INDIAN CYPRINID£. 273 
Spec. B. rodactylus,* J. M. 
Fins red and orange, except the dorsal and upper lobe of 
the caudal, ten rays in the dorsal. 
Has, Lower Assam. Usual size about 5 inches in length. 
Sus-Gen.—_OREINUS,+ J. M—Mountain BarseE.s. 
Cuar. Head fleshy, mouth vertical, lower jaw shorter than the upper, 
snout muscular and projecting, furnished with cirri, dorsal preceded by 
a serrated spinous ray, scales small. 
Oss. Intestinal canal and stomach form a tube equal to about four or 
five lengths of the body, including the head and caudal. 
Spec. O. guttatus, J. M. t. 39. f. 1. 
Head covered with thick integuments, branchial apertures 
small, sides and fins irregularly marked with brown spots, scales 
minute. D.10: P.17: V.11: A.10: C.20. 
Has. Mountain streams in Boutan, at an elevation of 
about 5000 feet, where it was found by Mr. Griffith. 
Spec. Cyprinus Richardsoni, Gray. Hardw. Mlust. t. 94. f. 2. 
About eleven rays in the dorsal,-and nine in the anal, back 
speckled with minute dots.+ 
* Rodaktylos, literally rosy-fingered, in allusion to its red fins. 
+ From Oreznos, pertaining to mountains. 
+ This may probably prove to be O. guttatus. 
