19. Tuiiuus. 141 



a-b. T3i)ical specimens, 1 h inch long. Lahai. From Dr. Blocker's 

 Collection. 



bb. TItc tliiril dorsal rai/ is osseous and smooth. 



123. Bar bus luteiis. 



Systomns lutcnis, IlrcM, hi Hifssci/i/crs Jiciscn, i. p. lOGl, taf. G. fig. 1. 

 PSystomus albus, Ilcckel, I. c. p. 100;}. tig. 2, and ii. 3. p. 257. 



D. 14. A. 9. L. lat. 28-30. L. traiisv. 5/4. 



The osseous dorsal ray is of modcTnte strength, and smooth, 

 ^lovith rather small, not extending backwards to the vertical from 

 the front margin of the eye. Snout obtuse, longer than the eye, 

 which is small, about one-sixth of the length of the head, in s])e- 

 cimens G-7 inches long. The height of the body is a little less than 

 one-third of the total length (without caudal), the length of the 

 head two-ninths. There are two and a, half longitudinal scries of 

 scales between the lateral line and the root of the ventral fin. The 

 dorsal fin commences opposite to the origin of the ventral, midway 

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

 uniform. {Ileck.) 



Orontes and Tigris ; ? Rivers and lakes of Persia. 



124. Barbiis liacanthus. 

 Capoeta javanica, Blvck. Kat. Ti/dscJir. Nedeii. Ind. ix. p. 412. 

 V i' \ (Capoeta) Iciacantluis, Bhck. Prodr. C'yp?-. p. 3rjG; ovA/l. 



Ichthyol. Cypr. p. 100, tab. 30. fig. 1. 

 Systomns anipliibuis, Jcrdmi., Madras Jonrn. Lit. S^- Sc. xv. 1849, p. 315 



(not Vtiv. tS' V(d.). 

 Puntiiis parrah,7M//, Proc. Zool. 6'oo.l8G5,p.301, and FisJi. of Malabar, 



p. 211, tab. 7. fig. 3 (not good). 

 ? Pun tins perlee, I)ay, I. c. p. 211. 



D. 11. A. 8. L. lat. 24-27. L. transv. 4|/4. 



The osseous dorsal ray is of moderate strength, and smooth. 

 Mouth small ; barbel shorter than the eye ; snout obtuse, not 

 longer than the eye, with the jaws eqiial in length. The height 

 of the body is contained tAvice and two-thirds or twice and three- 

 fourths in the total length (without caudal), the length of the head 

 nearly four times ; the depth of the head is equal to, or a little 

 more than, its length (without snout). Thei'c are three longitudinal 

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

 The dorsal fin commences opposite to the origin of the ventral, 

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

 Silvery, fre(]uently a more or less distinct black spot on the end of 

 the lateral line. 



Java ; Madras Presidency. 



a. One of the typical specimens. Java. From Dr. Bleeker's Col- 



lection. 



b. Adult. Cochin. Presented by Capt. Mitchell. 



