336 F. Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinidce. [No. 3, 



63. Barbus (Puntius) puntio. 

 Cyprinus puntio, Ham. Buch., Fish Ganges, pp. 318, 389. 

 Barbus puntio, # Gunther, Catal. vii, p. 154; Day, Proc. Zool. Sec. 1870 

 p. 100. 



B. III. D. 3/8, P. 15, V. 9, A. 2/5, C. 21, L. 1. 23, L. tr. 4/4. 



Length of head 1/4, of caudal 2/7, height of the body nearly 1/3 

 of the total length. 



Eyes. Diameter 2/5 of length of head, 3/4 of a diameter from 

 end of snout ; 1 diameter apart. 



Dorsal profile considerably elevated. Mouth small. No barbels. 



Fins. Last undivided dorsal ray weak, entire, and not osseous ; 

 the fin commences rather in advance of the ventrals, and midway 

 between the anterior margin of the orbit and the base of the 

 caudal, the latter fin deeply forked. 



Lateral line — incomplete, only extending along a few scales ; 

 2^ rows between it and the base of the ventral fin. 



Colours. Silvery, a wide black band encircles the free portion 

 of the tail, and includes the tip of the anal fin. Dorsal orange, 

 tipped with black. 



Hah. Bengal and British Burma. It only attains about S 

 inches in length. 



