7;j. liOLA. 293 



15. Barilius niloticus. 



Leucisciis niloticus, De Joannis, in Giieiiii, Marj. Zool. 183o, Pise. 



pi. 3 ; Cuv. Sf Val. xvii. p. 311. 

 Opsarius thebensis, Heckil, in Hiissei/f/cr's liciseii, i. p. 1043 (name 

 only). 



D. 9. A. 13. 

 Scales large, eight in a transverse Hnc. Barbels none. The length 

 of the head is one-fourth of the total, the height of the body one- 

 fifth. Mouth wide, extending to below the middle of the eye. 

 Dorsal fin terminating in front of the anal. (De J.) 

 Thebes. 



The same collector has described another similar fish under the 

 name oi Leuciscus thebensis, J.c. ])\. 11, which would appear to differ 

 from L. niloticus in having a deeper body, and nine or ten scales in 

 a transverse line. He found it also at Thebes. 



Leiu-iscus hihie, De Joannis, I. c. pi. 4, is another species from the 

 Nile, which has not been rediscovered since it was first described. 

 It is represented with the dorsal placed opposite to the anal fin, which 

 has eighteen rays. Pectoral long. 



Leuciscus f/iUc, bisarre and cir are names given by A^aleuciennes 

 (xvii. p. 353) to nide drawings of some Nile-fish. 



73. BOLA. 



Barilius, sp., Ham. Buch., Blocker. 

 Opsarius, sp., 31' del/., Bleckir. 



Scales small ; lateral line running along the lower part of the 

 tail. Dorsal fin short, with less than nine branched rays, opposite to 

 the interspace between ventrals and anal. Anal fin elongate, with 

 ten or more rays. Barbels none. Mouth very wide, extending be- 

 hind the eye. Suborbitals very broad, especially the third, which is 

 placed entirely behind the vertical from the hind margin of the 

 orbit. Gill-rakers extremely short ; pseudobranchiae. Pharjmgeal 

 teeth 5 . 2 — 2 . 5, uncinate. 



Ganges ; Brahmaputra. 



1. Bola goha. 



Cypriiuis bola, Hum. Bmh. lush, fruiir/. p. 274. 



golia, Hum. Buck. I. c. p. 'll't ; (irnxj iS" Ilunhc. IniL Zool. c. tig. 



Opsarius gTacilis, 3/' C/r//. Lul. Cj/pr. p. 419, pi. 47. fig. 1. 



niegastomus, M'Clell. I. c. p. 420, pi. 48. fig. 5. 



Barilius golia, Stcindacluicr, Silzf/sbcr. Ah. Wiss. Wien, 1867, Ivi. 



D. 10. A. 11-12. L. lat. ca90. 



The height of the body is contained five times in the total length 

 (without caudal), the length of the head thrice and three-fourths. 

 Tlie diameter of the eye is two-thirds of the length of the snout, and 

 two-elevenths of that of the head. Silvery, with series of irregular 

 grcenisli spots along the side. 



Bengal ; Assam. 



