330 TEJjEOSTEI. 1'JIA'SOSTOMI. 



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

 from end of snout. Body compressed. Third suborbital bone 

 very narrow. Fins dorsal arises over the ventral or slightly in 

 advance of it, and midway between the end of the snout and 

 the base of the caudal ; its smooth osseous ray is not strong 

 and is as long as the head without the snout ; upper margin of the 

 dorsal fin slightly concave ; the height is only slightly above one 

 half of that of the body. The pectoral extends to the ventral, 

 and the latter to the anal. Lower caudal lobe slightly the longer. 

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

 of the ventral fin ; 9 rows before the dorsal fin. Colour dull 

 silvery, darkest along the back, each scale having a dark base 

 formed by fine black dots. Dorsal, ventral, and anal fins generally 

 stained with black spots at their extremities, but in some specimens 

 only the anal. A. dark mark at the base of third to seventh 

 divided dorsal rays, sometimes a dark mark at base of the tail. 

 Hob. Assam, Bengal, JNYW. Provinces, and Punjab and Sind. 



400. (62.) Barbus thermalis. 



Leuciscus thermalis, Cuv. $ Vol. H. N. Poiss. xvii, p. 94, pi. 490. 

 Barbus thermalis, Dai/, Fish. India, p. 580 (see synou.). 



B. iii. D. 11 (3/8). P. 15. V. 9. A. 8 (3/5). C. 19. L. 1. 24. 

 L. tr. 5|/5|. 



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

 Eyes diameter 3| in length of head, 1 diameter from end of 

 snout. Dorsal profile more convex than the abdominal. Body 

 very compressed. Fins dorsal commences nearer to end of snout 

 than to base of caudal fin ; it is only two thirds as high as the body, 

 its osseous ray moderately strong, rather longer than the head 

 without the snout. Lateral line incomplete, ceasing after eight 

 scales. Colour silvery, a round black finger-mark on either side 

 of the free portion of the tail anterior to the base of the caudal fin, 

 and a second at the base of the first few dorsal rays. 



Hub. From a hot spring in Ceylon ; attaining at least 3 inches 

 in length. 



401 . (63.) Barbus terio. 



Cyprinus terio, Ham. Suck. Fish. Ganij. pp. 313, 389. 



Barbus terio, Day, Fish. India, p. 580, pi. cxliv, tig. 3 (see synon.). 



Kakachia-kenindi, Ooriah ; Teri-pungti, Beng. 



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



L.I. 22-23. L. tr. 5/5. 



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

 Eyes diameter 2| to 3 in length of head, f to 1 diameter 

 from end of snout, 1^ diameters apart. Body compressed. 

 Fins dorsal arises slightly in advance of the ventrals, its last 

 undivided ray is osseous, entire, moderately or very strong, and 

 nearly as long as the head ; the fin is almost as high as the body 



