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times in the length of the fish without the caudal lin. The head 

 is I -3 times as long as broad. The eye is in the posterior half of 

 the head and is contained 4-5 to 5 times in the length of the head, 

 2"4 to 2'8 times in the length of the snout and 17 to 2 times in the 

 interorbital width. The eyes are dorso-lateral in position and are 

 invisible from below. The snout projects considerably beyond 

 the mouth and the mental disc is well developed. The tubercles 

 on the labial fold and also on the free borders of the disc are com- 

 paratively minute. The upper labial fold is fringed. The gape of 

 the mouth is slightly less than half the length of the head. There 

 are two pairs of barbels ; those at the angle of the mouth are very 



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■ri:XT-FKi. 5. — Lateral view and under siirlaee ot head of Garra ai'dbirn. --p. noV. 

 a. Lateral view of type-specimen. 

 h. lender surface of head of same. 



small. The length of the rostral barbels is less than the diameter of 

 the eye. There are 33 to 34 scales along the lateral line and Q lon- 

 gitudinal rows between the bases of the dorsal and the ventral tins. 

 There are three and a half rows of scales between the lateral line 

 and the root of the ventral. The scales are feebly developed in 

 the region of the chest and also form appendages to the bases of 

 the ventrals. The dorsal fin is situated slightly in advance of the 

 ventrals ; its first divided ray is the longest and its free margin is 

 concave. Its origin is much nearer to the tip of the .snout than 

 to the base of the caudal. The pectoral fin is sharp in the middle 

 and is as long as the head. It is separated from the ventrals by 



