1871.] F.Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinida. 355 



Maxillary barbels as lon^ as the orbit. 



Fins. Dorsal commencing nearer end of snout than root of the 

 caudal, its anterior half being before the root of the ventrals. 



Colours. Body and fins with many minute and irregularly dis- 

 posed blackish spots. 



Hab. Stream near Hanle Monastry in Eastern Ladak, Tibet, 

 where (at about 15,200 feet) it was obtained by Dr. Stoliczka. 



b. Dorsal Jin commencing very distinctly posterior to the ventrals, 

 but not extending to above the anal, which last is short or of moderate 

 length (5 to 10 branched rays). 



Genus Nuria, Guv. and Val. PI. xxiii, f. 6. 



Esomus Swainson. 



Abdomen rounded. Pseudobranchice present, mouth narroiv, directed obli- 

 quely upwards, suborbitals broad. Harbelsfour, the rostral shorter than the 

 maxillary pair ; pharyngeal teeth crooked, pointed, 5/5. Dorsal fin without 

 osseous ray, and a few branched ones, it is inserted posterior to the ventral 

 but not to over the anal, the latter having but few or a moderate number of 

 branched rays ; scales of moderate size. Lateral line, when present, passing 

 to the lower half of the base of the caudal fin. Gill rakers short. 



Geographical distribution. Continent of India, Ceylon and Burma. 

 Synopsis of species. 



1. Nuria albolineata, D. 2/7, A. 2/11, L. 1. 31. Burma. 



2. Nuria danrica, D. 2/6, A. 3/5, L. 1. 30-34. Lateral line present. A black 

 lateral band. India, Ceylon and Burma. 



3. Nuria Malabarica, D. 2/7, A. 2/5, L. r. 32. Lateral line absent. No black 

 lateral band. India, Burma, and Nicobars. 



1. Nuria albolineata. 

 Blyth, J. A. S. of B. I860, p. 163 ; Day. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 558. 



B. III. D. 2/7, P. 11, Y. 7, A. 2/11, C. 17, L. 1. 31. 



Length of head 2/9, of caudal 1/5, height of body 2/7 of total 

 length. Eyes 3/4 of a diameter from end of snout. Maxillary 

 barbels reach the ventral fin. Lateral line ceases above ventral fin. 

 Colours ; a silvery band along the side. Habitat. Moulmein. 

 2. Nuria danrica. PI. xxiii, f. 6. 



Cyprinus danrica, sutiha et jogia, Haixi. Buch., Fish. Ganges, pp. 325, 327, 

 390, 391. pi. 16, f. 88 : * Cuv. and Val., xvi, pp. 404, 405, 408. 



