328 F. Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinidco. [No, 3, 



50. *Bakbus {Puntius) guganio. 



Cyprinus guganio, Ham. Buch. Fishes, Ganges, pp. 338, 339, 392 ; *Cuv. and 

 Val. xvi, p. 445. 



Gugani, Beng. 



B. III. D. 2/8, P. 12, V. 9, A. 7. 



{ ' Head oval, small, blunt and dotted. Mouth small. The jaws 

 protrude in opening, the upper is the longest. * * The eyes are far 

 forwards on the sides of the head and large." 



Fins. The dorsal is near the middle, its osseous ray is strong 

 and serrated. 



Scales. Large and firmly adherent. 



Lateral line — incomplete. 



Colours. The back dotted. 



Hah. Gangetic provinces and Assam. It scarcely exceeds an 

 inch and a half in length . 



51. Baebus {Puntius) Stoliczkanus. 



Barhus McClellandi, Day, Proc .Zool, Soc. 1869, p. 619, (not Cuv. and Val.) 



B. III. D. 2/8, P. 14, V. 9, A. 2/5, C. 19, L. 1. 25, L. tr. 5/6. 



Length of head 1/6, of caudal 1/5, height of body 1/3 of the 

 total length. 



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

 end of snout, 1J diameters apart. 



Mouth small. Barbels absent. 



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



Fins. Osseous dorsal ray serrated but less strongly than in 

 B. ticto, the serratures are likewise rather irregular, the fin com- 

 mences midway between the snout and the base of the caudal, 

 which latter is lunate. 



Lateral line — complete, there are 3|- rows of scales between it 

 and the base of the ventral fin. 



Colours. Silvery, a black mark on the lateral line about the 

 third scale, and a deep black mark above and a little behind the 

 posterior extremity of the anal fin, superiorly it extends almost to 

 the back, whilst it is yellow anteriorly. Fins orange. 



Hah. Eastern Burma, where it entirely supersedes B. ticto. 

 It attains four inches in length. 



