CYPB1NID.4;. CYmiNlN^E. 281 



13. Genus SEMIPLOTUS, Bleeker. 



Abdomen rounded. Snout thick and prominent. Mouth wide, 

 trausverse, inferior, with a knob at the symphysis. No barbels. 

 Pharyngeal teeth plough-shaped, 4, 3, 2/2, 3, 4. Dorsal fin long, 

 its last undivided ray strong, osseous, and either serrated or 

 entire. Anal rather short. Scales large ; no tile-like row at the 

 base of the anal fin. Lateral line passing to the centre of the base 

 of the caudal fin. Grill-rakers short. 



Geographical Distribution. Assam and Chittagong Hill-ranges, as 

 well as Burma. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



D. 24, A. 9-10, L. 1. 32^34. Last undivided 



dofsal ray serrated .................... 1. & modest us, p. 281 . 



D. 27-28, A. 9, L. 1. 27. Last undivided dorsal 



ray entire ............................ 2. & macclellandi, p. 281. 



325. (1.) Semiplotus modestus. 



Semiplotus modestus, Day, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 101 j and Fish. India, 

 p. 550, pi. cxxxiii, fig. 1. 



B. iii. D. 24 (4/20). P. 15. V. 9. A. 9-10 (3/6-7). C. 19. 

 L. 1. 32-34. L. tr. 7/7. 



Length of head 5| to 5^, height of body nearly 3 in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 3 to 3 in the length of head, 1 diameter 

 from end of snout, 1^ diameters apart. Snout broad, obtuse, 

 overhanging the mouth ; several open pores on either side. Mouth 

 inferior, transverse, a thin cartilaginous covering to the lower jaw. 

 A small knob at the symphysis. The posterior extremity of the 

 maxilla extends to beneath the middle of the orbit. Barbels 

 absent. Fins dorsal commences anteriorly to the origin of the 

 ventral, and extends to above the anal ; its last undivided ray is 

 osseous, serrated, and as long as the head excluding the snout. 

 The pectoral reaches the ventral and the latter the anal. Caudal 

 forked. Scales 3* rows between lateral line and base of ventral fin. 

 Colour silvery, darkest in the upper half of the body. Ventrals 

 and anal tipped with orange. 



Hab. Hill-ranges near Akyab ; two specimens obtained, up to 5 

 inches in length. 



326. (2.) Semiplotus macclellandi. (Fig. 97.) 



Cyprinus Semiplotus, McClell. As. Res. xix, pt. 2 ; 2nd. Cyp. pp. 274, 



346, pi. xxxvii, fig. 2. 

 Semiplotus macclellandi, Sleeker, Ail. Ich. iii, Cyp. p. 25; -Day, Fish. 



India, p. 550, pi. cxxxiii, fig. 4 (see synon.). 



Sundaree, Sentorec, and Lah-bo-e, Assam. 



B. iii. D. 27-28 (3/24-25). P. 16. V. 10. A. 9 (2/7). C. 19. 

 L. 1. 27-33. L. tr. 6/6. 



