Ci'PHINIJXE. 



299 



D. 38, L. 1. 21, complete. Branched 



dorsal rays elongated. A black mark 



near posterior end of 1. 1., and each 



caudal lobe with a black extremity. 69. B.filamentosus, p. 333. 

 D. 3/8, L. 1. 23, incomplete. A black 



band encircles the free portion of the 



tail 70. B. puntio, p. 334. 



A. With four barbels (Bcrbodes). 

 339. (1.) Barbus chagunio. (Fig. 103.) 



Cyprinus chagunio, Ham. Bitch. Fish. Ganges, pp. 295, 387. 

 Barbus clmgunio, Day, Fish. India, p. 559, pi. cxxxvi, fig. 1 (variety 



spilo/tholus), and pi. cxl, tig. '2 (see synon.). 

 Jerruah, Bang. ; Chaguni, Behar. ; Pootee keintah, Assam. 



B.'iii. D. 11 (3/8). P. 15. V. 9. A. 8 (3/5). C. 19. 



L. 1. 44-47. L. tr. 11/9. 



Length of head 4| to 5, height of body 4 to 4| in the total 

 length. Eye* diameter 5 to 6^ in length of head, 2 to 3 diameters 

 from end of snout, 1 diameters apart. Suborbital region, cheeks, 

 and anterior upper margin of the orbit usually covered with 

 numerous pores. Barbels both pairs rather longer than the 

 orbit. Fins dorsal commences midway between the end of the 

 snout and the base of the caudal fin, its last undivided ray is 

 osseous, strong, with coarse teeth : some of the last few anal rays 

 in large specimens may be elongated (B. spilophilus), but more 



Fig. 103. Barbus chagunio. 



frequently are not so. Lateral line complete, with from 5J to 6| 

 rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral ; 15 rows 

 before the dorsal fin. Free portion of the tail as high as long. 

 Colour uniform silvery, with a pinkish tinge, the scales towards 

 the back sometimes being darkest at their bases ; fins reddish with 

 light outer edges, the summit of the dorsal fin sometimes black. 

 The young have a silvery band along the side. 



