FAMILY, V— CTPRnriD^. 631 



0. anMtM,mClelh.nd, 1 c p. 581, is said to differ but little from the aboye, its intestines are six 

 tunes tne length ot the body, its habitat is Afghanistan, Koonur river Pushut. 



Gapoeta maoraeoMthus, Giinther, has a very weak dorsal spine. 

 Habitat. — ^Afghanistan, Cashmere, and Boutan. 



Genus, 5 — Schizoptgopsis, Steimdachner. 

 Aldomm rounded. _ Snout ohtusehf corneal. Mouth tramsverse, inferior, loith a slight cleft; mamMhle with 

 a sharp mterior edge, having a horny covering, amd the upper lip continuous with a short lateral one. Barbels 

 absent. Pha/ryngeal teeth compressed, 4 or 3, 3/3, ,3 or 4. Dorsal fin short, with a serrated ray, Mid situated nea/rh/ 

 opposite to the ventrals : cmal short. Scales small, few, amd only present in the scapular region, except a scaled 

 sheath to vent and along the base of the OAml fin. Lateral-line eonivnued to the centre of the base of the caudal. 

 Ova compa/ratveely la/rge. 



Geographical distribution. — Head waters of Indus, Tibet, and Eastern Turkestan. 



SYNOPSIS OF INDIVIDUAL SPECIES. 



1. SeMmpygopsis StoUczhce, D. 4/7, A. 2/5. 



1. ScMzopygopsis StoliczksB, Plate CXXIV, fig. 2. 



Steind. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1866, p. 785; Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 170: Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1876, p. 791. . i- . j> 



B. iii, D. 10-11 (f:i), P. 13, V. 11, A. 7 (f), C. 19. 



Length of head 6 to 6|, of caudal 5| to 5|, height of body 7 to 8 in the total length. Eyes — diameter 

 4 to 5 in the length of the head, 1 to 1| diameters from the end of the snout, and li to 2 apart. The greatest 

 width of the head equals its length behind the middle of the eyes, and its height equals its length excluding 

 the snout. Mouth inferior, overhung by the snout, the maxilla reaches to below the front edge of the eye. An 

 anterior, sharp, homy edge to the mandible. Fins — the dorsal as high as the body, it commences about 

 midway between the end of the snout and the root of the caudal fin, its upper edge nearly straight, oblique : its 

 last undivided ray osseous, and finely serrated. Pectoral not quite so long as the head, and reaching rather 

 above halfway to the ventral, which latter arises below the middle of the dorsal and does not reach the anal. 

 Anal rather above twice as high as its base is long, it extends to the caudal when laid flat. Caudal deeply 

 forked. Colours — oUve superiorly, becoming white on the sides and beneath, the whole covered with irregular 

 blackish spots. 



HahUai. — Leh and head waters of Indus, also tributaries of the Yarkand and Oxus rivers. 



Genus, 6 — Schizothoeax, Sechel.* 



Schizopyge, sp. Heckel : Bacoma, sp. McCleU. : Opistoeheihis, pt. Bleeker. 



Abdomen rounded. Snout conically rounded, and laterally somewhat compressed, with the mouth a/rched and 

 cmtero-i/nferior, mandible neither broad, flattened, nor with a sharp margin, its edge sometimes hawing a thin, deciduous 

 homy covering. Barbels four. Pha/ryngeal teeth pointed, hooked, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. Dorsal fim rather short, with a 

 strong, osseous, serrated ray, amd a/rising opposite the ventrals : anal short. Scales very small, the vent and base of 

 the anal fin in a sheath, covered by an enlarged tiled row. Lateral-line passing to the centre of the base of the 

 caudal fim,. 



Geograpjdeal d/istribution. — Mountain streams and rivers of the Himalayan region, also Afghanistan and 

 Turkestan. 



* The following epedes of this Genus have also heen recorded, some are figured in this work : — 



A. Lower labial fold uninterrupted. 



a. Dorsal spine strong, serrated. 



1. Bchizofhorm lavhatws, McClelland, Cal. Jourii. Nat. Hist, ii, p. 580 ; Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 168. Eye 1/5 of head. Upper 

 jaw projecting. Origin of dorsal fin rather nearer caudal than snout : its spine very strong, serrated. Anal laid flat does not reach 

 caudal. Tiled rows of scales small. Afghanistan. 



6. Dorsal spine feeble, serrated. 



2. ScUnofhoraai mtchiamm, McClell. Cal. Journ. Nat. Hist, ii, p. 580 ; Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 168. Eye 1/5 of head. Upper 

 jaw projecting. Origin of dorsal fin rather nearer caudal than snout : its spine feeble, serrated. Anal laid flat does not reach caudal. 

 Tiled row of scales of moderate size. Afghanistan. 



3. BcUeofhorax Edmiama, McClelland, 1. c. p. 679. Upper jaw the longer. Dorsal spine feebly serrated near its base. Scales 

 rather above the ordinary size. Cabal river. i 



B. Lower labial fold interrupted. 



a. Dorsal spine strong, serrated. 



4. Schmotlwrax niger, Heckel, Fische aus Cashmir, p. 29, t. v j Gunther, Catal. vii, p. 164. Eye 1/5 of head. Upper jaw the 



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