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ray is weak (scarcely osseous), and finely serrated in nearly its 

 whole extent. Caudal deeply forked. Scales 2| rows between 

 lateral line and base of ventral fin ; 1.0 rows before the dorsal fin. 

 Colour silvery, lightest on the sides and below ; fins orange, 

 anterior edge of the dorsal and outer margins of the caudal black. 

 A badly developed darkish baud from the dorsal to the ventral fin. 

 Hab. Tavoy to the Malay Peninsula. 



374. (36.) Barbus chola. 



Cyprinus chola, Ham. Such. Fish. Ganges, pp. 312, 389. 

 Barbus chola, Day, Fish. India, p. 571, pi. cxlii, fig. 4 (see synon.). 

 Koroon, Tain. ; Kerrundi, Beng. ; Nya-khon-ma and Nya-loivah, 

 Burmese ; Pittha-kerrundi, " bitter carp," Ooriah ; Chadda paddaka, Tel. ; 

 Katcha karawa, Hind. 



B. lii. D. 11 (3/8). P. 15. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 19. 

 L. 1. 26-28. L. tr. 5J/5. 



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

 length. Eyes diameter 3| to 4 in the length of the head, | to 1 

 diameter from end of snout, and 1| apart. Suborbital ring of 

 bones narrow, their depth not being one third of that of the 

 uncovered portion of the cheek. Barbels a single maxillary pair 

 not so long as one diameter of the orbit. Fins dorsal three 

 fifths as high as the body, it commences opposite the ventrals and 

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

 fin, its last undivided ray is osseous and smooth, with the stiff 

 portion moderately strong and as long as the bead excluding the 

 snout. Lateral line complete, from 3 to 3| rows of scales 

 between it and the base of the ventral fin ; 10 to 12 rows before 

 the dorsal fin. Colour silvery, opercles shot with purple and 

 gold. A dark blotch is usually present on the side of the free 

 portion of the tail from the 23rd to the 25th scales of: the lateral 

 line; in some Malabar examples this blotch is intensely black. A 

 dark mark along the base of the anterior dorsal ray, and a row of 

 dark spots along its centre. Occasionally there is a dark mark 

 behind the gill-opening, especially in Bengal and Assam examples. 



Hab. From Malabar and the Wynaad, through Madras, Orissa, 

 the Punjab, Bengal, and Gaugetic Provinces, the Central 

 Provinces, Assam, also Akyab and Burma to Mergui. This fish 

 grows to about 5 inches in length. As food it is bitter ; in some 

 localities in Burma oil is obtained from it during the breeding- 

 season. 



375. (37.) Barbus parrah. 



Puntius parrah, Day, P. Z. S. 18Go, p. 301. 



Bavbus parrah, Day, Fish. India, p. 572, pi. cxlii, fig. 3 (see synoii.). 

 Parrah perlee, Mai. ; Kutcha karawa, Hind. 



B. iii. D. 11 (3/8). P. 15. V. 9. A. 8(3/5). C. J9. 

 L. 1. 25-26. L. tr. 5/5. 



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



