CYl'lUNID.E. CYPHINIITZ. . 247 



Hab. From Syria throughout India and Ceylon to the Tenas- 

 serira Provinces, and likewise found in Abyssinia and at Aden. It 

 attains at least 8 inches in length. 



280. (2.) Discognathus jerdoni. 



Discognathus jerdoni, Day, Fish. India, p. 523, pi. cxxii, fig. (see 

 synon.). 



B. iii. D. 10 (2/8). P. 16. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C.17. L. 1. 36. 

 L. tr. 4|/2. 



Length of head 6| to 6| in the total length. Eyes diameter 

 3| to 4 iii the length of the head, 1 diameter from end of snout, 

 and 2 diameters apart. Interorbital space rather deeply concave. 

 Snout in the young smooth, but in larger specimens it has a 

 depression across it and some pores. Barbels two pairs. Fins 

 dorsal arising about midway between the end of snout and com- 

 mencement of the origin of the anal fin. The pectoral is rather 

 longer than the head, but does not quite reach the ventral, which 

 is equally long. Anal does not quite reach the caudal, which is 

 deeply forked. Colour olivaceous, becoming yellowish on the 

 sides and beneath. A black spot behind the gill-opening. Pectoral 

 and ventral tins yellowish, with the outer portion dark grey 

 margined with orange. Dorsal, anal, and caudal yellowish, with 

 grey markings ; the lower caudal lobe grey, with a light outer edge. 



Hab. Bhavani river at foot of Nilgiris in the Madras Presidency, 

 also the Wynaad. 



'281. (3.) Discognatlms modestus. 



Mayoa modesta, Day, P. Z. S. I860, p. 553. 

 Discognathus modestus, Day, Fish. 2nd. 



India, p. 528, pi. cxxii, tig. 5. 



B. iii. D. 10 (2/8). P. 15. V. 9. A. 6 (1/5). C. 19. L. 1. 35. 



L. tr. 4J/3|. 



Length of head 5^ in the total length. Eyes near the upper 

 surface of the head, diameter one fourth of length of head, 2 dia- 

 meters from end of snout, 2 diameters apart. Head broad, depressed. 

 Tnterorbital space flat. Lower surface of head and chest flat. The 

 snout overhangs the mouth, which is rather small, transverse, and 

 nearly semilunar in shape. The lips are reflected from off both 

 jaws, and have a tuberculated surface. Barbels four. Teeth 

 pharyngeal, uncinate, 5, 3, 1/1, 3, 5. Fins pectorals and ventrals 

 horizontal, the former extending to the latter, which reaches the 

 anal. First five outer pectoral rays simple. Dorsal arises in 

 advance of the ventral. Caudal slightly forked. Scale? none on 

 the chest. Colour greenish brown, with no marks except a dark 

 blotch under the dorsal fin and a mark at the base of the caudal. 



1 l<i>>. Probably Northern India; two specimens exist in the 

 Calcutta Museum, the longest measuring 3^ inches. 



