658 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. XXII, 



is small and is situated considerably behind the anterior end of the 

 snout ; the mental disc is well developed. There are two pairs of 

 short barbels, shorter in length than the diameter of the eye ; a 

 distinct deep p;roove runs from the base of the rostral barbels to 

 the angle of the mouth. The dorsal fin commences in advance of 

 the ventrals and is distinctly nearer the tip of the snout than the 

 base of the caudal fin ; its longest ray is shorter than the depth of 

 the body below it. The pectorals are shorter than the head and 

 are separated from the ventrals by half of their own length. The 

 ventrals extend beyond the anus but do not reach the base of the 

 anal fin. The caudal fin is deeply emarginate : the caudal pedun- 

 cle is i"2 times as long as high. The lateral line is straight and 

 runs almost in the middle of the body. There are 34 to 38 scales 

 along the lateral line and 8 series of longitudinal rows of scales 

 between the bases of the dorsal and ventral fins. There is a scaly 

 sheath to the base of the dorsal and a scalj" appendage to that of 

 the ventrals. The scales are large but inconspicuous on the chest 

 while they are fairly well marked on the bellj'. 



The sides and the upper surface of the head and body, in 

 spirit, are dark; the under surface is dirty white. The pectoral, 

 dorsal and the caudal fins are dusky ; the ventrals and the anal 

 whitish. Some of the scales along the lateral line show a pinkish 

 tinge in the centre. 



Type-specimen. — F 10071/1, Zoological Survey of India {Ind. 

 Mus.). 



There is a mature female purchased from Day which is labelled 

 as having come from Assam. Several other specimens have recently 

 been sent to us by Mr. G. E. Shaw from various streams at the 

 liase of the Darjiling Himalayas. 



Measurements in millimetres. 



I.eng-thof tisli without caudal 



,, ,, head 



Width of head 



Depth of bodv near origin of dorsal 

 Diameter of eye 

 Length of snout 

 Inlerorbital width 

 Length of caudal peduncle 

 Height of caudal peduncle 

 l^ongest ray of dorsal 



., .■ ,. anal 



Length of pectoral 

 ., ventral 



Garra mullya (Sykes). 



1841. Chondrosfoma 171 il/yo: Sykea. Trans. Zool. Soc. London IL p. 359, 



pi. Ixii, iig. 3. 

 1844. Discogiiathits fnsifonuis, Heckel, in Hiigel's Kasrlmiii'. p. 3S7, 



figs. 

 1S65. Garra malabarica, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. -'97. 

 1865. Garra malabarica, Day, Fisli. Malabar, p. 205, pi. xv, fig i. 

 1867. Garra a/fa, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 349. , 



