434: On new Gyprinoid Fishes from lVi<jh Asia. 



preopercle. Caii'lal peduncle a^ long as high. Mouth 

 inferior, upper jaw considerably overhung by the snout. 

 Lips fleshy. Margin of the lower jaw rounded, with a striated 

 liorn}^ covering. Lower labial fold continuous, dividing the 

 lip in a medi.in and two lateral lobes. tScales of the tiled 

 row § to I the length of the eye. Fins : dorsal spine inserted 

 halfway between the nostrils and the root of the caudal ; its 

 osseous portion is very strong, of the same height as the caudal 

 peduncle, and strongly serrated to its extremity. The pec- 

 toral reaches considerably over halfway towards the ventral ; 

 the latter begins below the dorsal spine and extends | the 

 distance to the anal opening. The anal fin reaches the 

 caudal. Caudal deeply forked, the lower lobe being some- 

 what the longer. 



Upper part of body brownish, with blackish marbling, 

 forming indistinct cross-bands, which descend to the lateral 

 line ; lower parts silvery yellow ; vertical fins feebly spotted 

 with brown. 



Two specimens, the bigger one measuring ca. 400 aim., 

 were caught in the Lidus near Leh. 



Schizothorax montanus, sp. n. 



D. III/9. P. 1/16. V. 1/9. A. II/6. L. lat. ca. 100. 



Length of head 3^, depth of body 6 in total length (without 

 caudal). Height of head equal to its width, measuring \ of 

 i.ts length. Eyessuboval, their longer diameter 9^ in length 

 of head, 3^ in preorbital and 3 in interorbital space. 

 Barbels four, the anterior reaching to the anterior nostril, 

 the posterior to the vertical from the hind margin of the eye. 

 Mouth terminal, with the jaws of equal length. Margin of 

 the lower jaw rounded, its horny covering composed of 

 oblique rows of closely set papillae. Lower labial fold 

 interrupted. Caudal peduncle 1| as long as it is high. 

 {Scales of the tiled row about half tlie greater diameter 

 of the eye. Fins : the dorsal spine is inserted halfway 

 between the posterior margin of the eye and the root of the 

 caudal ; it is broken in the specimen in question, but appears 

 to be of considerable lengtli, moderately strong, and finely 

 serrated. Pectoral extending two-thirds the distance from 

 its base to that of ventral ; this latter fin begins a little before 

 the vertical from the dorsal spine and reaches f the distance to 

 the base of the anal. The anal is more than twice as high 

 as its base is long, but it does not quite extend to the caudal. 



