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disc. The scales are small and are totally absent from the ventral 

 surface ; there are 34 scales along the lateral line and 9 rows 

 between the bases of the dorsal and the ventral fins. The dorsal fin 

 is J as high as the depth of the body below it ; it is situated nearer 

 to the base of the caudal than to the end of the snout and its 

 origin is equidistant from the nostrils and the base of the caudal. 

 The origin of the ventrals is almost opposite or sHghtlj^ behind 

 that of the dorsal fin. The pectorals are shorter than the head 

 and are separated from the ventrals by a considerable distance. 

 The caudal is forked and both the lobes are pointed. The ventrals 

 are provided with a short fleshy appendage. The air-bladder is of 

 the normal Cyprinid type. 



The sides and the upper surface of the head are dusky ; while 

 the ventral surface is white. There is a dark bar across the dorsal 

 fin near its free border and a short black bar at the base of the 

 caudal 



Type-specimen. — F. 9952/1. Zool. Smvey of India (Ind. 

 Mus.).' 



Locality. —Only one specimen was obtained by Dr. F. H. 

 Gravely at Pophli in the Vashishti valley, in the Western Ghats, 

 Ratnagiri district, Bombay Presidency, at an altitude of 400 ft. 



Measurements in millimetres. 



The new species is closely related to Parapsilorhynchns tenta- 

 culatus (Annand.), recently described from the adjacent Poona 

 and Satara districts of the Bombay Presidency. The fundamental 

 points of resemblance are the presence of two short, stumpy and 

 blunt barbels on the snout and also the presence of a well-defined 

 air-bladder. The species are also alike in having a narrow and 

 pointed operculum which is sharply marked off and bluntly 

 truncate alDOve. In both the species there is a black bar across 

 the dorsal and a black spot at the base of the caudal fin. The 



