1871.] F. Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinida. 301 



enlarged, its stiff portion being as long as the head without the 

 snout : the fin commences midway between the snout and the base 

 of the caudal which last is forked. 



Lateral line — complete, 4 rows of scales between it and the 

 base of the ventrals. 



Colours. Silvery, fins tipped with black. 



Hal. Rivers in Canara below the Ghats. H. E, Thomas, 

 Esq., gave me one specimen. 



14. Barbus (Barlodes) hexastichus. 



Barbus hexastichus, McClelland, Ind. Cyp. pp. 269, 333, pi. 39, f. 2 ; Gunthcr, 

 Catal vii, p. 129. 

 Barhus hexagonolepis, McClell., 1. c. pp. 270, 336, pi. 41, f. 3. 

 Lobura and Bo7car, Assam. 



B. III. D. ^,P 17, V. 9, A.-4-r, C. 19,L. 1. 25- 27, L. tr. 4 ~ 



9 ' 7 ' 5—6' ' ' 4—5 



Length of head 1/6, of caudal 1/5, height of body 2/9 of the 

 total length. 



Eyes. Diameter 1/5 of length of head ; 1 J diameters from end 

 of snout ; 2 diameters apart. 



Interorbital space slightly convex ; opercle higher than wide. 

 Lips moderately thick, the lower one without a lobe, but having a 

 shallow and continuous transverse fold. Mouth rather inferior, 

 directed anteriorly ; the upper jaw slightly the longest. Some 

 pores on the cheeks. 



Fins. Dorsal fin with its osseous ray, strong, smooth, and as 

 long as the head without the snout ; it commences somewhat 

 nearer the snout than the base of the caudal, the latter being 

 deeply forked, with the lower lobe the longest. 



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

 base of the ventral fin. 



Colours — uniform silvery. 



Habitat. Eivers around Himalayas, Cashmere, Sikkim and 

 Assam. Growing to 2£ feet in length. 



15. Barbus {Barlodes) mosal. 



Cyprinus mosal, and putitora ? Ham. Buch., Fish. Gang. pp. 303, 306, 388 ; 

 Gray and Hard. Ind.Zool. ; McClelland, Ind. Cyp. pp. 271, 303, 337, 388, pi. xli, 

 f. 3 ; Cuv. and Val. xvi, p. 197 ; Jerdon M. J. L. and S. 1819, p. 311. 



