254 TELEOSTEI. PIIYSOSTOMI. 



287. (2.) Schizothorax esocinus. 



Schizothornx esocinus, Ilcckel, Finch. Caschmir, p. 48, t. ix ; Day, 

 Fish. India, p. 533, pi. cxxiii, fig. 4 (see synon.). 



B. iii. D. 12 (4/8).". P. 20. V. 10. A. 7 (2/5). C. 20. 



Length of head 4| to 4| in the total length. Eyes diameter 

 6| in the length of head, 2 diameters from the end of snout, and 

 also apart. The upper jaw the longer ; the maxilla reaches to 

 nearly below the front edge of the eye. Lower labial fold inter- 

 rupted in the middle. A horny covering to inside of the lower 

 jaw. Barbels the rostral more than halt' longer than the eye, the 

 maxillary a little shorter. Fins the dorsal as high as the body, 

 commencing slightly nearer to the base of the caudal than to the 

 end of the snout ; its last undivided ray osseous, coarsely serrated 

 posteriorly, whilst its bony portion is as long as the head excluding 

 the snout. The pectoral does not quite reach the ventral ; the 

 latter, which arises beneath the second or third undivided dorsal 

 ray, extends two thirds of the distance to the anal. Length of base 

 of anal about three sevenths of its height, when laid flat the anal 

 reaches the caudal, which is deeply forked, Free portion of the 

 tail as high at its base as it is long. Colour silvery, with nume- 

 rous black spots, most distinct in the upper half of the body. 



Hob. Leh or Ladak and head-waters of the .Indus, also Kashmir 

 and Afghanistan. 



7. Genus PTYCHOBARBTJS, Steindacbner. 

 Abdomen rounded; snout conical; mouth arched, anterior or 

 inferior. Two maxillary barbels. Pharyngeal teeth compressed 

 4. 3/3, 4. Dorsal fin situated opposite the veutrals, without or 

 with a feeble osseous ray, which is smooth or serrated ; anal short. 

 Scales small, covering the body, and forming a sheath at the base 

 of the vent and anal fin. Lateral line continued to the centre of 

 the base of the caudal. 



Geographical Distribution. Head-waters of the Indus, Tibet and 

 Kashgar. 



288. (1.) Ptychobarbus conirostris. (Fig. 91.) 



Ptychobarbus conirostris, Steind. Verli. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 18C6, p. 790, 

 pi. 17, fig. 4 ; Day, Full. India, p. 533, pi. cxxv, fig. 3. 



B. iii. D. 10 (2/8). P. 22. V. 10. A. 7-8. 0. 19. 



L. 1. 95. L. tr. 24/ . 



Length of head 4| to 5 in total length. Eyes diameter from 

 4| to 5| in the length of head, 2 diameters from the eud of snout, 

 and l;j apart. Mouth rather overhung by the snout ; the maxilla 

 reaches to below the front edge of the orbit. Lower labial fold 

 very broad, uninterrupted. Barbels a maxillary pair, which in 

 the adult reach to the hind edge of the preopercle. Fins the 

 dorsal, situated midway between the snout and the base of the 



