312 F.Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinida. [No. 3, 



Colours. Silvery, fins orange, anterior edge of the dorsal and 

 margins of the caudal black. A badly developed darkish band 

 from the dorsal to the ventral fin. 



Hab. Tavoy to the Malayan Peninsula ; a fine specimen, 9 inches 

 long, was obtained by me from the first locality. 



b. Osseous dorsal ray entire. 



30. Barbus (Capoeta) dorsalis. 



Systomus dorsalis, Jerdon, M.J. L. and S. 1849, p. 314. 

 Barbus dorsalis, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 142. 



„ tetraspilus, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 142. 



„ Layardi, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 144. 

 Lambi kaoli, Hin., Saal candee, Tarn. ; Mar-palclce, Can. 



B. III. D. ^, P. 15, V. 9, A. 3/5, C. 19, L. 1. 24, L. tr. 4^/4. 

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Length of head 2/9, of caudal 2/9, height of body 2/13 of the 

 total length. 



Eyes. Diameter about 1/4 of length of head, from 1^ to lj 

 diameters from end of snout, 1$ diameters apart. 



Body compressed, a considerable rise to the base of the dorsal 

 fin, and a concavity slightly behind the occiput. The head is 

 rather sharp anteriorly, the snout being somewhat pointed, and 

 the upper jaw the longest. The posterior extremity of the maxilla 

 only extends two-thirds of the distance to below the orbit. Barbels 

 do not reach to beneath the eye. 



Teeth, pharyngeal, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. 



Fins. Dorsal commences over the ventral, and nearly midway 

 between the end of the snout and base of the caudal, its last un- 

 divided ray is osseous, smooth, moderately strong, and its stiff 

 portion as long as the head without the snout. Caudal forked. 



Lateral line — complete. 



Scales. About 8 rows between occiput and base of dorsal fin ; 

 2| rows between lateral line and base of ventrals. 



Colours. Uniform silvery frequently dark grey. A black spot 

 at the posterior portion of the base of the dorsal, which more or 

 less disappears after maceration. 



Sal. Kurnool, Mysore, Madras and Ceylon, but apparently not 

 extending into Bengal. It does not attain a large size. 



