324 TELEOSTEF. PHYSOSTOMI. 



C. Without barbels (Puntius). 



387. (49.) Barbus apogon. 



Barbus apogou, (KuM) Cnv. $ Vol. H. N. Poiss. xvi, p. 392 ; Day, 



Fish. India, p. 575, pi. cxli, fig. 3 (see synon.). 

 Nga-ta-zee and Nga-lay-toun, J3urmese. 



B. iii. D. 12 (4/8). P. 17. V. 10. A. 8 (3/5). C. 19. 

 L.I. 36-37. L. tr. 7^/7. 



Length of head 5%, height of body 3^ in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter 3^ to 4 in the length of the head, 1 to 1^ diameters 

 from the end of snout and also apart. Body strongly compressed, 

 and rising abruptly from the nape to the base of the dorsal fin. 

 Fiiis dorsal arises rather behind the insertion of the ventral, its 

 last undivided ray strong, serrated, and the stiff portion rather 

 shorter than the bead. First three anal rays rather stiff. Caudal 

 deeply forked. Lateral line complete, 5| (4 in some specimens) 

 rows of scales between it and the ventral fin; 15 rows of scales 

 before the base of the dorsal fin. Colour silvery, each scale with 

 a dark spot at its base. 



Hob. Tenasserim and throughout Burma (certainly as high as 

 Mandalay) to the Malay Archipelago ; attaining at least 8 inches in 

 length. 



388. (50.) Barbus ambassis. 



Barbus ambassis, Day, P. Z, S. 1808, p. 683, and Fish. India, p. 576, 



pl.cxlv, fig. 1. 

 Eunkuai, Ooriab. 



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

 L.I. 36. L. tr. 6/8. 



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

 Eyes diameter nearly two fifths of length of head, | diameter 

 from end of snout, 1 diameter apart. Teeth pharyngeal, sharp, 

 crooked, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. Fins dorsal spine osseous, strong, and 

 posteriorly serrated, having about 15 teeth ; the fin commences 

 slightly before the ventral, and midway between the end of the 

 snout and the base of the caudal, which last is deeply lobed. 

 Scales small and deciduous. Lateral line incomplete, becoming 

 indistinct in the posterior two thirds of the body, 6 rows of scales 

 between it and the base of the ventral fin ; 15 rows before the 

 dorsal fin. Colour light greenish, with a silvery baud along the 

 side. A small black spot at the base of the anterior dorsal rays, 

 and a black blotch at the side of the tail. 



Hob. Madras, Orissa, Bengal, and Assam at least as high as 

 Sadiya; attaining about 3 inches in length. 



