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Fins. No osseous dorsal ray, the fin commences midway be- 

 tween the snout and the base of the caudal, which last is deeply 

 emarginate. 



Lateral line — complete, at first somewhat concave, but in its last 

 three-fourths passing straight to the centre of the base of the 

 caudal. 



Colours. Olive green on the back, becoming silvery white dash- 

 ed with reddish green over the abdomen. A black band, about 

 two scales in width, passes from below the origin of the dorsal fin as 

 low as the lateral line : a second from just below the posterior 

 extremity of the dorsal to the base of the anal : and a third 

 across the free portion the tail before the caudal fin. Dorsal 

 caudal and anal pinkish with a black bar across the summit of the 

 first, whilst the caudal is stained at its edges. 



Hab. Wynaad and Neilgherry range of hills and the rivers at 

 their bases, attaining four inches or even more in length. 



41. Barbus (Capoeta) Puokelli. 



Puntius (Capoeta) PucTcelli, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 197. 



B. III. D. 2/7, P. 15, V. 9, A. 3/5, C. 19, L. 1. 24, L. tr. 4/3. 



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

 dorsal fin 1/6 of the total length. 



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

 snout, and \\ diameters apart. 



Dorsal and abdominal profiles both equally and slightly con- 

 vex, whilst the thickness of the fish equals its height. Mouth al- 

 most anterior, upper jaw slightly the longest. The posterior extre- 

 mity of the maxilla reaches to half way below the orbit. Maxillary 

 barbels thick, reaching to beneath the anterior edge of the eye. 

 No pores on the head, its summit rather convex. 



Teeth, pharyngeal, plough-shaped, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. 



Fins. Last undivided dorsal ray cartilaginous, the fin com- 

 mences before the ventral, and midway between the end of the 

 snout and the base of the caudal, which last is lobed in its 

 posterior half. 



Lateral line. First descends for three scales, then proceeds direct 

 to the centre of the base of the caudal. 



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