

340 TELEOSTEl. PHYSOS1OMI. 



B. Without any, or with only rudimentary barbels. 



D. 11-12. A. 29-30, L. 1. 55-70 3. R. cotio, p. 340. 



D. 11, A. 25-28, L. 1. 75-80 4. R. vi<jorsii, p. 341. 



D. 11-12, A. 20-21, L. 1. 08-73 5. R. belant/eri, p. 342. 



D. 11, A. 10, L. 1. 65 0. R. oqilbii, p. 342. 



D. 12, A. 30, L. 1. 44 7. -R. cunma, p. 343. 



415. (1.) Rohtee bakeri. 



Rohtee bakeri, Day, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 240 ; Fish. India, p. 580, 

 pi. cxlvii, fig. 1. 



B. iii. D. 11 (3/8). P. 13. V. 10. A. 14 (3/11). 

 L. 1. 44. L. tr. 8/7. 



Length of head from 5 to 6, height of body from 4 to 4 in the 

 total length. Eyes diameter two fifths of length of head, two 

 thirds of a diameter from end of snout, and 1 apart. Profile over 

 nape rather concave, a considerable rise to the base of the dorsal 

 fin. Upper jaw the longer. Barbels four, all very short. Fins 

 dorsal rather higher than the body, its spine weak, as long as the 

 head or rather longer, and serrated posteriorly in almost its whole 

 extent. Caudal deeply forked. Scales 5| rows between the 

 lateral line and the base of the ventral fin ; 15~rows before the base 

 of the dorsal fin. Colour silvery, caudal and dorsal edged with 

 black. 



Hab. Kotayam in Travancore, whence I received specimens up 

 to 4| inches in length. 



416. (2.) Rohtee neilU. 



Rohtee neilli, Day, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 239; Fish. India, p. o0. 

 pi. cxlvi, fig. 5. 



B. iii. D. 12 (4/8). P. 13. V. 10. A. 20 (3/17). C. 19. 

 L. 1. 59. L. tr. 12/18. 



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

 diameter 2| in the length of the head, of a diameter from 

 end of snout and also apart. Profile over nape concave, from 

 thence a considerable rise to the base of the dorsal fin. Upper 

 jaw somewhat the longer. Barbels two pairs, all about as long 

 as the eye. Fins dorsal three fourths as high as the body, its 

 last undivided ray osseous, A r ery strong, serrated, and as long as 

 the head excluding the snout. Pectoral nearly as long as the head. 

 Caudal deeply forked. Lateral line strongly marked in its first 

 few scales, the rows of scales nearly regular ; 8 rows between the 

 lateral line and base of ventral fin. Free portion of the tail as 

 long as high. Colour silvery, opercles golden. 



Hob. Bhavani river at base of the Nilgiri hills. 



417. (3.) Rohtee cotio. (Fig. 109.) 



Cyprinus cotio, Ham. Buck. Fish. Ganges, pp. 339, 393, pi. 39, fig. 93. 

 Rohtee cotio, Dai/, Fish. India, p. 587 j pi. cli, fig. 1, pi. cxlvii, fig. 2 

 (var. R. alfrediana) (see synon.). 



