1871.] F.Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinida. 323 



43. Barbus {Puntius) ambassis. 

 Barbus ambassis. Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 583. 

 Bunlcuai, Ooriali. 



B. III. D. 3/8, P. 11, Y. 9, A. 2/5, C. 19, L. 1. 36. 



Length of head 2/11, of caudal 1/4, height of body 2/7, of 

 dorsal fin 2/11 of the total length. 



Eyes. Diameter nearly 2/5 of length of head, 1/2 a diameter 

 from end of snout, 1 diameter apart. Upper jaw slightly the 

 longest, no barbels. 



Teeth, pharyngeal, sharp, crooked, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. • 



Fins. Dorsal spine osseous, strong, and posteriorly serrated, 

 having about 15 teeth, the fin commences slightly anterior to the 

 ventral and midway between the end of the snout and base of the 

 caudal, which last is deeply lobed. 

 . Scales. Small and deciduous. 



Lateral line — incomplete, becoming indistinct in the posterior 

 two-thirds of the body, 6 rows of scales between it and the base of 

 the ventral fin. 



Colours. Light with a silvery streak along the side. A 

 small black spot at the base of the anterior dorsal rays, and a finger 

 mark at the side of the tail. 



Hah. Madras, Orissa and Bengal. It attains about 3 inches in 

 length. 



44. Barbus {Puntius) conchonius. 



Cyprinus conchonius, Ham. Buch., Fish. Gang. pp. 317, 389 ; Cuv. and Val. 

 xvi, p. 394. 



Systomus conehonius, *McClell. Ind. Cyp. pp. 286, 384, pi. 44, f. 8. (from 

 Ham. Buch. Mss.) ; *Jerdon M. J. L. and S. 1849, p. 317. 



Puntius conchonius, Stein. Sitz. Ak. Wiss. Wein. lvi, 



Barbus conchonius, # Gunther, Catal. vii p. 153. 



Kunchon pungti, Bengali. 



B. III. D. 3/8, P. 11, V. 9, A. 2/5, C. 19, L. 1. 26, L. tr. 5^. 



Length of head 1/5, of caudal 2/9, height of body 1/3 of the 

 total length. 



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

 end of snout. 



