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



Length of head 2/11, of caudal 1/6, height of body rather more 

 than 1/4, of dorsal 1/7 of the total length. 



Eyes. Diameter 1/4 of length of head ; 1£ diameters from end 

 of snout. 



Body oblong and compressed. Dorsal profile more convex than 

 the abdominal. Cleft of mouth extending to nearly below the anterior 

 margin of the orbit. In adults the summit of the head is rugose, 

 with a slight depression across the snout. Rostral barbels thin, 

 they reach to the anterior margin of the orbit, the maxillary are 

 shorter and thicker. 



Teeth, pharyngeal— pointed and uncinate, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. 



Fins. Dorsal nearly square, commencing midway between the 

 snout and the base of the caudal fin ; osseous ray broad, strong, 

 its stiff portion being as long as the head without the snout. 

 Anal when lakl flat reaches as far as the base of the caudal which 

 last is deeply forked. 



Lateral line — complete, first slightly descending ; 2J rows of 

 scales between it and the base of the ventral fins. 



Colours. Brownish, dashed with green along the back, silvery 

 white abdomen. Fins greyish. Eyes golden. 



Hob. Rivers along the bases of the Neilgherries and Wynaad 

 range of Hills. It grows to 25 lb. in weight. Some have been 

 introduced by me into the lake at Ootacamund. 



13. Babbits (Barbodes) Jebdoni. 



Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 372. 



B. III. D. 3/9, P. 15, Y. 9, A. 3/5, C. 19, L. 1. 28, L. tr. 6/4. 



Length of head 1/6, of caudal 1/4, height of body 1/4 of the 

 total length. 



Eyes. Diameter 1/3 of length of head; 1 diameter from end 

 of snout. 



A considerable rise to the commencement of the dorsal fin ; body 

 compressed. 



The maxilla extends to below the anterior margin of the orbit. 

 Barbels thin, the maxillary being as long as the orbit, the rostral 

 slightly shorter. 



Fins. Last undivided dorsal ray osseous but weak and not 



