1920.] N. ANNANDALE & S. L. Hora: The Fish of Seistan, 157 
B. Scales vestigial or absent; posterior pharyngeal bones 
slender, bearing a single row of slender teeth; air- 
bladder small, enclosed in bone; at least 6 barbels 
present re 
1. No soft dorsal fin i es ten 
Caudal peduncle at least 3 times as long as deep, 
length of head 4—4% times in total length (without 
caudal) : a 
2. A ridge-like soft dorsal fin present 
a. Dorsal and ventral profiles straight, parallel... 
b. Dorsal profile irregular owing to the depression 
of the head and the convexity of the anterior 
part of the back. 
Cobitidae. 
Nemachilus. 
NV. stoliczkae. 
Adiposia. 
A. rhadinaea. 
A. macmahont. 
Text-F1G. 1.—Scales of Cyprininae. 
a. Dorso-lateral scale of Scaphiodon macmahont, X 173. 
b. Dorso-lateral scale of Discognathus phryne, X 173: 
c. Dorso-lateral scale of Discognathus adiscus, X 173. 
Family CYPRINIDAHE. 
Subfamily CYPRININAE. 
The Cyprininae are a dominant group in the fish-fauna of 
India and are well represented even in that of Baluchistan and 
