358 F.Day — Monograph of Indian Cijprinidce. fNo. 4, 



Leuciscus dystomus, McClell., Ind. Cyp. pp. 2£2, 406, pi. 56, f. 4. 

 Basbora elanga, Gunther, Catal. vii, p. 198. 



Dahwiee, Hind. 



B. III. D. 2/7, P. 15, V. 8-9, A. -JL. C. 19, L. 1. 40—42, 



5 — 6 



L. tr. 7/6. 



Length of head 1/5, of caudal 1/6, height of body 2/9, of dorsal 

 fin 1/5 of the total length. 



Eyes. Diameter from 1/4 to 1/3 of the length of head, 1 diame- 

 ter from end of snout, 1^ diameters apart. 



Head pointed, jaws of equal length, prominences and emargina- 

 tions well defined. One pair of short rostral barbels. 



Fins. Dorsal commences midway between the posterior margin 

 of the orbit and the base of the caudal fin. The pectoral does not 

 reach the ventral. Caudal forked. 



Lateral line. Two rows of scales to base of ventral fin. 



Colours. Silvery. 



Hah. Bengal, Assam and Burma; attaining 8 inches in length. 



B. Barhels absent (Bashora, as restricted). 



2. Basbora daniconius. 



Cyprinus daniconius, Ham. Buch., Fish. Ganges, pp. 327, 391, pi. 15, f. 89 ; 

 *Cuv. and Yal. xvi, p. 435. 



„ anjana, Ham. Buch., 1. c. pp. 329, 391 : *Cuv. and Yal., xvi, p. 436. 



Leuciscus anjana, daniconius, rasbora, et lateralis, McClell., Ind. Cyp. pp. 

 292, 405, 407. 



„ dandia, Cuv. and Yal., xvii, p. 309. 



„ Malabaricus, Caverii et flavus, Jerdon, M. J. L. aud S. 1849, pp. 



320, 321. 



„ Eintlwvenii, Bleeker, Nat. Tyd. Ned. Ind. ii, p. 434. 



Rasbora Eintlwvenii, Bleeker, Prod. Cyp. p. 440, and Atl. Ich. Cyp. p. 120, 

 t. 21, f. 1. 



,, dandia, Bleeker, Nat. Yerh. Holl. Maatsh. Haarl. 1864, Cyp. and 

 Cobit., Ceylon, p. 18, pi. 1, f. 3. 



„ Malabarica, Day, Mai. Fish. p. 220. 

 „ woolaree, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 298. 

 Opsarius daniconius, Kner, Novara Fische, p. 358. 

 Basbora daniconius, Guntber, Catal. vii, p. 194. 

 ? Chondrostoma wattanah, Sykes, T. Z. S. ii, p. 360, pi. 62, f. 4. 

 £ Gymnostomus wattanali, *Gviuther, 1. c. vii, p. 76. 



