304 TELEOSTEI. PHYSOSTOMI. 



348. (10.) Barbus micropogon. 



Barbus micropogon, Guv. fy Vol. If. N. Poiss. xvi, p. 188 ; Day 

 Fish, India, p. 668, pi. cxxxvi, fig. 3, and pi. cxxxviii, fig. 4 (see 

 synon.). 



Coatee candee, Tamil. 



B. iii. D. 13 (4/9). P. 17. V. 10. A. 7-8 (2-3/5). C. 19. 

 L. 1. 39-41. L. tr. 6-7/7. 



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

 length. Eyes in the middle of the length of the head, diameter 

 3| to 4| in length of head, 1| diameters apart and also from end 

 of snout. Snout conically pointed, and adults have pores on the 

 preorbital, and even all across the snout. Cleft of mouth extend- 

 ing about half the distance to below the anterior margin of the 

 orbit. Barbels the rostral extend to below the anterior third of 

 the orbit, the maxillary to below its posterior margin. Teeth 

 pharyngeal, crooked, pointed, 4, 3, 2/2, 3, 4. Fins dorsal com- 

 mences slightly before insertion of ventrals, and midway between 

 end of the snout and base of caudal fin ; its osseous ray is strong, 

 smooth, and somewhat compressed, the stiff portion being slightly 

 longer than the head. Pectoral three fourths as long as the head. 

 Caudal deeply forked. Lateral line complete, but becomes lost 

 in old specimens ; 3 to 3| rows of scales between it and the ventral 

 fin; 15 rows anterior to the dorsal fin. Colour cheeks golden, 

 body with a greenish tinge superiorly, becoming white tinged with 

 gold below the lateral line, the base of each scale somewhat the 

 darkest. Fins darkest along their centres. 



Hob. Rivers around the base of the Nilgiris, and "Wynaad and 

 South Canara range of hills, also Mysore, attaining a large size. 

 Some were introduced by myself into the Ootacamund lake. The 

 example figured in ' The Fishes of India,' on plate cxxxvi (7'5 inches 

 in length), was from the Wynaad ; the specimen on plate cxxxviii 

 (life size) was from the Bhavani. 



349. (11.) Barbus cMlinoides. 



Barbus cheilynoides, McClelland, As. Res. xix, pt. 2, 2nd. Cyp. 



pp. 271, 340, pi. 57, fig. 5. 

 Barbua chilinoides, Day, Fish, India, p. 503, pi. cxxxix, fig. 5 (see 



synon.). 

 Chit-rah-too, Punj. 



B. iii. D. 10-11 (3/7-8). P. 17. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 19. 



L.I. 32-35. L. tr. 5|/6. 



Length of head 5, height of body 5| in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter 4 to 5 in the length of head, 1 1 diameters from end of 

 snout, and 2 diameters apart. The snout overhangs the mouth. 

 Some examples have a depression across the snout; numerous fine 

 glands over the cheeks and opercles ; lips moderately thick, the 

 lower without a lobe, but with a continuous transverse fold. 



