326 TELEOSTEI. 1'IIYSOSTOMI. 



391. (53.) Barbus stoliczkanus. 



J 'mi-bus (Puntius) stoliczkanus, Day, J. A. S. It. xl, 1871 , pt. 2, p. 328. 

 Barbus stoliczkanus, Day, Fish. India, p. 577, pi. cxliv, fig. 8 (see 

 synon.). 



B. iii. D. 10-11 (2-3/8). P. 14. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 19. 

 L. 1. 25. L. tr. 5/6. 



Length of head one sixth, height of body one third of the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 3 in length of head, | to | of a diameter 

 from end of snout, 1| apart. Teeth pharyngeal, crooked, 5, 3, 

 2/2, 3, 5. Fins osseous dorsal ray nearly as long as the head ex- 

 cluding the snout, serrated, but less strongly than in B. ticto, the 

 serratures are likewise rather irregular ; thelin commences midway 

 between the snout and the base of the caudal, which latter is 

 forked. Lateral line complete, there are 3| rows of scales 

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

 dorsal fin. Colour silvery, an oblong black mark on the lateral 

 l.ne about the third scale, and a deep black mark, yellow anteriorly, 

 extending upwards almost to the back, above and a little behind 

 the posterior extremity of the anal fin on the 18th and 19th scales. 

 Pins orange. 



Hob, Eastern Burma, where this species supersedes B. ticto. 

 It attains 4 inches in length. 



392. (54.) Barbus punctatus. 



Puntius punctatus, Day, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 302. 



Barbus punctatus, Day, Fish. India, p. 577, pi. cxliv, fig. 5 (see 

 synon.). 



Putter perlee, Mai. 



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

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



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

 Eyes diameter 2| in the length of head, | diameter from end of 

 snout, and 1 diameter apart. Fins dorsal fin commences over 

 ventral and midway between end of snout and base of caudal, its 

 upper border is slightly concave, its last undivided ray osseous, 

 strong, serrated, and about as long as the head; the fin two thirds 

 as high as the body. Caudal forked. Lateral line complete, 

 3 rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral fin, 8 rows 

 before the dorsal fin. Colour olive-green superiorly, becoming 

 white on the abdomen. A diffused black spot on the 20lh and 

 21st scales of the lateral line. The anterior half of the third or 

 fourth scale from the opercle, in the row next below the lateral 

 line, black. Fins yellowish, dorsal and anal tipped with orange. 

 Dorsal with two rows of black spots, and in Malabar examples a 

 short intermediate one anteriorly. In some specimens there is a 

 light edge round the caudal blotch, and a silvery band along the 

 sides. 





