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body, with a concave upper edge, it commences in front of the 

 ventrals ; its last undivided ray is osseous, of moderate strength, 

 its stiff portion being as long as the head excluding the snout. 

 Pectoral as long as the head posterior to the nostrils and longer 

 than the ventral. Anal laid flat reaches the caudal. Lateral line 

 complete, 2 rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral 

 fin; 10 rows before the dorsal fin. Colour greenish, with a 

 golden tinge, darkest along the back. 



Hob. Bhavaui (Bowany) river, at base of Nilgiri hills in Madras. 

 The largest specimen obtained was 5 inches in length. 



356. (18.) Barbus sophore. 



Cyprinus sophore, Ham. Such. Fish. Ganges, pp. 310, 389 (part), 



'(pi. 19, fig. 86 is not the same species). 

 Barbus sophore, Day, Fish. India, p. 566, pi. cxliii, fig. 4 (see synon.). 



B. iii D. 12 (3/9). P. 15. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). 

 L. 1. 25. L. tr. 3i/4|. 



Length of head 4|, height of body 3| in the total length. 

 Eyes 3 to 3| in the length of the head, nearly 1 diameter from 

 end of snout, and also apart. Barbels long and thin, the maxillary 

 pair one half longer than the eye ; the rostral pair slightly shorter. 

 Fins dorsal ray weak, osseous, entire, and as long as the head 

 without the snout ; the fin arises slightly before the ventral, and 

 midway between the end of the snout and the root of the caudal. 

 Lateral line complete, 2| rows between it and the base of the 

 ventral; 9 rows before the dorsal fin. Scales with numerous 

 longitudinal striae. Colour silvery, with a lateral blotch. 



Hab. Assam and Khasi hills. 



357. (19.) Barbus stracheyi. 



Barbus (Barbodes) stracheyi, Day, J. A. S. B. xl, 1871, p. 307. 

 Barbus stracheyi, Day, Fish. India, p. 566, pi. cxxxix, fig. 4 (see 

 synon.). 



B. iii. D. 11 (2/9). P. 17. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 17. 

 L.I. 23. L. tr.3i/5. 



Length of head 4|, height of body 4| in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 5 in length of head, 1| diameters from end of 

 snout, 2| diameters apart. Mouth without enlarged lips : lower 

 labial fold interrupted. Barbels long, the rostral pair reaching 

 to below the centre of the orbit, and the maxillary pair to beneath 

 its posterior margin. Fins dorsal osseous ray strong, smooth, 

 and as long as the head without the snout, the fin commences mid- 

 wav between the end of the snout and the base of the caudal fin. 

 Lateral line complete, 2| rows of scales between it and the base 

 of the ventral fins. Colour uniform silvery. 



//<(!>. Akyab and Moulmein. 



