CYPKINID^E. CY.PUININ.E. 331 



below it. Lateral line incomplete, ceasing after 3 or 4 scales; 

 3 rows between the lateral line and base of the ventral fin, 9 rows 

 in front of the dorsal fin. Colour silvery, greenish along the 

 back, each scale having a number of fine black spots, most numerous 

 at the anterior margin. A large black blotch in the middle of 

 the side over the posterior extremity of the anal, sometimes 

 extended in the median line as far as the tail. A very indistinct 

 black blotch (most apparent in the immature) exists under the 

 posterior extremity of the dorsal, passing downwards to the middle 

 of the fish. Fins yellowish, their margins stained with black, the 

 dorsal having a median band. In some specimens there is a dark 

 mark at the bases of the scales. 



Hob. Orissa, Bengal to the Punjab ; attaining 3 or 4 inches in 

 length. 

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402. (64.) Barbus punjabensis. 



Barbus (Puntius) punjaubeusis, Day, J. A. S. B. xl, 1871, pt. 2, p. 334. 



Barbus punjaubensis, -Day, Fish. India, p. 580, pi. cxlv, fig. 2. 

 B.iii. D.I 1(3/8). V.9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 19. L. 1. 43. L.tr.8/?. 

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

 Eyes rather large, situated in the anterior half of the head, 

 one third of a diameter from end of snout. Fins dorsal two thirds 

 as high as the body below it, arising midway between the snout and 

 the base of the caudal fin; its last undivided ray weak and 

 articulated. Caudal deeply forked, with pointed lobes. Lateral 

 line incomplete, 14 rows of scales before the base of the dorsal fin. 

 Colour silvery, with a burnished silvery stripe along the side, and 

 a black spot at the base of the caudal fin. Two first dorsal rays 

 and intermediate membrane deep black. 



Hob. Sind, Eavi river at Lahore; also Jubbulpore. A small 

 species, attaining about 2 inches in length. 



403. (65.) Barbus unimaculatus. 



Systomus (?) unimaculatus, Elytli, J. A. S. B. xxix, 1860, p. 159. 

 Barbus unimaculatus, Day, Fish. India, p. 581, pi. cxlv, fig. 5. 



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

 L. 1. 24-25. L. tr. 



Length of head 3^, heigh b of body 3 in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter 3 in the length of head, 1 diameter from the end of snout 

 and also apart. Fins dorsal with the last undivided ray osseous, 

 entire, weak, and nearly as long as the head ; the fin commences mid - 

 way between the snout and the base of the caudal fin. Lateral 

 line incomplete, becoming lost opposite the posterior extremity 

 of the dorsal fin, 3 rows of scales between it and the base of the 

 ventral fin ; 9 rows before the dorsal fin. Colour silvery, a black 

 mark at the base of each dorsal ray. 



Hob. A number of fry up tp l T 8 ff inches in length from the 



