360 INDIAN CYPRINID#. Peonomine. 
VIII.—Goszio Bicotor, J. M. 
£405 foe 
The general form and proportions of this species agree very nearly with 
those of Gobio isurus, but in structure it differs essentially from that species. The 
snout is depressed, smooth, long, soft, and rather pointed ; with a few mucous 
pores, which however cause little or no roughness. The mouth is small and 
semicircular, and placed horizontally on the lower surface of the head, which 
is equal to a third length of the body, exclusive of the head and caudal. The 
eyes are placed on a prominent ridge intermediate between the snout and the 
branchial aperture. The depth of the body is equal to half the length, ex- 
clusive of the head and caudal; the fins are feeble, the pectorals and ventrals 
about equal in size, and the upper lobe of the caudal is rather longer than the 
lower; the upper part of the body from the lateral line to the dorsum is a 
dark blue, the lower parts are white. The fin rays are, 
| D.12: P.17: V.9:A.7: C12. 
There are forty-two scales along the lateral line, and thirteen in an oblique 
row from the base of the ventrals to the dorsum; the scales are short, and 
their exposed surfaces are rhomboidal as usual. The alimentary canal is equal 
to eleven lengths of the body inclusive of the head and caudal; and as in 
the last two species, the liver consists of numerous detached glands dispersed 
throughout the abdomen. 
This species was found by Mr. Griffith (to whom I am indebted for the 
only specimen I have seen) to inhabit the higher parts of the Bramaputra, 
where the river becomes rapid and clear, and the bottom composed of boulders. 
IX.—Gosio anisuRus, J. M. 
(hs OS th 
This is a small species of which I have only seen one individual, which 
was found by Mr. Griffith in the higher parts of the Bramaputra. 
