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commencing below the dorsal ; anal short and entirely posterior 

 to the dorsal. Scales small. Lateral line complete, running to the 

 centre of the base of the caudal fin or a little below. Intestinal 

 tract narrow, and with numerous convolutions. 



Geographical Distribution. The Kistna and Godavari rivers from 

 the Deccan to their terminations ; also the Malay Archipelago. 



333. (1.) Thynnichthys sandkhol. (Fig. 100.) 



Leuciscus sandkhol, Sykes, Tr. Z. S. ii, p. 363. 



Thynnichthys sandkhol, Day, Fish. India, p. 554, pi. cxxxiv, fig. 2 



(see synon.). 

 Kala-tala and Akhu-chappah, Tel. ; Bareing, Ooriah. 



B. iii. D. 12 (3/9). P. 19. V. 9. A. 8 (3/5). C. 19. 



L. r. 120. L. tr. 25-30/25. 



Length of bead 4 to 41, height of body 3| to 4 in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 3 to 5 in the length of the head, 1 to lj 

 diameters from the end of snout, and 1^ to 2^ apart. The width 

 of the head equals one half, and the height four fifths, of its length. 

 Teeth pharyngeal 5, 4, 3/3, 4, 5. Fins dorsal three fourths as high 



Fig. 100. Thynnichthys sandkhol. 



as the body, its upper edge concave, its origin slightly in advance of 

 that of the ventral, and about midway between the snout and the base 

 of the caudal fin, which latter is deeply lobed, the lower lobe being 

 the longer. Anal at some distance behind the vertical from the pos- 

 terior end of the dorsal. Scales 17 to 19 rows between lateral line 

 and base of ventral fin. Colour silvery ; head purplish. 



Hob. Godavari and Kistna rivers, also the adjacent tanks; 

 attaining above 18 inches in length. 



