318 TELEOSTEI . PH YSOSTOM T . 



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

 from end of snout, 1 \ diameters apart. The third suborbital bone 

 two thirds as deep as the uncovered portion of the cheek below it. 

 Barbels fine, and equal to two thirds of the length of the orbit. 

 Fins dorsal commences midway between the end of the snout and 

 the base of the caudal fin ; its last undivided ray is osseous, weak 

 in the young but strengthening with age, and as long as the head 

 without the snout ; height of fin two thirds of that of the bodv. 

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

 of the ventral fin ; 8 rows before the dorsal fin. Colour back 

 greenish, divided from the silvery abdomen bv a dark bluish line. 

 Cheeks golden red. Pectoral, ventral, and anal tinged with 

 yellow ; dorsal and caudal dusky. A diffused black spot on the 

 lateral line extending from the twentieth to the twenty-second 

 scales. Eyes golden. 



Nab. Malabar, Mysore, and Madras ; attaining at least 6 inches 

 iu length. 



376. (38.) Barbus burmanicus. 



Barb us burmanicus, Day, Fish. India, p. 572, pi. cxli, fig. 4. 



B. iii. D. 12(4/8). P. 15. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 17. 

 L.I. 26. L. tr. 4/4. 



Length of head 41 to 5, height of body 3^ in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 3-j to 3^- in the length of the head, 1 diameter 

 from the end of snout, and 1| apart. A considerable rise from the 

 snout to the base of the dorsal tin. Snout pointed. Lower labial 

 fold interrupted. Barbels a very short maxillary pair. Fins 

 dorsal two thirds as high as the body, it commences opposite the 

 insertion of the ventral, its last undivided ray is osseous, strong, 

 entire, and about as long as the head. Scales 2 rows between 

 lateral line and base of ventral fin; 10 rows before dorsal fin. 

 Colour silvery along the back, becoming lighter on the sides and 

 beneath ; a dull blotch before the base of the caudal fin. Fins 

 silvery, with a dull band down the centre of the dorsal. 



Hob. Burma. 



377. (39.) Barbus tetrarupagus. 



Systoinus tetrarupagus, McCkll. As. Res. xix, pt. 2; Ind. Cyp. 



pp. 285, 381, pi. 44, tig. 3. 

 Barbus tetrarupagus, Day, Fish. India, p. 572, pi. cxlii, fig. 6 (see 



synon.). 

 Tit -pungti, Bengali ; Borajalee, Assamese ; Pet-toh-ee, Sind. 



B. iii. D. 10-11 (2-3/8). P. 17. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 19. 



L. 1. 24-26. L. tr. 5-51/5. 



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

 length. Eyes diameter f of length of head, 1 diameter from end 

 of snout, and lj apart. Dorsal profile considerably elevated. 

 Barbels a maxillary pair, thin, and equal to two thirds of the 



