200 CYPRINID.E. 



48. NURIA. 

 Nuria, CuiK Sf Vul. xvi. p. 238. 

 Scales largo. Lateral line (if present) running along the lower 

 part of the tail. Dorsal fn sshort, not much in advance of the anal, 

 which is also short. Mouth obliquely directed upwards, narrow. 

 Barbels four ; the upper barbel much shorter than that at the angle 

 of the mouth, which is long. Suborbitals broad. GUI-rakers short ; 

 pseudobranchiae. Pharj-ngeal teeth 5 — 5, pointed, lanceolate, 

 East-Indian continent, with Ceylon. 



1. Nuria danrica. 



Cypriuus danrica, JBucJi. Hum. Fish. Gmi(/. pp. 326, 390, tab. 16. fig. 88. 



sutiha, Buck. Ham. I. c. pp. 327, 391. 



jogia-j Such. Ham. I. c, 



Perilampus recurvirostris, M'Clell. Ind. Cy^yr. pp. 290, 398, tat). 46. 



fig. 2. 



macropterus, M'Clell. I. c. pp. 291, 398, tab. 46. fig. 3. 



thermophilus, WClell. I. c. pp. 291, .399. 



Nuria thermoicos, Cuv. <5' Val. xvi. p. 238, pi. 472. 



thermophylos, Cuv. 8f Val. xvi. p. 240. 



Leuciscus barbatus, Jerdon, Madr. Journ, Lit. Sf Sc. xv. p. 322. 

 Nuria danrica, Bleek. Verh. Bat, Gen. xxv. Beng. ^ Hind. p. 130. 

 Esomns (Swains.) danrica, Bleek. Atl. Ichthyol. Cypr. p. 32 (name 



only). 

 Esonius thermoicos, Kner, Novara, Fisch. p. 363*. 

 Esomus maderaspatensis. Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 300. 



D. 8. A. 7. L. lat. 29-31. L. transv. 5-6/3. 



The barbels extend to, or nearly to, the ventral fins. The height 

 of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, which is two- 

 ninths, or nearly two-ninths, of the total (with^-ut caudal). Pectoral 

 fin rather longer than the head. Generally a blackish band along 

 the middle of the side of the body. 



This fish is subject to considerable variation in the proportions of 

 the various parts of its body. Very remarkable is the difference in 

 the length of the pectoral fin, which, in young examples, is twice as 

 long as the head, or even longer, whilst older specimens have it 

 comparatively much shorter. 



East-Indian continent; Ceyion. This species lives occasionally 

 iu warm springs, as many other fishes, 



a, b, c. Many half-grown and young specimens. Ganges. 



cl-i. Fine specimens, 4 inches long. Madras Presidency. Presented 

 by Capt. Mitchell. 



k. Adult. Ceylon. Purchased of Mr. Cuming. 



l-n. Young. Madras. Collected by F. Day, Esq. (Esomus made- 

 raspatensis). 



Mr, Day (Proc. Zool. Soc. 18G7, p. 299) distinguishes Esomus 

 malabarinis as a separate species. The specimens sent by him are 



* Kiior adds to the synonymy M'CleUand's Leiicisms margarodes, erroneously 

 referring pi. 40. fig. 2 to it. I cannot perceive how this mistake occurred, 

 M'CloUand never having figured his L. marg(irodci>. 



