10. cnossocniLUfl. 71 



4. Discognathus variabilis. 



Ileckel, in Riissegcfers lieisen, i. p. 10G9, taf. 8. Hg. 1. 



D. 10. A. 7. L. lat. 38-40. L. transv. 5/?. 

 Two barbels only at the angle of the mouth. The pectoral fin is 

 shorter than the head, and terminates at a great distance from the 

 root of the vencral. Four longitudinal series of scales between tho 

 lateral line and the root of the ventral fin. Coloration variable. 

 (Heckel.) 



Rivers of Syria and Tigris. 



16. CROSSOCHILUS *. 



Gonorhynchus, sp., M^ Cklla?id. 

 Cirrhina, sp., Ctiv. ^ Val. ' 



Dangila, sp., INIrigala, sp., et Cirrhinichthys, Bleeker. 

 Crossocheilus ( V. Hass.) et Crossocheilichtliys, Bleeker. 



Scales of moderate size. Dorsal fin without osseous ray, with not 

 more than nine branched rays, commencing somewhat in advance of 

 the ventrals. Snout obtusely rounded, without lateral lobe ; lower 

 jaw transverse, with a narrow lip, not continuous with the upper 

 lip, and with a sharp inner transverse edge ; upper lip generally 

 fringed. Barbels two or four ; if two, the upper only are present. 

 Anal scales not enlarged ; lateral Line running along the middle of 

 the tail. Anal fin very short. PharjTigeal teeth 5.4. 2 — 2 .4.5. 



East Indies. 



The species may be divided thus — 



a. Upper lip distinctly fringed, p. 71. 



/3. Upper lip indistinctly fringed or entire, p. 74. 



a. Upper lip distinctly fringed. 



1. CrossocMlus latius. 



Cyprinus latius, Ham. Buck. Fish. Gang. pp. 345, 393. 

 Gonorhynchus macrosomus, 3/' Clell. Ind. Cypr. p. 372, tab. 43. fig. 7 



(copied from Buchanan^s MS. drawitigs). 

 Crossocheilus latius, Bleek. Prodr. Cypr, p. 110 (name only). 



D. 11. A. 7. L. lat. 39. L. transv. 5|/6|. 



Barbels four, the upper of which are shorter than the eye, the 

 lower being rudimental or entirely absent. The height of the body 

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

 of the total (without caudal). Eyes situated somewhat behind the 

 middle of the length of the head. Three and a half longitudinal 

 series of scales between the lateral line and the root of the ventral 

 fin. Coloration imiform. 



M'juntain-streams of Northern Bengal, Nepal, and Assam. 



* 1. Cyprinus mosario, ^«»2. -Bi'cA. FM. Gffw^'. pp. 346, 393 ; Gonorhynchus 

 gobioicles, M'Clell. Ind. Cypr. p. 369, tab. 43. fig. 1 (very bad) ; ?Cro.s- 

 soclieilos gobioides, Blcck. Prodr. Cypr, p. 110 (name only). — Bt.igal 

 Assam. — Said to be without barbels. 



