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



Measurements in millimetres. 



Total length including- caudal ... ... . yo mm. 



Length of caudal .. ... ... .. i8"5 ,, 



,, ., head ... ... ... ... i6'2 ,, 



Width of head ... ... . . ... i5-5 ., 



Depth of body near base of dorsal... ... ... 14-5 , , 



Diameter of eye ... . .. 3-7 „ 



Length of snout ... ... ... ... 8*5 „ 



Interorbital width ... ... ... . 8"o ,, 



Length of caudal peduncle ... ... . i2'o ,, 



Height of caudal peduncle ... 9-5 ,, 



Longest ray of dorsal . . 14-0 ,, 



11 1. I) anal . I7'5 ,, 



Length of pectoral ... ... i4'5 ,, 



,, ,. ventral ... ... . . 11-5 ,, 



Garra abhoyai, sp. nov. 



Plate XXVI, figs, i, ra, 16. 



D. 2/6—7. P- 15—16. V. 9. A. 1/5. 



The fish has a characteristic fusiform bodj'; the dorsal profile 

 rises considerably from the tip of the snout to the origin of the 

 dorsal fin, beyond which it slopes down to the base of the caudal; 

 the ventral is almost straight and horizontal in front of the anal 

 fin, beyond which it slightly rises to the base of the caudal. 

 The under surface of the head and body is flat, but the fish as 

 a whole is not greatly depressed. The length of the head is 

 almost equal to the depth of the body in front of the base of the 

 dorsal and is contained 4-3-46 times in the length of the fish. 

 The eyes are almost lateral in position and are situated slightly 

 below the dorsal profile of the head ; they are placed somewhat in 

 the posterior half of the head and are invisible from below. The 

 diameter of the tye. is contained 4-6 times in the leirgth of the 

 head, 33 times in the length of the snout and 3"3-3'6 times in the 

 interorbital width. The snout is smooth and the nostrils are placed 

 considerably nearer to the ej^e than to the tiji of the snout. The 

 mouth is a slightly arched, transverse opening on the under surface 

 and is provided with a well-marked almost circular disc. There are 

 two pairs of short barbels ; they are shorter than the diameter of the 

 eye. The lateral line is straight and runs along the middle of the 

 body ; there are 33 to 35 scales along the lateral line. On the 

 sides and on the dorsal surface behind the dorsal fin, the scales are 

 well-marked and their boundaries easily distinguislial)le, whik- in 

 front of the dorsal fin they are much reduced and, indeed, to the 

 naked eye the surface appears to be absolutely devoid of any scales. 

 The under surface in front of the ventrals is naked but ill-defined 

 scales are present between the bases of the ventral and anal fins. 

 The dorsal fin commences almost in the middle of the distance 

 between the tip of the snout and the base of the caudal fin ; the 

 second branched ray is the longest ; it is not as high as the depth 

 of tlie body below it ; its free margin is almost truncate. The 

 ventrals commence below the 4th ray of the dorsal. The pectorals 



