316 TELEOSTEI. PIIYSOSTOMI. 





Fins dorsal arises midway between the snout and the base of the 

 caudal, its last undivided ray articulated : it commences slightly in 

 advance of the ventrals. Caudal deeply forked. Lateral line 

 complete, 2i rows between it and the base of the ventral fin. 

 Colour uniform silvery in spirit. 

 Hob. Tenasserim provinces. Specimen 2 inches long. 



372. (34.) Barbus melanampyx. 



Labeo melanampyx, Day, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 298. 

 Barbus melanampyx, Day, Fish. India, p. 570, pi. cxxxix, fig. 1 (see 

 synon.). 



B. iii. D. 11(3/8). P. 15. V.8. A. 7 (2/5). C. 15. L.I. 20. 

 L. tr. 3|/3|. 



Length of head 4|, height of body 3 to 3^ in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 3 to 3| in the length of head, from | to 1 diam- 

 eter from end of snout, 1 diameter apart. Numerous pores on the 

 snout. Lower labial fold interrupted. Barbels rostral short, the 

 maxillary equal in length to one diameter of the orbit. Teeth 

 pharyngeal, in three rows, curved, sharp, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. Pirn 

 dorsal scarcely higher than long, no osseous ray; it commences 

 midway between the end of the snout and the base of the caudal 

 fin, which latter is deeply forked. Lateral line complete, 2 

 rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral fin ; 7 

 rows before the dorsal fin. Colour of a deep dull red, with three 

 black cross bands, the first from below the whole of the base of the 

 dorsal to just beneath the lateral line, the second commences four 

 scales beyond the posterior extremity of the base of the dorsal and 

 descends to one scale below the lateral line, whilst the last is just 

 before the base of the caudal and often wanting. Fins pinkish, 

 edged with black. 



Hob. The "Wynaad, Nilgiri and Travancore ranges of hills and 

 streams along their bases ; also the Cauvery river. This fish 

 rarely attains 3 inches in length. 



B. With two barbels (Gapoeta). 



373. (35.) Barbus macrolepidotus. 



Capoeta macrolepidota, Cuv. 8f Vol. H. N. Poiss. xvi, p. 280, pi. 477. 

 Barbus macrolepidotus, Day, Fish. India, p. 571, pi. cxlii, fig. 1 (see 

 synou.). 



B. iii. D. 12 (4/8). P. 17. V. 9. A. 7(2/5). C. 19. L.I. 26. 



L. tr. 5/5. 



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

 diameter 5 to 5^ in length of head, 1| diameters from end of 

 snout and also apart. Snout pointed, without pores ; head com- 

 pressed. Barbels the maxillary as long as the orbit. Fins 

 dorsal commences slightly nearer the snout than the base of the 

 caudal, and opposite the insertion of the ventrals, its last undivided 



