1869. ] SURGEON F. DAY ON INDIAN FISHES, 555 
Hyes. Diameter 4 of length of head, + of a diameter from end of 
snout. 
Large open pores on front of the snout. Rostral barbels the 
longest, and equal in length to the diameter of the eye. 
Fins. Dorsal commences in the anterior third of the total length. 
The pectoral does not quite reach the ventral, nor the latter the anal. 
Caudal deeply forked. 
Scales. Three and a half rows exist between the lateral line and 
base of the ventral fin. 
Colours, in spirit, uniform. 
The single specimen in the collection is 4 inches long, and was re- 
ceived from Major Berdmore, who obtained it in the Sitang river, 
It is now in rather a bad state. 
Barsus (BarBopss) BLYTHU, sp. n. 
Breints U3 79. 1S eS: W920 AS /50 > WM Delve, 
L. tr. 4/5. 
Length of head 7, of caudal + of the total length. Height of 
head 2, of body 2 of the total length. 
Hyes. Diameter 2 of length of head, 3 of a diameter from end of 
snout, 2 of a diameter apart. 
Preeorbital covered with pores ; opercles two-thirds as long as high. 
Barbels well developed, the nasal reaching the eye, and the maxillary 
to below the centre of the orbit. 
Fins. Dorsal arises midway between snout and base of caudal; its 
third ray articulated. It is slightly in advance of the ventral. 
Caudal deeply forked. 
Lateral line complete. 
Seales. Two and a half rows between lateral line and base of 
ventral fin. 
Colours uniform. 
One specimen, 2 inches long, from the Tenasserim provinces, pre- 
sented by Major Berdmore, and marked Capoeta macrolepidota, 
C.& V. 
Barbus (BARBODES) COMPRESSUS, sp. n. 
Baits 6) D2 3/954) Blo gV.19.), 87 3/500. 17... Leal. -22. 
L. tr. 4/5. 
Length of head 4, of pectoral 1, of base of dorsal 4, of base of 
anal +'5, of caudal } of the total length. Height of head -2;, of dor- 
sal fin 3, of ventral 3, of anal 3 of the total length. 
yes. Diameter 2 of length of head, 14 diameter from end of 
snout, 14 diameter apart. 
Head much compressed ; the whole of the cheeks covered with 
pores. ‘The posterior extremity of the maxilla extends to below the 
anterior margin of the orbit. Rostral barbel extends to below the 
middle of the orbit, the maxillary to the angle of preeopercle. Mouth 
inferior ; upper jaw the longest. 
Fins. Dorsal arises midway between the snout and the base of 
