340 F. Day — Monograph of Indian Oyprinidce. [No. 4, 



Eyes. Diameter 1/6 of length of head, nearly 2 diameters from 

 end of snout and apart. 



Interorbital space flat, mouth inferior, crescentic, with the cleft 

 nearly horizontal, and the gape one half greater in extent than the 

 cleft. Snout overhanging the upper jaw which projects beyond the 

 lower, the edge of the latter rather sharp, and its inside covered 

 with a deciduous cartilaginous layer. Lower labial fold inter- 

 rupted in the middle. Barbels about as long as the eye. 



Fins. Dorsal commences midway between the end of the snout 

 and the base of the caudal, and slightly in advance of the ventrals ; 

 its osseous ray is of moderate strength, rather more than half as 

 long as the head and closely serrated posteriorly. The anal when 

 laid flat reaches the root of the caudal. 



Scales— minute, anal row moderately developed, the largest being 

 almost half as broad as the orbit. 



Hob. Afghanistan, attaining at least 11 inches in length. 



4. SCHIZOTHOEAX KlTCHIANUS. 

 McClell., Cal. Journ Nat. Hist, ii, 1842, p.~580 ; Giinther, Oatal. vii, p. 168. 



B. III. D. 3 ^, P. 19, Y. 11, A. 2/5, C. 21. 



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

 total length. 



Eyes. Diameter 1/5 of length of head, If from end of 

 snout, \\ diameters apart. 



Mouth inferior, semi-oval, the jaws equal in front. Lower 

 labial fold entire, and having a free margin in its entire extent, 

 which, however, is produced into a short median lobe. Interorbital 

 space nearly flat. Barbels nearly as long as the eye. 



Fins. Dorsal commences midway between the anterior margin 

 of the orbit and the base of the caudal ; its osseous ray is serrated 

 posteriorly, rather feeble, and the stiff portion as long as the 

 head without the snout ; anal when laid flat does not quite reach 

 the base of the caudal, which latter is lunate. 



Scales — minute, anal row moderately developed. 



Colours— silvery and spotted with black. 



Hab. Afghanistan, attaining at least nine inches in length. 



