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



Colours. Silvery, generally with four black spots in the adult, 

 one just before the dorsal, one below its posterior margin, another 

 at the base of the caudal and a fourth at the base of the anal. 

 The dorsal has a vertical black streak, and a black tip with orange 

 markings. In the immature the colours vary; when the fish is 

 about eight-tenths of an inch long, a vertical stripe begins to show 

 itself in the posterior third of the dorsal fin, the summit of which 

 also becomes edged with black, whilst there is some irregular 

 orange colouration about the fin ; a black spot shows itself at the 

 base of the caudal and anal fins, and in very young specimens the 

 line of demarcation between the green of the back, and the silvery 

 abdomen, appears like a white band running from the eye to the 

 middle of the tail. 



Hah. Mysore and Malabar, attaining \\ inches in length. 



c. Without osseous dorsal ray, 

 60. Barbus (Puntius) Punjatjbensis. 



B. III. D. 3/8, V. 9, A. 2/5, 0. 19, L. 1. 43, L. tr. 8/? 



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

 length. 



Eyes. Rather large, situated in the anterior half of the head, 

 1/3 of a diameter from end of snout. 



Mouth small, horse shoe shaped, with the upper jaw slightly 

 over-hanging the lower. Abdominal profile more convex than 

 that of the back. Barbels absent. 



Fins. Dorsal two-thirds as high as the body below it, arising 

 midway between the snout and the base of the caudal fin, its last 

 undivided ray is weak and articulated. Caudal deeply forked, with 

 pointed lobes. 



Lateral line — incomplete. 



Colours. Silvery, with a burnished silvery stripe along the side, 

 and a black spot at the base of the caudal fin. Two first dorsal 

 rays and intermediate membrane deep black. 



Hub. Ravi river at Lahore ; it is a small species, attaining about 

 2 inches in length. Eapidly putrifying, nearly all my specimens 

 were spoiled before I was able to put them into spirit. 



