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Oblong, strongly compressed. Upper profile nearly straight 

 or from snout to behind nape slightly concave and farther 

 behind slightly convex. Mouthopening small, obliquely directed 

 upwards. Lower jaw without symphysial knob. A pair of rostral 

 and of maxillary barbels. Dorsal short, with 6 branched rays, 



Fig. 30. Esomus danrica (Ham. Buch.). X *& (After a specimen from British India). 



its origin not much in advance of the anal, which is also short 

 and has 5 branched rays. Scales of moderate size. Lateral line 

 bending down and running along the lower half of the tail. 

 Gillopenings wide, running to below eye. Gillmembranes shortly 

 connected with isthmus. Gillrakers short. Pseudobranchiae 

 present. Pharyngeal teeth lanceolate, in one series 5 5. 

 Distribution: British India, Nicobars and Ceylon, (Sin- 



gapore ?) 



i. Esomus danrica (H.B.). 



Cyprinus danrica Hamilton Buchanan, Fishes Ganges 1822, p. 325 & p. 390. 



Esomus vittatus Swainson, Nat. History, Fishes 1839, p. 285. 



Nuria danrica Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 200 (vide syn.). 



Nuria danrica Day, Fishes of India 4. 1878 1888, p. 583. 



Nuria Danrica Karoli, Termeszetrajzi fiizetek v. 1882, p. 34. 



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D. 2.6; A. 3.5; P. 1.1114; V.i.;; L.I. 3034; L. tr. j_. 



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Height somewhat more than the length of the head, 3.7; 

 4.5 4.8 in length with caudal. Eye more than 3, nearly equal 

 to snout and considerably shorter than the interorbital space. 

 Rostral barbels of different length, always much shorter than 

 maxillary ones, which may reach to end of ventrals. Origin 

 of dorsal midway between frontborder of eye and end of caudal, 

 separated by 18 19 scales from occiput, and opposite to about 

 the 1 7th scale of lateral line. Ventrals separated by i ! / 2 scales 

 from lateral line, reaching anus. Pectorals much longer than head, 



