19. BARBTTS. 135 



its height is equal to the length of the head and contained thrice and 

 two-tliirds in the total length (without caudal). Snout ohtuse; eye 

 large. Dorsal tin elevated, commencing opposite the root of the 

 ventral, hut slightly nearer to the end of the snout than to the root 

 of tlie caudal. Anal rather narrow and deep. Caudal deeply 

 forked. 



Mozamhique. 



I icnow this fish (which has quite the appearance of being young) 

 from a drawing only, not (^uite 2 inches long, and kindly communi- 

 cated to me by Prof. Peters. 



II. Normally tico harhels. 

 A. L. lat. 48-55. 



110. Barbus schlegelii. 



Gobio barbus, Schley. Faun.Jiipon. Poiss. p. 198, pi. 99. fig. 1. 

 Ileniibarbus barbus, lileek. Prodi: Cypr. p. 281 (name only). 



D. 10. A. 9. L. lat. 48. L. transv. 7/7. 



The osseous dorsal ray is strong, smooth, its stiff portion being 

 loDgei than the head, without snout. There are four longitudinal 

 series of scales between the lateral line and the ventral fin. Head 

 and body elongate; the length of the head is contained thrice and 

 three-fourths in the total (without caudal) ; snout produced, nearly 

 twice as long as the diameter of the eye, Avhich is two-ninths 

 of the length of the head in a specimen 9 inches long; upper 

 jaw protruding beyond the lower ; lips thick, the lower dilated into 

 a pendent flap on each side ; barbel as long as the eye. The origin 

 of the dorsal is in advance of that of the ventral, and nearer to the 

 end of the snout than to the root of the caudal. Anal fin rather 

 deep. Coloration uniform. 



Japan; Formosa. 



a-b. Nine and six inches long. Formosa. From Consul Swinhoe's 

 Collection. 



The pharyngeal teeth are arranged in three series, as normally in 

 this genus, and not uniserial as stated by Schlcgel and Eleeker in 

 Prodr. Cypr. p. 267, — genus Hemiharhus of Bleeker. In the Atlas 

 Ichthyol. Cy|)r. p. 27, this author maintains this genus, referring 

 it to the " Barbi " with triserial teeth ; but the characters " rostrum 

 nou vel vix prominens ; labia teretia non lobata " might be modified 

 into " rostrum prominens ; labia dilatata." 



III. Barbus cetopsis. 



Labeo cetopsis, Kncr, Novara, Fische, p. 351, taf. 15. fig. 2. 



D. 10. A. 8. V. 8. L. lat. 55. L. transv. 7/?. 



Dorsal fin without enlarged osseous ray. There are six (and a 



half) longitudinal series of scales between the lateral line and ventral 



fin. Head and body elongate ; the length of the head is nearly one- 



fif'th of the total (without caudal) ; snout produced, not quite twice 



