230 MR. F. DAY ON THE FISHES OF AFGHANISTAN. [Apr. 6, 



except Laheo cceruleus, which has not been obtained elsewhere. 

 Scaphiodon watsoni may perhaps be found somewhere along these 

 hills ; anyhow it has been taken in the Salt range of the Punjab. 

 Having passed the night under a rock in the vicinity of the origin 

 of this river, we continued our ascent the next morning until we 

 attained to about 3500 feet above the level of the sea ; here another 

 river, the Nuzarani-ni, was arrived at, of which the appearance was as 

 sudden as that of the Sita stream, while its waters were quite as 

 sahne. At its origin I obtained Scaphiodon watsoni. Day, and S. irre- 

 gidaris, Day, a form which I did not obtain elsewhere, but which I 

 now find extends along these hills towards Quetta. This being the 

 highest point of the hills, or Durra ahlu, we stayed there the night, 

 and descended next day along the course of the river, which soon 

 became enlarged and then disappeared into the ground. I took Mas- 

 tacenihelus armatus, Lacep., Labeo dyocheilus, M'Clelland, L. sin- 

 densis, Day, Cirrhina latia. Ham. Buch., Barbus tor. Ham. Buch., 

 Chela bac'aila, Ham. Buch., and Wallago attu, Bloch. The fishes, 

 obtained from the lower portion of the river, were altogether 

 forms restricted to Sind and India ; while it seems to me probable 

 that the Opsariiis referred to by M'Clelland as having been obtained 

 by Griffith in the river in the Bolan Pass was a Chela, as this genus 

 is included among his Opsarii ; it was probably Chela bacaila, 

 which I found in this Nuzarani-ni river, or else Barilius vagra, Ham. 

 Buch., which I took in the Garj and Nulli-ni streams. 



The next river I'came to after leaving Ghul Mohammad was the 

 Garj, reached in a ten-miles journey. Here it emerges from the 

 hills, and is of considerable size. I obtained here Laheo diplostomus, 

 Heckel, L. dyocheilus, M'Clelland, Cirrhina reha. Ham. Buch., 

 C, mrigala. Ham. Buch., C. latia. Ham. Buch., Barbus tor, Ham. 

 Buch., Chela bacaila. Ham. 'Buch., Nemacheilns botia, Ham. Buch., 

 and a small Amhlyceps. 



The last hill-river examined was the Nulli-ni, which ceases in the 

 early months of the year about three miles from Kota Meer Moham- 

 mad. Although rising in the hills, it has more water than some of 

 the rivers that come from a greater distance. Its bed is full of 

 weeds, so that to use a net is very difficult. In some few pools a ie'N 

 fine Mahaseers {Barbus tor) were observed." The fish obtained were 

 Mastacembelus armatus, Lacep., Ambassis noma, Ham. Buch., 

 Ophiocephalus striatus, Bloch, O. aurantiacus. Ham. Buch., Ha- 

 plocheilus panchax, Hum. Buch., Labeo rohita, Ham. Jiach., L. cal- 

 basu, H. B., L. diplostomus, Heckel, Cirrhina reba, H. B., Barbus 

 sarana, H. B., B. for, H. 13., B. ticto, H. B., Barilius vagra, H. B., 

 Danio devario, H. B., Chela bacaila, H. B. 



If the foregoing fishes are tabulated, excluding the rare local forms, 

 the following results are arrived at : — Ambassis nama, Ophiocephalus 

 striatus and O. aurantiacus, Haplocheilus panchax, Labeo rohita and 

 X. calbasu, Cirrhina reba and C. mrigala, Barbus sarana and B. ticto, 

 Barilius vagra, Danio devario. Chela bacaila, Nemacheilus botia, and 

 Wallago attu are all fishes of the plains of India which have ex- 

 tended a longer or shorter distance up the hill-streams, but are un- 



