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360. (22.) Barbus thomassi. 



Barbus (Barbodes) thomassi, Day, P. Z. S.1873, p. 707. 



Barbus thomassi, Day, Fish. India, p. 567, pi. cxxxvii, fig. 5 (see 



synon.). 



Kem-pu-per-ru-wid, Canarese (Red Mahaseer). 



B. iii. D. 12-13 (3-4/9). P. 17. V. 10. A. 8 (3/5). C. 19. 

 L. 1. 31-34. L. tr. 6/6. 



Length of head 5| to 6|, height of body 4 to 4^ in the total 

 length. Eyes high up, diameter 3^ to 4 in length of head, 1^ 

 diameters from end of snout, and also apart. Dorsal profile about 

 equally convex with that of the abdomen. Lower labial fold 

 interrupted. Barbels thin, the maxillary not so long as the eye, 

 the rostral pair shorter. Fins dorsal high anteriorly, equalling 

 the height of the body ; its origin is anterior to the insertion of 

 the ventral ; its upper edge very concave, and its last undivided 

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

 and four fifths as long as the head ; caudal deeply forked, the 

 upper lobe the longer. Lateral line complete, 2i rows of scales 

 between it and the base of the ventral fin ; 12 rows anterior to the 

 dorsal. Colour silvery along the back, each scale with a red 

 lunule ; dorsal and caudal fins lake-colour, the last being usually 

 edged with black. Ventral and anal also lake-colour, stained with 

 greyish-black. Most of the scales with a dark base. 



Hob. South Canara; attaining at least 3 feet in length. 



361. (23.) Barbus spinulosus. 



Barbus spimilosus, McClelland, Cal Journ. N. H. v, p. 280, pi. 21, 

 fig. 3 j Day, Fish. India, p. 567 (see synon.). 



B.iii. D. 12(3/9). P. 15. V. 9. A. 10 (3/7). C. 19. L. 1. 32. 



Length of head 5, height of body 41 in the total length. Back 

 a little elevated. Eyes before the middle of the length of the 

 head. Dorsal profile but slightly arched. Snout short. Fins 

 dorsal without osseous ray, commencing midway between the end 

 of the snout and the base of the caudal. Colour greenish above, 

 white below ; fins pale. 



Nab. Sikhim, w : hence a single specimen, 7 inches long, was 

 obtained by McClelland. 



362. (24.) Barbus pulchellus. 



Barbus (Barbodes) pulchellus, Day, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 372. 

 Barbus pulchellus, Day. Fish. India, p. 5C8, pi. cxl, fig. 3 (see synon.). 

 Khatladi, Canarese ; Tulu, Mai. ; Ehudia, Marathi. 

 B. iii. D. 12 (3/9). P. 17. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 19. 

 L.I. 30-32. L. tr. 5-fi -V,. 



Length of head 6 to 6-1, height of body 4 to 4 in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 3 in length of head, 1| diameters from 

 the end of the snout, and 1 j apait. Pores on the snout. Barbels 

 four, the maxillary pair being the longest, equalling one third of 



