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Anal laid flat reaches somewhat beyond the root of the caudal fin, 

 which is deeply forked. Lateral line complete, rather concave : 

 2- to 3| rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral ; 12 

 rows before the dorsal fin. Colour silvery; the fins have an 

 orange tint, tipped with black. 



Hab. Rivers in Canara below the Ghats, attaining at least 18 

 inches in length. 



365. (27.) Barbus wynaadensis. 



Barbns (Barbodes) wynaadensis, Day, Jour. L. S., Zool. xi, 1873, 



p. 528. 

 Barbus wynaadensis, Day, Fish. India, p. 568, pi. cxxxviii, fig. 3, and 



pi. cxxxix, fig. 2. 



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

 L.'l. 26-28. L. tr. 4/6. 



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

 length. Eyes diameter 5 in length of head, 1 to 2 diameters 

 from end of snout, and 1| apart. Snout conical. Lower labial 

 fold interrupted. Barbels the maxillary pair as long as the orbit 

 or longer, the rostral one fourth shorter. Fins the dorsal two 

 thirds as high as the body, its origin a little anterior to the 

 insertion of the ventral ; its last undivided ray weak, osseous, with 

 an articulated extremity. Lateral line complete, 2^ to 3 rows of 

 scales between it and the base of the ventral fin : 10 rows before 

 the dorsal fin. Colour leaden silvery along the back, with a dark 

 band running from behind the eye to the middle of the base of the 

 caudal fin, where it sometimes ends in a round black blotch. 

 Abdomen of a Jight orange colour. Fins stained with grey at 

 their edges. 



Hab. Vithry in the Wynaad, where it is common in the larger 

 streams, attaining at least 8 inches in length. 



366. (28.) Barbus stevensonii. 



Barbus (Barbodes) stevensonii, Day, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 100. 

 Barbus stevensonii, Day, Fish. India, p. 569, pi. cxxxv, fig. 6. 



B. iii. D. 12(3/9). P. 17. V. 9. A. 8 (3/5). C. 19. L. 1. 27. 

 L. tr. 4|/5. 



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

 Kyes diameter t\vo sevenths of length of head, 1 diameter from 

 end of snout and apart. Body elongated and compressed. Lower 

 labial fold interrupted. Barbels the maxillary extend to below 

 the posterior extremity of the orbit; the rostral are shorter. 

 Fins dorsal with a smooth, weak, osseous ray, as long as the 

 head excluding the snout ; its height is rather less than that of the 

 body, and it arises slightly in advance of the ventrals. Lateral 

 i; n , complete, 2| rows of scales between it and the base of the 

 ventral fin, and 9 before the dorsal fin. Colour silvery, upper por- 

 tion of body darker ; numerous black specks along the side ; a black 

 spot at the base of the caudal, and a dark band along the dorsal fin. 



J/ab. Hills near Akyab. 



