320 



TELEOSTEI. PHTSOSTOMI. 



length. Eyes upper margin near the profile, diameter 3| to 4 in 

 the length of the head, 1 \ diameters from end of snout and also 

 apart. Body compressed, a considerable rise in the profile from 

 the occiput to the dorsal fin. Barbels extend rather beyond the 

 middle of the eye. Teeth pharyngeal, pointed, uncinate, 5, 3, 

 2/2, 3, 5. Fins the dorsal three fourths as high as the body, 

 inserted in advance of the ventral. Caudal deeply forked. Lateral 

 line complete, 4 or 5 rows of scales between it and the base of 

 the ventral fin. Colour silvery, with a tinge of yellow ; dorsal, 

 caudal, and anal tipped with grey. 



Hob. Central Provinces, Deccan, and throughout the Kistna, 

 Tungabhadra, and Godavari rivers ; attaining upwards of a foot 

 in length. 



380. (42.) Barbus denisonii. 



Labeo denisonii, Day, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 299. 



Barbus denisonii, Day, Fish. India, p. 573, pi. cxliii, fig. 2 (see 

 synon.X 



B. iii. D. 10-11 (2-3/8). P. 15. V. 9. A. 8 (3/5). C. 19. 

 L. 1. 28. L. tr. 4|/4|. 



Length of head 6, height of body 5 in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter 3| in the length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout, 

 and 1| apart. Dorsal and abdominal profiles slightly and about 

 equally convex. Snout obtuse. Barbels a maxillary pair one 

 third longer than the orbit. Teeth pharyngeal, pointed and 

 curved at their extremities, 4, 3, 2/2, 3, 4. Fins dorsal arises 

 rather before the ventrals, none of its rays osseous. Caudal deeply 

 forked. Lateral line complete, 2| rows of scales between it and 

 ventral fin ; 9 rows before dorsal fin. Colour silvery, with a black 

 band, above which runs a horizontal scarlet stripe passing from the 

 snout to the centre of the base of the caudal fin. Caudal with an 

 oblique black band crossing the posterior third of each lobe. 



Hah. Mundikyum in the Travancore hill-ranges. This fish 

 attains 6 inches in length. 



381. (43.) Barbus melanostigma. 



Barbus melanostigma, Day, Fish. India, p. 573, pi. cxliii, fig. 1 (see 

 synon.). 



B. iii. D. 10 (2/8). P. 15. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 19. 

 L.I. 26. L. tr. 5/4. 



Length of head 4| to 48, height of body 3| to 3| in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 3| in length of head, 1 diameter from 

 end of snout, and 1| apart. Mouth narrow ; lower labial fold 

 interrupted. Third suborbital bone as deep as the uncovered 

 portion of the cheek below it or rather deeper. Barbels a 

 maxillary pair about half as long as the orbit. Fins dorsal three 

 fourths as high as the body, having a concave upper edge, com- 

 mencing rather in advance of the insertion of the ventral; last 



