350 CYPRINID.^. 



7-15. Ad. & yg. Chaffs - Dousa, high Mr. E. Degen (C). 



Plateau of Abyssinia. 

 16-25. Ad., hgr., & yg. Jerrer R. near Harrar. „ 



26. Skel. „ „ „ 



27-29. Ad. & yg. Gadschimboda R. Prof. 0. Neumann and 



(Hawash). Baron C. von Erlanger (C). 



30-37. Hgr. &yg., types. Abyssinia. ]\Iarquis G. Doria (P.). 



38-42. Hgr. &yg., types. Auiba, near Massowa. "\V. Jesse, Esq. (C.) ; 



Dr. W. T. Blanford (P.). 



43-49. Hgr. &yg., types. Near Massowa. W. Jesse, Esq. (P.). 



G. DISCOGNATIIUS HINDU. 

 Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1905, i. p. C2, pi. vii. fig. 1. 



Body feebly compressed, its dc'])tli 5 to 5j times in total length. 

 Head broader than deep, 1^ to H times as long as broad ; snout rounded, 

 projecting very strongly beyond mouth ; iiiterorbital region flat, its 

 ^vidth not quite ^ length of head ; eye supero-lateral, not visible from 

 below, in middle of length of head, its diameter 4 (young) to 5 times in 

 length of head and 2 to 2J times in interorbital width ; widtli of mouth 

 about |- length of head; upper Yip well developed, fringed; lower lip 

 surrounding a mental disk which is broader than lo!ig ; 2 bnrbrls on 



Fig. 264. 



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/® ®\ /H 



V, ' 



Discognathus himlii. 

 Type(P. Z. S. 10U5). i. 



each side, measuring J to f diameter of eye. Dorsal III 7, equally 

 distant from centre or anterior border of eye and from caudal ; longest 

 ray as long as head or a little shorter. Anal II 5. Pectoral nearly as 

 long as head, not reaching ventral, which is situated below middle of 

 dorsal. Caudal deeply emarginate, as long as head. Caudal peduncle 1;^ to 

 1 J times as long as deep. Scales 38-42 yj^gf, 3 J-4 between lateral line and 

 ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive above, whitish beneath ; 

 usually a few black spots on the base of the dcu'sal fiu ; young with 



