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406. (68.) Barbus vittatus. 



Puntius vittatus, Day, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 303. 



Barbus vittatus, Day, Fish. India, p. 682, pi. cxliv, fig. 2 (see synon.). 



EooK, Hind. 



B. iii. D. 10 (2/8). P. 12. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 20. 

 L. 1. 20-22. L. tr. 3/4. 



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

 Eyes diameter from 2 to 3 in the adult in the length of the head, 

 | of a diameter from end of snout, 1 diameters apart. Fins 

 last undivided dorsal ray articulated, weak, and entire; the fin 

 commences somewhat in advance of the ventrals. Lateral line 

 incomplete, ceasing after about 5 scales ; 3 rows between it and 

 the base of the ventral fin, 8 rows before the dorsal fin. Colour 

 silvery, generally with four black spots in the adult, one just 

 before the dorsal, one below its posterior margin, another at the 

 base of the caudal, and a fourth at the base of the anal. The 

 dorsal has a vertical black streak, and a black tip with orange 

 markings. In the immature the colours vary : when the fish is 

 about eight tenths of an inch long, a vertical stripe begins to show 

 itself in the posterior third of the dorsal fin, the summit of which 

 also becomes edged with black, whilst there are some irregular 

 orange markings ; in very young specimens the line of demarcation 

 between the green of the back and the silvery abdomen appears 

 like a white band running from the eye to the middle of the tail. 

 In some specimens one or more of the spots are absent. 



Hob. Mysore, Madras, "Wynaad, Malabar, Ceylon, and Cutch ; 

 attaining 1 inches in length. 



407. (69.) Barbus filamentosus. 



Leucisdus filamentosus, Cuv. # Vol. H. N. Poiss. xvii, p. 96, pL 492. 

 Barbus filamentosus, Day, Fish. India, p. 582 (see synon.). 

 Chewllt, Tamil. 



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

 L. 1. 21. L. tr. 4/4. 



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

 Eyes diameter 3J- in the length of the head, ^ to 1 diameter from 

 end of snout, If apart. Generally large pores over the snout. 

 Fins dorsal arises slightly nearer to suout than to base of caudal 

 fin ; its last undivided ray is osseous, smooth, and feeble, whilst the 

 divided ones are all more or less elongate in the adult. Lateral 

 line complete, 2 rows of scales between it and the base of the 

 ventral ; 7 rows before the dorsal fin. Colour silvery, each 

 scale having a metallic green edging ; a more or less distinct black 

 blotch exists on the lateral line, on the fourteenth and fifteenth 



