136 CyPRINIDJE. 



as long as the orbit, which is one-fifth of the length of the head ; up- 

 per jaw swollen, protruding beyond the lower ; lips thick, the lower 

 dilated into a pendent flap on each side ; barbel as long as the post- 

 orbital part of the head. The origin of the dorsal fin is considerably 

 in advance of the ventral, and nearly equidistant between the etid of 

 the snout and the end of the auul. Coloration uniform. (Kner.) 

 Shanghai. 



B. L. lat. 34-40. 

 1. No osseous dorsal ray (Gonoproktopterus et Gnathopogon, Blkr.). 



112, Barbus kolus. 



Barbus kolus, Sykes, Trans. Zool. Sue. ii. p. S-'J?, tab. G2. fig. 1. 

 Hypselobarbus (Goaoproktopterus) kolus, Bleek. Prodr. Cypr. p. 275 

 (name only), 



D, 12. A, 8, L. lat. 40. L. transv, 11/8, 

 The dorsal fin is without osseous ray. There are four longitudinal 

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

 fin. Body compressed, oblong ; its depth is contained thrice and 

 three-fourths in the total length (without caudal), the length of the 

 head four times and one-fourth. Snout of moderate length, a little 

 longer than the eye, which is two-sevenths of the length of the head; 

 interorbital space scarcely convex, the upper profile of the head 

 being gently and regularly curved from the back to the end of the 

 snout ; upper jaw overlapping the lower ; barbel shorter than the 

 eye. Dorsal fin lower than the body ; its origin is distinctly ante- 

 rior to that of the ventral and much nearer to the end of the snout 

 than to the root of the caudal. Anal fin rather deep and narrow. 

 Coloration uniform silvery. Adult specimens (12 inches long) with 

 tubercles on the praeorbital region. 

 Poonah, 



a. Five and a half inches long. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 

 h. Half-grown. Poonah. Presented by Lieut. -Col. Pluyfair. 

 c-e. Adult : skins. Poonah, Presented by Lieut. -Col. Playfair. 



113. Barbus homogenes. 



Capoeta elongata, Schley. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 200, pi. 100. fig. 1 

 (not Barbus elongatus, Riipp.). 



D. 10. A. 8. L. lat. 38. L. transv, 5/7, 

 Dorsal fin without osseous ray. The height of the body is rather 

 more than the length of the head, which is one-fourth of the total 

 (without caudal). Snout as long as the diameter of the eye, which 

 is one-fourth of the length of the head. Jaws even anteriorly; maxil- 

 lary scarcely reaching to the vertical from the orbit ; barbels two, 

 shorter than the eye. The origin of the dorsal fin is a little in ad- 

 vance of the ventral, and somewhat nearer to the end of the snout 

 than to the root of the caudal. Anal fin moderately deep. An 

 indistinct bluish silvery band along the middle of the body. (ScJileg.) 

 Japan. 



