CYi'lilNID.E. - CrPllININJi:. 327 



1 1 <i ft. Malabar and Coromaudel coast. This species does not 

 appear to exceed 3 inches in length. 



393. (55.) Barbus gelius. 



Cyprinus gelius, Ham. Buck. Fish. Gang. pp. 320, 890. 



Barbus gelius, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 154; Day, Fish. India, p. 577, 



pi. cxlv, fig. 3 (see synon.). 

 Cutturpoh, Ooriah ; Gili punyti, Beng. 



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

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



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

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

 end of snout, 1 diameter apart. Third suborbital bone broad. 

 Fins dorsal arises slightly in advance of ventrals, its osseous ray 

 is strong, rather coarsely serrated, and as long as the head 

 excluding the snout, the fin two thirds as high as the body ; caudal 

 deeply forked. Lateral line incomplete, ceasing after 5 or 6 scales ; 

 3 rows of scales between lateral line and base of ventral fin, 8 rows 

 before the dorsal fin. Colour reddish brown, with a black band 

 over the tail a little before the base of the caudal fin, and another 

 loss distinct close to the base of that fin. A silvery band along 

 the side. The peritoneum being black appears like an irregular 

 dark blotch. A black spot passes across the base of the anterior 

 half of the dorsal, extending one third the distance up the rays. A 

 black band over the base of the anal, highest in front. Occiput 

 also black. 



Hab. Ganjam, Orissa, Bengal, and Assam, attaining at least 

 2 inches in length. 



394. (56.) Barbus phutunio. 



Cyprinus phutunio, Ham. Buch. Fish. Gattges, pp. 319, 390. 

 Barbus phutunio, Day, Fish. India, p. 578, pi. cxlv, fig. 4 (see synon.). 

 Kudji-kerundi, Ooriah ; Phutuni punyti, Beng. 



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



L. 1. 20-23. L. tr. 8-10. 



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

 length. Eyes diameter 2| in length of head, | to diameter 

 from end of snout, 1 diameter apart. Fins dorsal osseous ray 

 serrated, the serratures often becoming indistinct in the adult ; the 

 fin commences opposite the ventrals. Lateral line incomplete, 

 only extending along three or four scales ; from it to the base of 

 the ventral are 3 rows ; 9 rows before the dorsal fin. Colour 

 reddish brown, with a black band passing from the back to opposite 

 the middle of the pectoral fin ; a second from the back to the 

 posterior end of the base of the anal ; two other lighter bands pass 

 do\vm\ ards, one from the anterior, the other from the posterior 

 extremity of the dorsal. A dark baud down the centre of the 

 dorsal, another at the base of the caudal. The adult in its colours 



