296 F. Day — Jloiiograpli of Indian Ci/prinida. [No. 3, 



Body compressed, dorsal profile elevated. Rostral barbels not 

 so long as maxillary which, nearly equal one diameter of the 

 orbit. 



Fins. Dorsal commences midway between the end of the snout 

 and the base of the caudal, its last undivided ray being osseous, 

 strong, finely serrated posteriorly with its stiff portion as long 

 as the head without the snout. 



Lateral line — complete. 



Scales. 3^- rows between lateral line and base of ventral tin. 



Colour. Silvery with a dark spot on the 24th to 28th scales of 

 the lateral line. Opercles and fins orange except the caudal which 

 is stained darkish at its margin. 



Hab. Indus, Kurnool, and Malabar. It appears to be a small 

 species, the largest I have taken was 5 inches in length. 



6. Barbtts {Barbocles) pleurottenia. 



Puntius (Barhodes) pleurotcenia, Bleeker, Cobit. et Cypr. Ceylon, in Nat. 

 Verh. Holl. Maatscli. Harl. 1864, p. 13, t. 8, f. 2. 

 Bo.rbus pleurotcmia, Giintlier, Catal., vii, p. 120. 



B. III. D. 3/8. P. 14. Y. 9. A. 3/5. C. 19. L. 1. 28. L. tr. 5/4£. 



Length of head about 1/5 (4/21), of caudal 1/5, height of body 

 1/4, of dorsal fin 2/9 of the total length. 



Eyes. Diameter 2/7 of length of head, 1 J diameters from end 

 of snout, and slightly more apart. 



Body compressed and elevated : upper jaw slightly the longest. 



Barbels somewhat longer than the orbit. 



Fins. Dorsal commences over the ventral, and midway between 

 the end of the snout and the base of the caudal ; its last undivided 

 ray is osseous, very strong, serrated posteriorly, and as long as 

 the head, the upper margin of the fin concave ; caudal forked. 



Lateral line — complete, 2% rows of scales between it and the 

 root of the ventral. 



Colour. A black band extends from the eye to the termination 

 of the central caudal rays. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



