

310 TELEOSTEI. 1'llYSOSTOMI. 



358. (20.) Barbus curmuca. 



Cyprinus curmuca, Buchanan's Journey in Mysore, iii,p. 344, pi. xxx. 

 Barbus curmuca, Day, Fish. India, -p. 500, pi. cxli, fig. 1 (see synon.). 



B. iii. D. 12 (3/9). P. 16. V. 9. A. 8 (3/5). C. 18. 

 L.I. 41. L. tr. 8/7. 



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

 diameter 4| in the length of the head, 1^ diameters from the end 

 of the snout, and also apart. Snout conical, head compressed, 

 interorbital space transversely concave. Dorsal profile more convex 

 than that of the abdomen. In adults there is a band of open pores 

 from the preorbital along the cheek. Barbels two maxillary pairs, 

 the lower as long as the eye, the upper half as long. Fins dorsal 

 as high as the body, its upper edge concave, it arises in front of 

 the insertion of the ventral, its last undivided ray weak and 

 articulated. Lateral line complete, 3| rows of scales between it 

 and the base of the ventral fin ; 10 rows anterior to the dorsal 

 fin. Caudal deeply forked, its lobes pointed. Colour silvery, 

 lightest on the sides and beneath ; tips of the caudal blackish. In 

 the young the middle third of the caudal is orange, and it is tipped 

 with black. 



Hab. Western Ghats of India; attaining to at least 4 feet in 

 length. 



359. (21.) Barbus lithopidos. 



Barbus (Barbodes) lithopidos, Day, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 708. 

 Barbus lithopidos, Day, Fish. India, p. 507, pi. cxxxviii, fijr. 



Kuri meen, Canarese. 



B. iii. D. 12 (3/9). P. 15. V. 10. A. 8 (3/5). C. 19. 

 L. 1. 38-39. L. tr. 7/7. 



Length of head 5| to 65, height of body 4| in the total length. 

 Eyes 3| to 4| diameters in length of head, 1 to 1| diameters 

 from end of snout, and lg apart. Body compressed, dorsal and 

 abdominal profiles equally and moderately convex. Lower labial 

 fold interrupted ; a thin cartilaginous covering internally to either 

 jaw. Large examples have pores on the preorbital. Barbels 

 both pairs thin, and about as long as the orbit. Fins dorsal high 

 in front, equalling the height of the body, its upper edge concave, 

 its origin anterior to the insertion of the ventral, its last undivided 

 ray weak and articulated. Pectoral and ventral of equal length, 

 and as long as the head. Caudal very deeply forked. Lateral 

 line complete, 4 rows of scales between it and base of ventral fin ; 

 14 rows before the dorsal. Free portion of the tail as high at its 

 base as it is long. Colour slaty, as are the fins, having their 

 outer rays whitish. Pectoral yellowish, tail greenish. Adults are 

 more yellow, with a grey band behind the opercle, and some of the 

 scales scarlet. 



Hab. South Canara, where it is not uncommon in the rivers, 

 and attains 2 feet in length. 



