312 TELEOSTEI. PHTSOSTOMI. 



the length of the head. Teeth pharyngeal, crooked, pointed, 

 4, 3, 2/2, 3, 4. Fins dorsal arises slightly before the ventral; 

 its upper border is concave, it is two thirds the height of the body, 

 having its last undivided ray weak, smooth, and articulated. 

 Caudal deeply forked. Scales 3^ rows between the lateral line 

 and the base of the ventral fin. Colour all the scales above a line 

 going direct from the eye to centre of the caudal fin are deep grey, 

 with dark bases ; below all are silvery grey ; fins with dark edges. 



Hob. South Canara, frequenting the inland streams, attaining at 

 least 174r inches in length. 



363. (25.) Barbus dobsoni. 



Barbus (Barbodes) dobsoni, Day, Jour. L. S., Zool. xii, 1876, p. 574. 

 Barbus dobsoni, Day, Fish. India, p. 5C8, pi. cxxxix, fig. 6. 



B. iii. D. 12-13 (3-4/9). P. 14. V. 9. A. 8 (3/5). C. 19. 

 L. 1. 30-32. L. tr. 5$-6/5|. 



Length of head 6, height of body 3 to 3| in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 3j in the length of the head, nearly 1 diameter 

 from end of snout, and 1^ apart. Snout a little obtuse. Mouth 

 narrow. Lower labial fold interrupted. Barbels thin, the 

 maxillary as long as the eye, the rostral somewhat shorter. 

 Teeth pharyngeal, crooked and pointed, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. Fins 

 dorsal commences somewhat in advance of the insertion of the 

 ventral ; it is about two thirds as high as the body, its last un- 

 divided ray articulated and smooth. Pectoral as long as the head. 

 Lateral line complete, 3 rows of scales between it and the 

 ventral fin ; 12 rows anterior to the dorsal. Colour bluish above, 

 becoming lighter on the sides and beneath ; fins edged with grey, 

 upper corner of dorsal and ends of caudal blackish. 



ffab. Deccan. 



364. (26.) Barbus jerdoni. 



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



Barbus jerdoni, Day, Fish. India, p. 508, pi. cxxxvSii, fig. 5. 

 Say-meen, Can. ; Cha-meen, Tel. ; Ta-mecn, Mai. 



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



L. 1. 27-28. L. tr. 6/4. 



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

 Eyes diameter 3 to 31 in length of head, 1 to 11 diameters from 

 end of snout, and H apart. A considerable rise to the com- 

 mencement of the dorsal fin. Mouth narrow. Lower labial fold 

 interrupted. Barbels thin, the maxillary as long as the orbit, the 

 rostral slightly shorter. Fins last undivided dorsal ray arti- 

 culated, weak and not enlarged ; the fin, which is four fifths as 

 high as the body below it, commences midway between the snout 

 and the base of the caudal. Pectoral as long as the head 

 and nearly reaching the ventral, which is of the same length. 



