298 F. Day— Monograph of Indian Cyprinidce. [No. 3, 



the. typical specimens, should they still exist. I have been at 

 Pondicherry and collected as many species of fresh water fish as 

 I was able, but could only find one Barbus (Barbodes), and that 

 was sarana of which roseipinnis may possibly be a variety. 



9. * Barbus (Barhodes) rodactylus. 

 Barbus rodactylus, McClell. , Ind. Cyp. pp. 273 ; *Cuv. & Val. xvi, p. 173. 



Four barbels. 



Fins. Dorsal ray serrated, ten rays in the fin. 

 Colour. " Fins red and orange, except the dorsal and upper 

 lobe of the caudal." 



Sab. Lower Assam. Usual size about five inches in length. 



b. Last undivided ray, osseous and entire. 



10. Barbus (Barbodes) dubius. 



Puntms (Barbodes) dubius, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 291. 

 Barbus dubius, *Gunther, Catal. vii, p. 127. 



B. III. D. 4/9. P. 17. Y. 9. A. 2/5. L. 1. 42. L. tr. 9/7. 



Length of head nearly 1/5, of caudal a little above 1/4, height 

 of body nearly 1/4 of the total length. 



Eyes. Diameter 2/7 of length of head, 1J diameters apart, and 

 from end of snout. 



Dorsal profile more convex than that of the abdomen. Barbels 

 rather short, its two pairs being of about the same length and 

 equal to half the diameter of the orbit. Snout somewhat elevated. 



Fins. — Dorsal spine osseous, smooth, and strong, it is nearly as 

 long as the head, commencing midway between the end of the 

 snout and the base of the caudal. 



Lateral line — complete ; five rows of scales between it and the 

 base of the ventral fins. 



Colour. Uniform silvery. 



Sab. Bowany river at the foot of the Neilgherries. 



I have elsewhere expressed a doubt whether this may not 

 eventually prove to be B. Mysorensis, Jerdon, there are, however 

 rather smaller scales in this species. 



