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Barbels : the rostral ones more than half longer than the eye, reach- 

 ing to below its first third ; the maxillary ones are slightly shorter. 

 Fins : the dorsal as high as the body ; it commences midway between 

 the nostrils and the base of the caudal ; its last undivided ray osse- 

 ous, coarsely serrated posteriorly, and its bony portion being as long 

 as the head, excluding the snout. Pectoral does not quite reach the 

 ventral, which latter fin commences on a vertical line slightly behind 

 the origin of the dorsal, and extends two thirds of the distance to the 

 anal. Length of base of anal j of its height ; it reaches, when laid 

 flat, to the base of the caudal, which latter fin is deeply forked. 

 Free portion of the tail as high at its base as it is long. Colours : 

 silvery, with numerous black spots most distinct in the upper half of 

 the body. 



Hab. Leh or Ladak, on the head-waters of the Indus, Cashmere, 

 and Afghanistan. 



5. SCHIZOTHORAX INTERMEDIUS. 



Schizotkoracc intermedins, M'Clelland, Calc. Joum. Nat. Hist. ii. 

 1842, p. 579 ; Gunther, Cat. vii. p. 165. 



B. iv., D. A, P. 19, V. 10, A. I C. 20, L. 1. 105. 



7-8' " tr ' 



Length of head 4-?, of caudal 5 to 6, height of body 6 in the 

 total length. Eyes: diameter 5| in the length of head, 1^. diameter 

 from the end of snout and also apart. Upper surface of the head 

 flat ; its greatest width equals its postorbital length, whilst its 

 height equals its length excluding the snout. Upper jaw rather 

 longer than the lower, and not overhung by the snout. Mouth 

 horseshoe-shaped, the depth of the cleft equalling the width of its 

 gape. The maxilla reaches to below the hind nostril. Lower labial 

 fold interrupted in the middle. A thin, smooth, deciduous, horny 

 covering to the lower jaw. Barbels four, as long as the eye in the 

 young, longer in the adult. Teeth pharyngeal, 5, 3, 2 . 2, 3, 5, 

 pointed and rather crooked at their summits. Fins: dorsal as high 

 as the body in the young, not quite so high in the adult ; it com- 

 mences midway between the end of the snout or front nostril 

 and base of the caudal ; its last undivided ray strong, rather 

 coarsely serrated posteriorly, one half to two thirds as long as the head 

 in the immature, four fifths of its length in the adult. Pectoral as 

 long as the head excluding the snout, and reaching more than half- 

 way to the base of the ventral, which latter fin arises below the first 

 dorsal ray and extends more than halfway to the anal. The length 

 of the base of the anal equals half its height, which latter equals the 

 length of the pectoral ; if laid flat it almost reaches the base of the 

 caudal, which is forked. Scales : depth of those in tiled row 

 equals half a diameter of the eye. Free portion of the tail about as 

 high at its commencement as it is long. Colours silvery, usually 

 without spots ; but in some specimens from Yankihissar there are 

 minute black spots on the upper half of the body. 



Hab. Kashgah, Yankihissar, and Sirikol. M'Clelland likewise 

 obtained it (through Griffith) from Afghanistan, the Cabul river at 



