160 CYI'RINin.'E. 



1. Albulichthys albuloides. 



Systomus albuloides, Bleck. Nat. Ti/chchr. Ned. Jnd. ix.p. 425. 

 Albulichthvs albuloides, Blcrk. Prodr. Cypr. p. 306 ; or Atl. IcMhyoL 

 Ci/pr. p. '114, tab. 33. fig. 2. 



D. 11. A. 7. L. lat. 33. L. transv. 5^5^. 



The osseous dorsal ray is slender, finely serrated. The height of 

 the body is nearly eijiuil to the length of the head, and one-fourth 

 of the total Icngtli (to the end of the middle caudal rays). Tkree and 

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

 root of the A-entral fin. Eye large, a little longer than the snout, 

 and two-sevenths of the length of the head. Caudal fin deeply 

 forked. Coloration uniform, 



Sumatra and Borneo, 



a. Type of the species. From Dr, Bleeker's Collection. 



24. OREINUS *. 



Oreinus, M^Clell. Ind. Cypr. p. 273, and Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. ii. 



1842, p. .580. 

 Scliizothorax, sect. A, Heckel, Fischc aus Caschmir, p. 11. 

 Schizopyge, sp., Heckel, in liussajijer^s Iteisen, ii. 3. p. 285 



Scales veiy small. Dorsal fin with a strong osseous serrated ray 

 opposite to tht ventrals. Snout rounded, with the mouth transverse 

 and at its lower side ; mandibles broad, short and flat, loosely joined 

 together ; margin of the lower jaw covered with a thick horny layer; 

 a broad, fringe-like lower lip with free posterior margin. Barbels 

 iowr. Vent and anal fin in a sheath, covered with enlarged, tiled 

 scales. Pharyngeal teeth pointed, more or less hooked, 5.3. 2 — 

 2.3.5. 



Mountain-streams of the Himalayan region. 



1. Oreinus plagiostomus. 



? Schizothorax plagiostomus, Heckel, Fisclie aus Casclimir, p. 16, tab. 1, 

 Oreinus plagiostomus, 3/' Clell. Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. ii. 1842, p. 581. 



D. 11. A. 8. 



Scales minute. The length of the head is about one-fifth of the 

 total (without caudal). Snout broad, of moderate length, the eye 

 being rather nearer to its end than to that of the gill-cover ; barbels 

 smaU ; margin of the lower lip straight. Origin of the dorsal fin 

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

 somewhat in advance of the root of the ventral. The osseous dorsal 



* M'Clehancl mentions and figures some "other species under the heading of 

 this genus ; but the descriptions and figures are so defective that thej cannot be 

 received into the system : — 



1. Oreinus guttatus, M'CIrll. Ind. Cypr. pp. 273, 344, pi. 39. fig. 1.— Boutaii. 



2. progastus, M- Clell. I.e. pp.' 274, 343, pL 40. fig. 4.— The Adoee of 



the Assamese. 



3. griOithii, M-Clell. Calc. Journ. Nat Hist. n. 1842, p. 581.— Koonur 



River, Afl'ghanistau. 



