2 ( J2 F.Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinida. [No. 3, 



Fins. Dorsal commences midway between the end of the snout 

 and the base of the caudal fin, its last undivided ray is osseous, 

 strong, with coarse teeth : the last few anal rays sometimes elon- 

 gated, ( B. spUopholis). 



Lateral line, — complete, with from five and a half to six and 

 a half rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral fin. 



Colours. Uniform silvery, with a pinkish tinge, the scales 

 towards the back sometimes being darkest at their bases. 



McClelland considered Barbus chagunio and B. spUopholis merely 

 as varieties of the same species, slightly differing in colour 

 and also in the elongation of some of the last anal rays, and 

 having seen specimens of the latter and many of the former, 

 I certainly think him to be correct. I have taken both also at 

 Delhi. 



Hab. From Orissa throughout Bengal, Behar and North- West 

 Provinces to the Punjab, but apparently not extending into Madras 

 or Burma. It attains a foot and a half in length. 



Hamilton Buchanan has left amongst his drawings an excellent 

 representation of this fish. 



2. *B airbus (BarbodesJ clavatus. 



McClelland, Calc. Journ. Nat. hist. 1845, p. 280, pi. 21, f. 2 j *Gunther, 

 Catal. vii. p. 97. 



B. III. D. 11. A. 8. L. 1. 42. 



Height of body more than the length of the head, and contained 

 4/15 in the total length without the caudal fin. 



Eyes. Midway between snout and opercle. 



Snout covered with small thorny tubercles. Barbels well de- 

 veloped, and equal in length. 



Fins. Osseous dorsal ray, strong, serrated, and as high as the 

 body, none of the anal rays prolonged.. 



Scales. Eleven and a half rows between the base of the ventral 

 and the dorsal. 



Colours. Uniform silvery. 



Hab. Sikkim Perhaps a variety of the last species. 



