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length of the orbit. Fins dorsal two thirds as high as the body, 

 it commences opposite the insertion of the ventral ; osseous dorsal 

 ray of moderate strength, and the stiff portion as long as the head 

 excluding the snout. Lateral line complete, 3| rows of scales 

 between it and the base of the ventral; 8 to 10 rows before the 

 dorsal fin. Colour a round black spot on the lateral line behind 

 the gill-openings, and a second midway between end of anal and 

 base of caudal tin, and rather more forward than in B. chola, being 

 on the 18th to 20th scales of the lateral line. Dorsal and anal 

 tipped with black, sometimes the upper half of the former stained 

 darkish, and a black band along its centre, most distinct anteriorly, 

 and more so in Assam than in Bengal specimens. 



Ifab. Orissa, Bengal, Assam, N.W. Provinces, Punjab and Sind, 

 also the Deccan ; attaining nearly 5 inches in length. 



378. (40.) Barbus dorsalis. 



Systomus dorsalis, Jet-don, Mad. Jour. L. Sc. xv, 1849, p. 314. 

 Barbus dorsalis, l)ay, Fish. India, p. 573, pi. cxlii, fig. 2 (see synon.). 



Lambi kaoli, Ilin. ; Saal candee, Tarn. ; Mar-paJcke, Can. 



B. iii. D. 11-12 (3-4/8). P. 15. V. 9. A. 8 (3/5). C. 19. 

 L. 1. 24-25. L. tr. 4|/4. 



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

 Eyes diameter 4 to4| in length of head, from 1| to H diameters 

 from end of snout, 1| diameters apart. Third suborbital bone as 

 wide as the cheek below it. Snout pointed. Lower labial fold 

 interrupted. Barbels a maxillary pair two thirds as long as the 

 eye. Teeth pharyngeal, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. Fins dorsal commences 

 rather in front of ventral, and nearly midway between the end of 

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

 smooth, moderately strong, and the stiff portion of the ray as long 

 as, or a little longer than, the head without the snout. Caudal 

 forked. Lateral line complete. Scales 8 or 9 rows between 

 occiput and base of dorsal fin ; 2| rows between lateral line and 

 base of ventrals. Colour uniform silvery, frequently the scales 

 iu the upper two thirds of the body with dark bases. A black 

 spot at the posterior portion of the base of the dorsal, which dis- 

 appears more or less in spirit. 



Nab. Kurnool, Mysore, throughout Madras as low as the 

 Cauvery and Coleroon rivers, and Ceylon. This species does not 

 attain a large size. 



379. (41.) Barbus kolus. 



Barbus kolu.9, Sykes, Tr. Z. S. ii, p. 357, pi. 62, fig. 1 ; Dai/, Fish. 

 India, p. 573, pi. cxli, fig. 2 (see synon.). 



Niluju, Telugu ; Roll's and Kolashi, Marathi. 

 B. iii. D. 12-13 (3-4/9). P. 15. V. 9. A. 8 (3/5). C. 19. 

 L. 1. 40-43. L. tr. 10/8. 



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



