1868.] SURGEON F. DAY ON NEW FISHES FROM MADRAS. 197 



Scales on body large, those on the chest small ; rather a high row 

 along the bases of dorsal and anal fins. 



Lateral line slightly concave to opposite end of dorsal fin, whence 

 it is straight. 



Colours. Silvery white, with a greenish back and a diffused black 

 spot on the lateral line from the fourteenth to the eighteenth scale. 

 Caudal red, tipped with black. 



Hab. Bowany, at MettapoUiam. 



This species was overlooked in my collection last year, being so 

 very similar to the young of the P. flamentosus that the two had 

 become mixed together, the only apparent difference being in the 

 presence of maxillary cirri. One of this species was taken at Kur- 

 riapudnam in the Cochin state, 1862 ; but the cirri became destroyed, 

 and the specimen then was identical in appearance with the young 

 of the other species ; consequently I did not describe it, being unable 

 to obtain another specimen. It appears to be a small species. 



PuNTius (Oapoeta) puckelli, sp. nov. 



B. iv. D. 2/7. P. 15. V. 1/8. A. 3/5. C. 19. L. 1. 24. 

 L. tr. 4/3. 



Length of specimen 3 inches. 



Length of head i, of pectoral j-^^, of caudal i, of base of dorsal jL, 

 of base of anal -^ of the total length. Height of head \, of body f , of 

 dorsal fin ^, of ventral y^-, of anal ^-^ of the total length. 



Eyes. Diameter | of length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout, 

 \\ diameter apart. 



The form of this fish is more that of a Rasbora than of a typical 

 Puntius ; its thickness equals its height ; its dorsal and abdominal 

 profiles are about equally convex; and both are broad. 



Mouth almost anterior. Lower jaw slightly shortest, no tubercle ; 

 but its extremity is not covered by lip. The maxilla only extends 

 backwards to half the distance between snout and anterior margin 

 of the orbit ; it has a thick fleshy cirrus at its angle, which extends 

 to below anterior margin of orbit. Snout rather fleshy, no glands ; 

 summit of head convex. 



Teeth. Pharyngeal teeth plough-shaped, 5, 3, 2 / 2, 3, 5. 



Fins. Dorsal commences midway between end of snout and base 

 of caudal fin, and in advance of the ventrals. Anal midway between 

 the posterior extremity of the operculum and the posterior extremity 

 of the caudal fin, which last is lobed in its last half. Dorsal undi- 

 vided ; rays cartilaginous and articulated. 



Scales with from four to ten divergent striae on each, placed in 

 horizontal parallel rows. There are no scales along the base of either 

 dorsal or anal fins ; it can therefore scarcely be considered a tyj)ical 

 Puntius. 



Lateral line has a verv slight descent for three scales, and then 

 passes along the middle of the side of the body to the caudal fin. 



Colours. Greenish yellow along the back, silvery on the abdomen, 

 with a golden and scarlet mark on the operculum, and a scarlet 



