neio Gyprinoid Fishes from Mysore. 57 



surface yellowish. Lower lobe of caudal fin clouded dark, 

 so also the outer margins of the paired fins. A blue pectoral 

 spot raay or may not be present. This coloratiou of fresh 

 specimens fades in preserved forms. 



Measurements iu huudredtiis of total length without 

 caudal fin : — 



ram. 



Total length without caudal fin 118 



Depth of body 17-7 



Depth of caudal peduncle lO'l 



Length of head 20-2 



Depth of liead 13'o 



Width of head behind tlie eyes 13'5 



Length of snout 18'8 



Diameter of orbit o'08 



Width of interorbital space ll'Ol 



Distance from tip of snout to anterior root of 



dorsal fin 42-3 



Height of the longest dorsal fin-ray 22'03 



Distance from tip of snout to anterior root of 



pectoral fin 19'4 



Longest pectoral fin-ray 18'6-20'1 



Distance from tip of snout to vent 56'7 



Distance from tip of snout to anterior root of 



ventral fin 46"6 



liOngest ventral tin-rav 18'6-19*4 



Distance from tip of snout to anterior root of 



anal fin 74'o 



Longest anal fin-ray lo'2 



Length of caudal peduncle 20*2 



Longest caudal fin-ray 2o'4 



Height of root of caudal fin-ray 11 "8 



Type-specimen. — Only three specimens of this fish are 

 included in my collection. The proterotypc is sent to the 

 British ^luseum, and one of the syntypes is presented to the 

 Indian Museum, while the other is kept in the Central 

 College Museum, Bangalore. 



Locality. — These specimens were collected in the Cauvery, 

 Seringapatam (Mysore), along Avith G. lamta and G. steno- 

 rhynclda towards the summer of 1917. 



6. Garra bicorymta, sp. n. 

 (PI. I. figs. 3, 3ff, 3Z>.) 



D. 11 (2/9). P. 17. V. 12. A. 8 (1/7). C. 20. 

 L. 1. 30-31. L. tr. 3^-4/3^-4. 



The dorsal profile in front of the dorsal fin is broadly 

 convex, and behind the dorsal fin it is nearly horizontal or 

 only very gently slopes down to the caudal fin. "^I'lie length 

 of the head, which is moderate, is contained sliglitly less than 



