^^ orbit. 

 ^^Lf r)'ll'^'\^T '' ''''' t^^'^ ^'-''' ^' broad as the soft 

 naked part of the cheek. One or two irregular series of greenish 

 spots along each side of the body. oieeuiMi 



Ganges ; Brahmaputra. 

 a-b. Half-grown. Ganges. From M'CleUand's CoUection. 



Our knowlexlge of Opsarius brachmlis, M-CleU. Ind. Cvpr. pi) -^i); 

 418, tab. 4b. fig. b, considered by M-Clelland himself to be only a 

 quoTed ''''^' ""^ ^^^ miserable fig-ure given in the paper 



2. Barilius radiolatus. 

 D. 10. A. 12. L. lat. 58. L. transv. 10/6. 



A very smaU barbel at the upper end of the maxillarv. The 

 height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, whicli 

 IS contained four times and a half in the total (without caudal). 

 Mouth obliquely descending backwards, of moderate width the 

 maxillaiy extending somewhat beyond the front margin of the' eve 

 Jaws equal m length, the lower slightly projecting when the mouth 

 is open. The diameter of the eye is equal to the length of the 

 snout, rather less than the width of the interorbital space, and 

 two-sevenths of the length of the head. The third suborbital bone 

 IS nearly contiguous with the pra^opercidar ridge. Dorsal fin hi-her 

 than long, itsongin is midway between the eve and the root of'^tho 

 caudal; and its last ray is before the vertical from the anal fin. 

 Caudal fin deeply forked. Pectoral not extending on to the ventral 

 shorter than the head ; ventral reaching the vent. Pectoral process' 

 of the humerus very short. Scales with numerous verj- distinct 

 radiating stna?. Silveiy, back reddish. 



Central India. 



a. Several examples, 2| inches long. Malvn. From the Collection 

 ot Messrs. von Schlagintweit. 



