708 SURGEON F. DAY ON NEW INDIAN FISHES. [Nov. 4, 



Hab. Very common in South Canara. It is the only species of 

 Barbus I have met with in India in which hoth pairs of barbels are 

 on the maxilla. 



Barbus (BaIibodes) lithopidos, sp. nov. 



B. iii. D. |. P. 15. V. 10. A.|. C. 19. L. 1. 38. L.tr.jjf. 



9 b bj 



Length of head -f T , of caudal *, height of body nearly ^ of the 

 total length. Eyes, diameter | of length of head, 1| diameter 

 from end of snout, and 2 apart. Interorbital space somewhat con- 

 vex. Dorsal and abdominal profiles but slightly and evenly convex. 

 Upper jaw a little the longer ; mouth somewhat narrow and horse- 

 shoe-shaped ; the posterior extremity of the maxilla reaches two- 

 thirds of the distance to below the anterior edge of the orbit. Bar- 

 bels thin, and about as long as the orbit. Fins : upper edge of the 

 dorsal fin deeply concave, the few anterior rays being much elevated 

 and as high as the depth of the body below them ; the fin commences 

 midway between the snout and the base of the caudal fin, which is 

 deeply forked. The last undivided dorsal ray is weak and articu- 

 lated. Ventral arises under the middle of the dorsal; the pectoral 

 does not extend so far as the ventral ; the anal, when laid flat, 

 readies the base of the caudal. Lateral line: 3| to 4 rows of scales 

 between it and the base of the ventral fin. Colours slaty, as are all 

 the fins, more especially the caudal, the outer rays of which are 

 whitish. 



Hab. South Canara. 



TlNCA VULGARIS, CuV. 



Some years since a few of these fish were introduced into the 

 waters of the Neilgherry hills by Mr. Maclvor. I obtained a few 

 specimens of the voung; and all had their caudal fins forked, as shown 

 in Cuv. & Val. xvi. pi. 484. I mention this, as it has been stated 

 (Fish. B. M ) of this fish that it has "all the fins rounded," and of 

 Cyprinus perenurus, Pall., that, "having the caudal fin forked, it 

 cannot be referred to Tinea" (vii. p. 265). 



B. iii. D. ■}• P. 15. V. 8. A. J. C. 19. L. 1. 37- L. tr. | 



Chela boopis, sp. nov. 



B. iii. D. |. P. 15. 1 



Length of head -^, of caudal and pectoral each f, height of body 

 i of the total length. Eyes, diameter | of length of head, | of a 

 diameter from end of snout and h a diameter apart. Cleft of mouth 

 reaching to below the anterior edge of the orbit. Suborbital ring of 

 bones broad, nearly covering the cheek, the third being slightly 

 wider than the preorbital. The median edge anterior to the 

 pectorals is not supported by the dilated bones of the forearm, 

 whilst that portion is smooth. Fins : dorsal situated at the com- 

 mencement of the last third of the body from the snout to the 

 base of the caudal fin ; it extends to over the commencement of 

 the anal ; dorsal and anal highest anteriorly ; caudal deeply lobed, 



