116 CIPKINID.K. 



its stiff portion being two-thirds as long as the head. There are 

 three and a half series of scales between the lateral line and the 

 root of the ventral fin. Body strongly compressed, somewhat ele- 

 vated, as in Leuciscus rutilus, with the profile of the back arched ; 

 its depth is contained twice and three-fifths in the total length 

 (without caudal) ; head broad, its length being two-sevenths of the 

 total (without caudal) ; iuterorbital space very slightly convex ; 

 snout short, obtuse, shorter than the diameter of the eye, which is 

 more than one-fourth of the length of the head, in examples four or 

 five inches long; barbels of moderate length, about as long as the 

 eye. The origin of the dorsal fin is opposite to that of the ventrals, 

 and nearly midway between the end of the snout and the root of the 

 caudal. Coloration uniform ; caudal without blackish bands. 

 Bengal, Assam. 



a. Four inches long. Ganges. From Dr. M'Clelland's Collection. 



b. Four and a half inches long. Eiver Hooghly. From Dr. Blocker's 



Collection. 



c. Five inches long. Cossye lliver. Presented by Lieut. R. C. Beavan. 



71 . Barbus rubripinnis. 



Barbus iiibripinnis, (Kulil ^" v. ILiss.) Cuv. 4" r^«^. xvi. p. 194 ; Bkck. 

 Nat. Tydschr. Ned. hid. ix. p. 40G. , 



orplioides, Cuv. iif Val. xvi. p. 193. 



gardonides, spec, javau., Cuo. i^- Val. xvi. p. 157. 



sarananella, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiii. Oost-Java, p. 16. 



p'^ ,. ^ i (Barbodes) rubripinna, Bleek. Prodr. Cijpr. p. 338; or 



Jitl. IcMh. Cypr. p. 100, tab. 33. fig. 3. 



D. 11. A. 8. L. lat. 29. L. transv. 5|/5|. 



The osseous dorsal ray is strong, finely serrated behind, its stiff 

 portion being two- thirds as long as the head. There are three or 

 three and a half series of scales between the lateral line and the 

 root of the ventral fin. Body strongly compressed, somewhat ele- 

 vated, as in Leuciscus rutilus, with the profile of the back arched ; 

 its depth is contained twice and two-thirds in the total length 

 (without caudal) ; head broad, its length being rather less than one- 

 fourth of the total (without caudal); intcrorbital space very convex ; 

 snout short, obtuse, but much longer than the diameter of the eye, 

 which is very small, one-fifth or one-sixth of the length of the 

 liead, in adult examples, and situated far below the upper profile of 

 the head ; barbels of moderate length, rather longer than the eye. 

 The origin of the dorsal fin is opposite to that of the ventrals, and 

 midway between the end of the snout and the root of the caudal. 

 Caudal fin with a broad blackish marginal band above and below. 



Java. 



a, i>. Fine specimens, 10 and 7 inches long. Java. 



Barbus caudimarginatus, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1800, 

 p. 157, from the Sitang lliver, Tennasserim, cannot be distinguished 

 from the preceding species by means of the short description given. 



