302 F. Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinidm. [No. 3, 



Barbus megalepis, McClelland., Ind. Cyp. pp. 271, 337. 



„ mussulah ? Sykes, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii, pp. 356. 



„ Malabaricus et tristis, Jerdon, M. J. L. and S. 1849, p. 312. 



„ macroceplialus, McClell., Ind. Cyp. pp. 270, 335, pi. 55, f. 2 ; # Cuv. and 

 Val. xvi, p. 201 ; *Giinther, Cat. vii, p. 131 j Day, Proc. Z. S. 1869, p. 556. 

 Barbus mosal, *Cuv. and Val. xvi, p. 200; Day, Proc. Z. S. May, 1870, p. 372. 



Burapatra, Assam. 



B. III. D. -1 ^ 19, V. 9, A. ^?, C. 19, L. 1. 25-27, L. tr.^. 

 y o 4 



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

 total length. 



Eyes. Diameter 1/4 of length of head; nearly one diameter 

 from end of snout, and apart. 



Snout rounded and not compressed ; jaws of equal length ; 

 mouth not deeply cleft ; no lpbed cartilaginous lips. Four barbels. 



Fins. As in B. tor. 



Lateral line — complete, 2 to 2£ rows of scales between it and 

 the base of the ventral fins. 



Colours. Uniform silvery. 



Habitat. Mountain streams or those which are rocky and not 

 far distant from high lands. It occurs in Canara and generally 

 throughout India in the localities specified. It attains 3 feet and 

 more in length. 



16. Barbus (Barbodes) tor, pi. xxi, 5-6. 



Cyprinus tor, Ham. Buch., Fishes of Ganges, pp. 305, 388. 



Barbus (Labeobarbus) Hamiltonii, Gray and Hardwicke, Ind. Zool. pi. ; Jerdon 

 M. J. L. and S. 1849, p. 311. 



Barbus progeneius, McClell., Ind. Cyp. pp. 270, 334, pi. 56, f. 3 ; # Cuv. and 

 Val. xvi, p. 208. 



? Labeobarbus macrolepis, Heckel, Fish. Kashmir, p. 60, t. 10, f. 2, *Cuv. and 

 Val. xvi, p. 209, 



Labeobarbus tor, Bleeker, Cobit et Cyp. Ceylon in Nat. Verh. Holl. Maat. 

 Haar. 1864, p. 10, f. 2. Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 290 ; 1870, p. 372. 



Barbus khudree, Sykes, T. Z. S. ii, p. 57. 



Barbus tor, *Cuv. and Val. xvi, p. 199. 



Barbus (Barbodes) tor, Day, 1. c. 1869, pp. 270, 334. 

 „ mosal, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 130. 

 „ macrolepis, *Gunther, Catal. vii, p 131. 

 „ longispinis, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 132. 



