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be 2. A second specimen, 20 inches long, from Sikkim, presented 
by Dr. Jerdon, differs in the head being ? of the length of the body. 
I think this species may eventually prove to be only a variety of 
Barbus mosal, Ham. Buch. 
Barsus (PUNTIUS) MACULARIUS. 
Systomus macularius, Blyth, J. A. 8. of Bengal, 1860, p. 159. 
Boii.é Dy 3/8. Raley aus ae! Cs 198 L038) Diver. 
Length of head } of the total length. Height of body 4, of osseous 
dorsal ray } of the total length. 
Eyes. Diameter 3 of length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout, 
1 diameter apart. 
Fins. Dorsal arises midway between the anterior margin of the 
orbit and the base of the caudal fin; its third ray is osseous, and 
strongly serrated. Caudal emarginate in its posterior fourth. 
Scales. Four rows between the lateral line and base of the ventral 
fin. 
Colours. Silvery, each scale with a black spot at its base ; the upper 
margin of the eye likewise black. 
Two specimens, 43 inches long, but in rather a bad state, exist 
in the collection. They were presented by Major Berdmore, who 
collected them in the Sitang river. 
Barsus (PunTIvus) UNIMACULATUS. 
Systomus unimaculatus, Blyth, J. A. 8. of Bengal, 1860, p. 159. 
B. iii. D. 3/8. P. 11. V.8. A. 2/5. C.19. L124. L. tr. 3, 
Length of head #, height of body + of the total length. 
Eyes. Diameter 1 of length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout, 
1 diameter apart. 
Mouth small, extending half the distance to below the orbit. No 
barbels. 
Fins. Dorsal commences midway between the snout and base of 
caudal fin ; its third ray is osseous, weak, and smooth. 
Lateral line commences to become imperceptible opposite the pos- 
terior extremity of the dorsal fin. 
Colours. Silvery, a black mark at the base of each dorsal ray. 
A number of fry up to 1,8, inch exist in the collection; they 
were received from Tenasserim. Whether it is safe to found a spe- 
cies on such materials must be open to question, as the specimens 
would evidently have grown to a larger size. 
CARASSIUS AURATUS. 
“The home of the Gold Carp or Goldfish is China and its islands 
and Japan,” observes Dr. Giinther (Cat. of Fishes, vii. p. 32); but 
it has a more extended range I find from examining the collection of 
fishes brought by Dr. J. Anderson, who accompanied the late expe- 
dition through Burmah to China. Some specimens were taken in 
the Irrawaddi above Mandalay, showing it to be an inhabitant of 
