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Colours. Greyish yellow, darkest above, every scale having a dark 
spot at its base. Fins yellowish orange; dorsal darkest in its lower 
half, a darkish spot near the root of the caudal fin, and another, ill- 
defined one at the commencement of the lateral line. 
Hab. Sittoung and Billing, whence I procured seven specimens up 
to six inches in length. I have named the species after my esteemed 
correspondent A. B. Neill, Esq., F.Z.S. 
Barsus (BARBODES) STEVENSONII, sp. nov. 
B. iii. D. 3/9. P.17. V.9. A.3/5. C.19. L.1. 27. L. tr. 43/5. 
Length of head 2, of caudal nearly 7, height of body § of the 
total length. 
Eyes. Diameter 2 of length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout, 
1 diameter apart. 
Body elongated, compressed. Dorsal profile but little elevatea. 
Interorbital space flat. Upper jaw longest. Maxillary barbels 
extending to below the posterior margin of the orbit; the rostral 
ones are shorter. 
Fins. The dorsal arises before the ventral, and midway between 
the snout and the base of the caudal; its third undivided ray is 
smooth, weak, and articulated in its whole extent ; the fin is slightly 
lower than the body. Caudal forked. 
Scales. Two and a half rows between the lateral line and base of 
the ventral fin. 
Colours. Silvery ; a black spot at the base of the caudal. 
Hab. Akyab. Given to me by Col. Stevenson amongst several 
other species; and I have named it after its discoverer. 
Barsus (Punrius) puntio, H. B. 
B. iii. D. 3/8. P.15. V.9. A. 2/5. C.21. L.1. 23. L. tr. 4/4. 
Length of head 3, of caudal 2, height of body nearly 3 of the 
total length. 
Eyes. Diameter 2 of length of head, ? of a diameter from end of 
snout, 1 diameter apart. 
Mouth small, destitute of barbels. Dorsal profile rises to the 
origin of the dorsal fin. 
Fins. Dorsal commencing midway between the anterior margin of 
the orbit and the base of the caudal, rather in advance of the ven- 
trals; its third undivided ray is smooth, weak, and articulated. 
Caudal deeply forked. 
Lateral line incomplete, only extending along a few scales. Two 
rows and a half of scales between it and the base of the ventral 
fin. 
Colours. Silvery ; a deep wide black band encircles the free por- 
tion of the tail, and includes the tip of the anal. Dorsal fin orange 
tipped with black. 
Hab. Five specimens captured at Sittoung. I have redescribed 
the species, as its existence has been doubted, apparently not having 
been taken since Hamilton Buchanan’s time. 
