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S. L. HoRA : Fishes of the genus Garra. 



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half its own length. The ventrals extend beyond the anus but 

 the anal does not reach the base of the caudal fin. 



In adult specimens there is always a well-developed proboscis, 

 studded with hollow tubercles projecting in front of the nares on 

 the snout. Similar hollow tubercles are also present on other 

 parts of the snout. 



The air-bladder is much reduced and the two chambers are 

 separated by a comparatively long and narrow neck. The follow- 

 ing are the dimensions of the air-bladder in a specimen 102 mtn. 

 long without the caudal : — 



Length of anterior chamber 4'3 mm. 



,, ,. posterior ,. .V- 



Greatest diameter of anterior ch.imber , , ... 3-3 ,, 



., ,, posterior ,, ... i'3 ,, 



The colour has faded in spirit, but even now indistinct longi- 

 tudinal black bands can be seen on the body and an indistinct 

 black dot on the operculum near its angle. 



Type-specimen. — F 8123/1, Zoological Survey of India {hid. 

 Mus.). 



Locality. — From Lahej near Aden, where it is said to be verj 

 common. The specimens were presented to the Indian Museum 

 by Dr. W. T. Blanford. 



referred to G. lamta. on the authority of Giinther. He also gave 

 a short description of his specimens. My examples do not agree 

 with his account of these fishes and, therefore, I suppose that in 

 Arabia as in other countries where this genus is found there is 

 probably more than one species. Our Arabian specimens certainly 

 do not belong to G. lamta, to which they were originally referred. 

 The new species differs from Playfair's description in the following 

 characters : — 



(i) The number of the longitudinal series of scales between 



Proc. Zoo!. Soc. London, pp. 85. 86 (1870). 



