ig^i.] S. L. HoKA : Fishes of tJic genus Garra. 653 



District, Punjab. Tlie adults agree with the type-specimen very 

 closely. In the young individuals the proboscis is sliort and the 

 snout when seen from below is not trenchant but is evenly rounded ; 

 the first few rays of the dorsal fin are greatly elongated and the 

 gill-openings are somewhat wider. 



Garra gotyla (Gray). 



1832. Cyp I- inns gotyla, dra)-, ///. hid. ZooL, pi. 88, figs. 3, 3a. 



1867. Garra gotyla, Steindachner, Sits. Ak. Wiss. Wieti I.YI (i). p. 



360, pi. 2. figs. 

 iQig. Discognatliiis kangrae, Prashad, Rec. Ind. Miis. XV'l, pp. 163^ 



165, figs. I and la. 

 1919. Discognatliiis jerdoni var. kangrae, Annandale. Rec. Ind. Mus. 

 XVIII, p. 74. 



It is after long hesitation and not without reserve that I recog- 

 nise this species as valid. Gray has not given anj- description of his 

 species, but as most of his figures are made from specimens col- 

 lected in Northern India, I have referred the North Indian speci- 

 mens with a well-developed proboscis to this form. The specimens 

 from the Eastern Himalayas differ, as regards the shape and pro- 

 portions of the head, from those found in the Western Himalayas. 

 The eyes in both sets of specimens, are, however, in the posterior 

 half of the head and are comparativelj' smaller than in allied 

 species of the genus. 



The air-bladder in a specimen from Kangra, Punjab, is 

 minute; its anterior chamber possesses a thick fibrous coat which 

 firmly attaches it to the dorsal bod3'-wall. The walls of the pos- 

 terior chamber are somewhat thickened. The following are the 

 measurements of the bladder in a specimen 14 cm. in length : — 



Length of anterior chamber ., ... ... 4'5 nm. 



,, ,, posterior ,, . ... ... 3'5 miri. 



Greatest diameter of anterior chamber ... ... 3*0 mm. 



,, ,, ,, posterior ,, ... .. i"5 mm. 



Gar} a gotyla has a fairly extensive but restricted range as it 

 occurs along the base of the Himalayas throughout their length. 



Jaugal Khad, Kangra, Panjab ... N. Annandale ... 4- 



Kangra Valley, hill-streams ... Punjab Fisheries .. 12. 



Ravi R., near IMadhopur, Punjab ,, ,, .. Several young. 



Simla ... Purchased from Day i. 



Chumba ... ,, ., i. 



Dhikla, Gharwal Dist,, r.P. R. Hodgart . i. 



Mahanadi R., Oarjiling Dist. ("r. E. Shaw ... Several. 



Garra stenorhynchus (Jerdon). 



1849. Gonorliync/iiis stenorkync/n's. Jerdon. Madras Journ. Lit. Sci. 



XV, p. 310. 

 1849. Gonorhynchiis gotyla, Jerdon {nee Gray), ibid., p. 309. 

 1867. Garra gotyla. Day {nee Gray), Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 28S. 

 1919. Discognatliiis jerdoni, .A.nnandale (nee Day) in part, Rec. Ind. 



Mus. X\I, p 132. 

 1919. Discogiiathns jerdoni, .\nnandale {nee Day) in part, Rec. Ind. 



Mus. XVIII, p. 73, pi. ix, fig. 1 and pi. xi, fig. 3. 



