310 F. Day — Monograph of Indian Gyprinidce. [No. 3, 



27. Barbus (Bariodes) Blythii. 

 Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 555. 



B. III. D. 3/9, P. 15, V. 9, A. 3/5, C. 17, L. 1. 22, L. tr. 4/5. 



Length, of head 1/4, of caudal 1/4, height of body 2/7 of the 

 total length. 



Eyes. Diameter 2/5 of length of head, 3/4 of a diameter from 

 the end of snout and apart. 



Pre -orbital covered with pores ; opercle two- thirds as high as 

 long. Barbels well developed, the rostral reaching the eye, and 

 the maxillary to below the centre of the orbit. 



Fins. Dorsal arises midway between the snout and the base of 

 the caudal, its last undivided ray articulated ; it commences slightly 

 in advance of the ventrals. Caudal deeply forked. 



Lateral line — complete. 



Scales. Two and a half rows between the lateral line and the 

 base of the ventral fin. 



Colours. Uniform silvery in spirit. 



Hab. Tenasserim provinces. Specimen two inches long. 



28. Barbus (Baroodes) melanampyx. 



Cirrhinus fasciatus, Jerdon, M. J. L. and S. 184-9, p. 305, (not Bleeker.) 



Lajheo melanampyx, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 317. 



Puntius melanampyx, Day, Fishes of Malabar, p. 210, pi. 16, f. 1. 



Barbus Grayi, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 293. 



Barbus arulius, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 133. (not Jerdon). 



B. III. D. 3/8, P. 15, Y. 8, A. 2/5, C. 15, L. 1. 20, L. tr. 3±/3£. 



Length of head 2/9, of caudal 1/4, height of body 1/3 of the 

 total length. 



Eyes. Diameter 1/3 of length of head, from 3/4 to 1 diameter 

 from end of snout ; 1 diameter apart. 



Dorsal profile much more convex than that of the abdomen. 



Cleft of mouth extends to below the anterior edge of the orbit. 

 Rostral barbels short, the maxillary equal in length to one 

 diameter of the orbit. 



Teeth, pharyngeal,— in three rows, curved sharp, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. 



Fins, Dorsal scarcely higher than long, no osseous ray ; it com- 



