350 TELEOSTEI. PHYSOSTOMI. 





430. (9.) Barilius canarensis. 



Opsarius canarensis, Jerdon, Mad. Jour. L. S. xv, 1849, p. 329. 

 Barilius canarensis, Day, Fish. India, p. 592, pi. cxlix, fig. 1 (see 

 synon.). 



B. iii. D. 12-13 (2/10-11). P. 15. V. 9. A. 14-16(2/12-14). 

 C. 21. L.I. 38. L. tr. 9/4. 



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

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

 end of snout and also apart. Suborbitals nearly cover the cheek. 

 The posterior extremity of the maxilla reaches to below the 

 anterior third of the orbit. Barbels absent. Fins dorsal com- 

 mences midway between snout and base of caudal. Scales 2% 

 rows between lateral line and base of ventral ; 15 rows before 

 dorsal. Gill-rakers distinct. Colour greenish above, golden 011 

 the sides, a single or double row of large vertical green spots along 

 the body. Fins grey, with broad white margins. 



Hcib. Canara and Malabar on the western coast ; attaining 

 6 inches in length. 



431. (10.) Barilins barna. 



Cyprinus barna, Ham. Such. Fish. Ganges, pp. 268, 384. 

 Barilius barna, Day, Fish. India, p. 592, pi. cxlviii, fig. 1 young, 

 and fig. 2 adult (see synon.;. 



Bahri, Ooriah ; Balisundree and Oz-o-la, Assam. 



B. iii. D. 9 (2/7). P. 15. V. 9. A. 13-14 (3/10-11). C. 19. 

 L. 1. 39-42. L. tr. 8-9/6. 



Length of head 4| to 5^, height of body 3| to 4 iu the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 2| to 3| in the length of the bead, two 

 thirds to one diameter from the end of snout, and 1 apart. 

 Third suborbital bone thrice as deep as the uncovered portion of 

 the cheek below it. The maxilla reaches to beneath the first third 

 of the orbit ; the adult has open pores on both jaws and snout. 

 Axillary process reaches to above base of pectoral fin. Barbels 

 absent. Fins dorsal varies considerably, commencing midway 

 between the eje and the base of the caudal fin, it is elevated in 

 some specimens but not in others, while the last ray may extend 

 (especially in the young) almost to the base of the caudal fin. The 

 pectoral reaches to above the ventral, and in the young has its 

 outer rays thickened. The ventral does not extend to the anal in 

 the young, its inner rays are very thick. Anal commences under 

 the middle or end of the dorsal fin. Scales 2 rows between 

 lateral line and base of ventral fin; 16 rows before base of dorsal. 

 Colour dull green in the adult, with from 9 to 11 vertical dark 

 bands on the body ; dorsal and caudal fins edged with black. The 

 young have the back grey, the sides silvery shot with gold, and 



