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undivided dorsal ray very weak, osseous interiorly, and articulated 

 in its upper half. Caudal deeply forked. Lateral line complete, 

 very slightly concave ; 3 rows of scales between it and the base of 

 the ventral fin ; 8 rows before the dorsal. Colour silvery above, 

 becoming white on the sides and beneath, a light band along the 

 side ; a deep black blotch on the side of the tail, commencing on 

 the twenty-first or twenty-second scale ; dorsal and caudal stained 

 with grey, sometimes a dark band along the side. 



Hab. Wynaad bills in Malabar. Jerdon also obtained specimens 

 in the Bhavani river and from the Cauvery. 



382. (44.) Barbus arenatus. 



Bar feus arenatus, Day, Fish. India, p. 574, pi. cxlii, fig. 7. 



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

 L. 1. 26. L. tr. 4/6. 



Length of head 4|, height of body 4 in the total length. _%es- 

 diameter 4| to 5 in the length of the head, 1| diameters from end 

 of snout, and 2 apart. Suborbital ring of bones very narrow 

 Body thick, its width equalling four sevenths of its height. 

 Barbels a single maxillary pair whicli reaches to beneath the first 

 third of the eye. No pores on the head. Fins last undivided 

 dorsal ray fine, smooth, osseous inferiorly, becoming articulated 

 superiorly ; the fin commences before the insertion of the ventral. 

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

 of the ventral fin; 11 rows anterior to the dorsal fin. Colour 

 silvery, without any markings. In some examples a darkish band 

 along the dorsal fin. 



Hab. Madras. 



383. (45.) Barbus puckelli. 



Puntius (Capoeta) puckelli, Day, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 197. 

 Barbus puckelli, Day, Fish. India, p. 574, pi. cxliii, fig. 5. 



B. iii. D. 9 (2/7). P. 15. V. 9. A. 8 (3/5). 0. 19. 

 L. 1. 24. L. tr. 4/5. 



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

 Eyes diameter 3| in the length of head, two thirds of a diameter 

 from end of snout, and 1| diameters apart. No pores on the 

 head, its summit rather convex. Barbels a thick maxillary pair, 

 reaching to beneath the anterior edge of the eye. Teeth pharyn- 

 geal, plough-shaped, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. Fins last undivided dorsal 

 ray weak and cartilaginous, the fin commences before the ventral. 

 Lateral line complete, 2| rows of scales between it and the base 

 of the ventral fin ; 10 rows before the base of the dorsal fin. 

 Colour greenish yellow along the back, with a red mark on the 

 opercle, and a scarlet stripe extending along the middle of the 

 side. A deep black mark on the dorsal fin from the base of the 



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