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367. (29.) Barbns neUli. 



Barbus neilli, Day, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 581; and Fis/t. India, p. .1<5!>, 

 pi. cxl, fig. 4 (see synon.). 



B.iii. D.13(4/9). P. 15. V.10. A. 8 (3/5). C. 19. L. 1. 24-26. 

 L. tr. 4i/4. 



Length o head 4| to 5, height of body 3 to 4 in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 4| to 5 in length of head, 1 diameters 

 from end of snout and also apart. Dorsal and abdominal profiles 

 about equally convex. Snout conical. Lower labial fold con- 

 tinuous. Barbels the rostral pair reach the front edge of the eye, 

 the maxillary pair equal 1| diameters of the orbit. Teeth 

 pharyngeal, curved, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. Fins origin of dorsal 

 anterior to the insertion of the ventral ; the fin is two thirds as 

 high as the body, its upper edge concave, its last undivided ray 

 osseous, entire, and very weak. Pectoral as long as the head 

 excluding the snout, and longer than the ventral. Anal laid flat 

 reaches the base of the caudal, which is forked. Lateral line 

 complete, 3| rows of scales between it and the ventral fin ; 9 rows 

 anterior to the dorsal. Colour silvery above the lateral line, with 

 a tinge of yellow below it. .Fins with a bluish tinge in some 

 specimens, reddish in others. The young have a dark spot at the 

 base of the caudal fin. Eyes golden. 



Hub. Kurnool on the Tungabhadra river. The largest specimen 

 seen by myself was 38 Ibs. in weight, but this species is said to 

 attain to 50 or 60 Ibs. 



368. (30.) Barbns malabaricus. 



Barbus malabaricus, Jerdon, Mad, Jour. L. S. xv, 1849, p. .'!!:>: 

 Day, fish. India, p. 569, pi. cxxxviii, fig. 6. 



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

 L.I. 24. L. tr. 4/4. 



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

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

 end of snout, and 2 apart. Dorsal and abdominal profiles about 

 equally and moderately convex : lower labial fold complete, and 

 with a median lobe. Barbels the maxillary pair reach to below 

 hind edge of eye; the rostral pair are shorter. Fins dorsal 

 two thirds as high as the body : its origin is anterior to the 

 insertion of the ventral ; its upper edge concave, its last undivided 

 ray osseous, weak, with its bony portion equalling the postorbital 

 length of the head. Lateral line complete, 1| rows of scales 

 between it and the ventral fin ; 9 rows anterior to the dorsal. 

 Colour bluish, becoming white on the abdomen. Fins usually 

 blue. Eyes red. Sometimes the fish is brown ; and the dorsal, 

 pectoral, and ventral red ; or the front edge of the dorsal and 

 anal and upper and lower borders of the caudal may be dark. 



Hab. From South Cauara down the Western Ghats to the 

 Travancore hills ; attaining at least 18 inches in length. 



