340 CYPR1NID.«. 



Thirteenth Group. HOMALOPTSRINA. 



Dorsal and anal fins short, the former opposite to ventrals. Pec- 

 toral and ventral fins horizontal, the former with the outer rays 

 simple. Barbels six ( or none). Air-bladder absent. Pharjrngeal 

 teeth in a single series, from ten to sixteen in number. 



96. HOMALOPTEEA*. 



Tlom.aloptera, v. Ilass. A/f/nn. Kund- en Lcttcrh. ii. 1*^2.3, p. 133. 

 7?alit()ra, Gra)/, Ind. ZouL (uot oharactorizedj; Cin: 6j- Vul. xviii. p. 91. 

 IMatycara, sp.', M' Civil. Lid. Cijpr. p. 290. 



Head and anterior part of the bod)' depressed ; .snout more or loss 

 spatulatc ; mouth inferior, small ; two pairs of barbels in front of 

 the snout, and one at each aiiglc of the moutli. Pectoral and ventral 

 fins hoiizoutal, manj--i'ajed, the outer rays simple. Dorsal fin short, 

 opposite to ventrals ; anal fin very short. Gill-openings narrow ; 

 pseudobranchia} and air-bladder absent. Pharyngeal teeth small, 

 conical, from 10 to IG in number, in a single series. 



East Indies. 



] . Homaloptera maculata. 



T?alitora maculata!, Grinj Sf llardic. Iiul. Zool. c. fig. 



lUatycara maculata, M' Clcll. Ind. Ci/pr. p. 427, pi. 49. fig. 2 (copied 



from Griiy). 

 auisura, M^Clell. Cak. Joiini. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 587. 



D. 11. A. 7. y. 12. L. lat. 78. 



Scales smooth. Snout exceedingly' broad and depressed, with the 

 margin trenchant ; lips fringed ; rostral barbels minute, situated On 

 the lower surface of the snout ; barbels at the angle of the mouth 

 very small. Origin of the dorsal fin opposite to that of the ventrals; 

 pectoral fins nearly reaching ventrals. 



Boutan and Kassyah Mountains, Assam. 



<T. Adult. Kassyah Mountains. From Griffith's Collection. 

 6. Adult. Assam. From the Collection of the East-India Com- 

 pany. 



2. Homaloptera brucei. 



Balitora brucei, Gray ^- Hardv\ Ind. Zool. c. fig. (cop. bv M'ClelL 



/»r/. Q/;»-. tab. 49. f. 1). 

 riatycarii australis, Jordan, Madi . Joiirn. Lit. ^- Sc. 1S49, p. 333. 

 Homaloptera brucei, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 18G7, p. 348. 



D. 11. A. 7. V. 9. L. lat. call 0. 



Scales smooth. Snout broad, depressed, with the margin obtuse ; 



* 1. Homaloptera bilincata, Blytl/, Journ.As. Soc. Ikng. 1800, p. 172. — Ten- 

 nasscrini. 

 (Balitora piisilla, Valcnc. in licv.cf May. 7.<m1. 1S(')1. p 132, from Abys- 

 sinia, does not appear to be describee!.) 



