1871.] F.Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinidce. 297 



7. * Barbus {Barbodes) goniosoma. 



Puntius (Barbodes) goniosoma, Bleeker, Prod. Cyp., p. 349, and Atl. Icl). Cyp. 

 p. 105, t. 31, f. 1. 

 Barbus goniosoma, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 124. 



B. III. D. 3/8. P. 15. V. 8. A. 2/5. C. 19. L. 1. 24. L. tr. 4}/4£. 



Length of head nearly 1/5, of caudal 2/11, height of body 

 nearly 1/3, of dorsal fin 1/5 of the total length. 



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

 of snout, and the same distance apart. 



Body rather elevated to the base of dorsal fin, whilst it is 

 strongly compressed. 



Rostral barbels extend to below the middle of the eye ; the 

 maxillary ones to opposite the posterior margin of the orbit. 



Fins. Dorsal commences slightly posterior to the ventrals, and 

 midway between the anterior margin of the orbit and the base of 

 the caudal ; its spine is osseous, strong, as long as the head without 

 the snout, and finely serrated posteriorly in its whole extent; 

 the divided rays are longer than the osseous ones. Caudal forked, 

 the lower lobe the longest. 



Lateral line. 2£ to 3^ rows between it and the base of tho 

 ventral fin. 



Colour. Silvery, fins orange. 



Hub. Mergui to Sumatra. I have obtained specimens at the 

 first place up to 6 inches in length. 



8. * Barbus (Barbodes) roseipinnis, 



Barbus roseipinnis, Cuv. and Val. xvi, p. 169. 

 B. Ill, D, 3/8. A. 2/5. C. 20. L. 1. 22. 



Dorsal profile elevated. 



Eyes large : four barbels. 



Fins. Dorsal with its last undivided ray osseous, of moderate 

 length and serrated. 



Colour. Silvery : ventral, anal and caudal fins reddish, the 

 lower border of the last tinged with black. 



Hab. Pondicherry, from whence M. Belanger brought speci- 

 mens 4J inches in length, It would bo worth while re-examining 



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