558 PHTSOSTOMI. 



24. Barlus pulcMlus, D. 3/9, A. 2/5, L. 1. 30-32. 3| rows of scales between 1. 1. and base of ventral fin. 

 Upper half of body dark coloured : a ligbt band from eye to caudal fin. Oanara. 



26. Barlus Bolsoni, D. 3-4/9, A. 3/5, L. 1. 30-32. Length of bead 6 in the total. 3^ rows of scales 

 between 1. 1. and base of ventral fin. Poona and the Deccan. 



26. J5cw6m« Jerdoni, D. 3/9, A. 3/5, L. 1. 27-28. Length of head 5 to 5i m the total. 2^ to SJ rows of 

 scales between 1. 1. and base of ventral fin. Canara. , , , , , ■, ■, „ 



27. Bwrbus Wynaadensis, D. 4/8, A. 3/5, L. 1. 26-28. 21 to 3 rows of scales between 1. 1. and base of 



ventral fin. Wynaad bills. ,,, ,, ii o .i-. 



28. Barhus St&vensonii, D. 3/9, A. 3/5, L. 1. 27. 2i rows of scales between 1. 1. and base of ventral fin. 



29. Barhus N&ilK, D. 4/9, A. 3/5, L. 1. 24-26.. 3i rows of scales between 1. 1. and base of ventral fin. 

 Kurnool and the Deccan. 



30. Barbus Malala/ricus, D. 3-4/9, A. 3/5, L. 1. 24. lirows of scales between 1. 1. and base of the ventral 

 fin. Western ghauts of India. 



31. Bwrlus innomdnatus, D. 3/9, A. 2/5, L. 1. 24. 3 rows of scales between 1. 1. and base of ventral fin. 



32. Bwrhus compressus, D. 3/9, A. 3/6, L. 1. 22. 3^ rows of scales between 1. 1. and base of ventral fin. 

 Cashmere ? 



33. Bwrlus BlytUi, D. 3/9, A. 3/6, L. 1. 22. 2i rows of scales between 1. 1. and base of ventral fin. 



34. Bourlus melanampyx, D. 3/8, A. 2/6, L. 1. 20. 2 rows of scales between 1. 1. and base of ventral fin. 

 Red, with three vertical black bands. Eivers along Western Ghauts as low as Travanoore. 



B. — With two barbels (Gapoeta). 

 a. With osseous, serrated, dorsal ray. 



35. Barbus macrolepidotus, D. 4/8, A. 2/6, L. 1. 26. 2i rows of scales between 1. 1. and base of ventral. 

 Tavoy to the Malay Archipelago. 



b. Osseous dorsal ray, entire. 



36. Barbus chola, D. 3/8, A. 2/5, L. 1. 26-28, Narrow suborbitals. 3 to 3i- rows of scales between 

 1. 1. and base of ventral fin. A lateral blotch, and two bands on dorsal fin. Lidia and Burma. 



37. Ba/rbus parrah, D. 3/8, A. 3/5, L. 1. 25. Wide suborbitals. B^ rows of scales between 1. 1. and base 

 of ventral fin. A dark lateral blotch. Southern India and Malabar. 



38. Barbus Burmanicus, D. 4/8, A. 2/6, L. 1. 26. 2 rows of scales between 1. 1. and base of ventral fin. 

 Burma. 



39. Ba/rbus tetyra/rwpugus, D. 2-3/8, A. 2/6, L. 1. 24-26. 3^ rows of scales between 1. 1. and base of ventral 

 fin. A black spot behind gill-opening, a second near base of caudal fin : a band on dorsal fin. Siud, India 

 (except Mysore, Madras and the Western coast). 



40. Ba/rbus dorsalis, D. 3-4/8, A. 3/5, L. 1. 24-25. 2^ rows of scales between 1. 1. and base of ventral fin. 

 A black spot at end of base of dorsal fin. Mysore, Southern India and Ceylon. 



c. Bast undivided dorsal ray articulated, or if osseous very weak. 



41. Ba/rbus holus, D. 3-4/9, A. 3/6, L. 1. 40-43. 4 to 6 rows of scales between 1. 1. and base of ventral 

 fin. Deccan, and throughout the Kistna river, Central Provinces. 



42. Barbus Benisonii, D. 2-3/8, A. 3/6, L. 1. 28. 2^ rows of scales between 1. 1. and base of ventral fin. 

 Body longitudinally banded. HiLl ranges of Travancore. 



43. Barbus melanostigma, D. 2/8, A. 2/5. 3 rows of scales between 1. 1. and base of ventral fin. A light 

 band along the side : a deep black lateral blotch. Wynaad hills, also Bowany and Cauvery rivers. 



44. Barbus wrenatus, D. 2/8, A. 3/5, L. 1. 26. 3|- rows of scales between 1. 1. and base of ventral fin. 

 Madras. 



45. Barbus Puckelli, D. 2/7, A. 3/5, L. 1. 24. 2i rows of scales between 1. 1. ajad base of ventral fin. 

 A black mark along the base of dorsal fin. Mysore. 



46. Barbus ampMbius, D. 2-3/8, A. 2/6, L. 1. 23-24. 2 rows of scales between 1. 1. and base of ventral 

 fin. A dark lateral blotch sometimes present. Western coast of India, Deccan, and Southern India. 



47. Ba/rbus a^ulius, D. 3/8, A. 2/5, L. 1. 23. 2i rows of scales between 1. 1. and base of ventral fin. 

 Body vertically banded. Western Ghauts and Bowany river. 



48. Ba/rhts Mahicola, D. 3/8, A. 2/5 L. 1. 21. 2^ rows of scales between 1. 1. and base of ventral fin. 

 A deep lateral blotch. Western and Southern India, also Ceylon. 



C. — Without barbels (Puntius). 

 a. With osseous serrated dorsal ray. 



49. Ba/rbus apogon, D. 4/8, L. 1. 36, complete. 6^ rows of scales between 1. 1. and ventral fin. Each 

 scale with a dark base. Burma to the Malay Archipelago. 



50. Barbus amibassis, D. 3/8, L. 1. 36, iacomplete. 6 rows of scales between lateral-line and ventral fin. 

 A black lateral blotch, another at base of anterior dorsal rays. Southern India, Orissa, Bengal and Assam. 



