322 TELEOSTET. PIIYSOSTOMI. 



third to that of the sixth branched ray. Very fine dark spots over 

 the scales, especially at their bases. An indistinct black mark on 

 the lateral line from the nineteenth to the twenty-first scale. 

 Hal. Bangalore, where it is said to be common. 



384. (46.) Bar bus amphibius. 



Capoeta amphibia, Cuv. $ Val. H. N. Pom. xvi, p. 282, pi. 478. 

 Barbus amphibius, Day, Fish. India, p. 574, pi. cxlii, fig. 8 (see 

 synon.). 



Oolee pcrlce, Mai. ; Bhondgi, Mardthi. 



B. iii. D. 10-11 (2-3/8). P. 15. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 19. 

 L. 1. 23-24. L. tr. 5/4. 



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

 length. Eyes diameter 3^ in the length of head, 1 diameter from 

 end of snout, and 1| apart. Barbels a thin maxillary pair reaching 

 to below the centre of the eye. Fins the dorsal two thirds as 

 high as the body, with its osseous ray feeble, smooth, and half as 

 long as the head ; the fin arises somewhat in advance of the ventrals. 

 Caudal fin deeply forked. Lateral line complete, 2 rows of scales 

 between it and the base of the ventral fin; 8 rows before the 

 dorsal. Colour upper half of body steel-blue, becoming white 

 tinged with golden on the sides and beneath. Sometimes a dark 

 band along the side, and a black spot on either side of the tail 

 anterior to the caudal fin, this becomes indistinct after specimens 

 have been long macerated, but is very apparent in fresh ones, 

 especially those from the Malabar coast ; it is not well-marked, and 

 often absent, in those taken in Bombay. Fins yellowish, upper 

 edge of dorsal usually stained with black. In the monsoon time a 

 crimson band along the sides is sometimes present. 



Hob. Central India, Deccan, Bombay, and the Western coast of 

 India, Madras and up the coast as high as Orissa ; attaining to 

 at least 6 inches in length. 



385. (47.) Barbus arulms. 



Systomus arulius, Jcrdon, Mad. Jour. L. S. xv, 1849, p. 317. 

 Barbus arulius, Day, Fish. India, p. 575, pi. cxlii, fig. 5 (see synon.). 



B. iii. D. 11 (3/8). P. 15. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 18. 

 L. 1. 21-23. L. tr. 4|/4|. 



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

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

 from end of snout and also apart. Barbels a long maxillary 

 pair. Teetli pharyngeal, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5, sharp and curved at 

 their extremities. Fins no osseous dorsal ray ; the fin, which is 

 two thirds as high as the body, commences midway between the 

 end of the snout and the base of the caudal, which last is deeply 

 emarginate. Lateral line complete, 2| rows of scales between 

 it and the base of the ventral fin ; 9 rows before the base of the 

 dorsal fin. Colovr olive-green on the back, becoming silvery 



