FAMILY, V— CTPRINID^. 559 



51. Bwrhus comhonimB. 3/8, L L 26^ incomplete; 4^ rows between lateral-line and ventral fin. A 

 black spot on side oyer anal fin. From tbe Punjab throughout Bengal, the Deccan, Orissa and Assam. 



^ot Jat tC'ZeTt^etT: TLrou^SlS^*^' "^"^ ''^''^ '^°''' '^^^ ^' — ement of lateral-Hne, 

 Burma^^' ^"^^''^ ^iol-kzhoMus, D. 2/8, L. 1. 25, complete. Two black marks on lateral-line. Darjeeling and 



54. Bwrlusjmiotatus D. 3/8, L. 1. 23, complete. Two black spots one below the commencement of 

 lateral-lme, the other near its termmation. Malabar coast and Madras. 



.. .= ^h ?"^^T ^^^^'**' ?■ ^^?i' ^- ^- ^h incomplete. A black band over tail, a black spot across the bases of 

 the first 6 dorsal rays, and another over base of anal. Orissa, Bengal, and Assam 



56. Bwrhus pMtmdo,!) 2-3/8, L. 1. 20-23, incomplete. Four vertical black bands on a brown body, and a 

 dark one down the centre of the dorsal fin. Bengal, Orissal, Ganjam and Assam 



57. Bcwbm Oundngis D 3/8 A. 3/5, L. 1. 21, incomplete. 3 rows of scales between 1. 1. and base of 

 ventral fan. Two dark vertical bands. Ceylon. 



68. Bwrhus nigrofaseiatus, D. 3/8, L. 1. 20, complete. Three vertical black bands on body. Southern 

 Ceylon. •' 



59. Bwrhus gugwnio, D. 2/8, L. 1. incomplete. Bengal and Assam. 



b. Osseous dorsal ray, entire. 



60. Ba/rlus stigma, D. 3/8, L. 1. 23-36, complete. A dark mark near the posterior extremity of the 

 lateral-hne, another across the base of the middle dorsal rays, Throughout India and Burma 



_ 61. Bwrhus cJirysopterus, D. 3/8, L. 1. 23-25, complete. Fins black tipped. Sind, Puniab N W 

 Provmces, Assam, N. India. ' 



62. Barhus thermalis, D. 3/8, A. 3/5, L. 24, incomplete. 3J rows of scales between 1. 1. and base of 

 ventral fin. A dark mark at side of base of tail. Ceylon. 



_ 63. Bwrhus terio, D. 3/8, L. 1. 21-23, incomplete. A black mark on side above the anal fin, sometimes 

 continued by a band to the caudal, a second indistinct one under posterior end of dorsal. Orissa, Bengal and 

 Punjab. ' 



c. Last imdvvided dorsal ray wrticulated, or if osseous very. weaJc. 

 64. Bwrhus Punjahensis, J). 3/8, L. 1. 43, incomplete. A silvery band along the side, a black spot at 

 base of caudal, and two first dorsal rays black. Lahore in the Punjab, also Jubbnlpore. 



_ 65. Bwrhus unimamlatus, D. 3/8, L. 1. 24, incomplete. A black mark at base of each dorsal ray. Sitang 

 river in Burma. 



66. Bwrhus Waagenii, D. 2-3/8, A. 2/5, L. 1. 23, incomplete. A lateral blotch. Punjab salt-range. 



67. Barhus cosuatis, D. 3/8, L. 1. 22, incomplete. Uniform, a dark spot across the middle of the anterior 

 dorsal rays. Throughout India. 



68. Barhus mttatus, D. 2/8, L. 1. 20-22, incomplete. Four black spots on the side, and a black streak 

 down the dorsal fin. Cutch, Malabar, Mysore and Madras. 



69. Bwrhus filamentosus, D. 3/8, L. 1. 21, complete. Branched dorsal rays elongated. A black mark 

 near posterior end of lateral-line, and each caudal lobe with a black extremity. Malabar coast and Southern 

 India. 



70. Barhus ^wntio, D. 3/8, L. 1. 23, incomplete. A black band encircles the free portion of the tail. 

 Bengal and Burma. 



A. — With four Barh els (Barhodes). 

 a. Last undivided dorsal ray, osseous and serrated. 

 1. Barbus chagunio, Plate CXXXVI, fig. 2 {variety spilopholus) , and CXL, fig. 2. 



lis chagunio. Ham. Buch. Fishes of Ganges, pp. 295, 387. 

 BoMta ohagundo, Cuv. and Val. xvi. p. 257. 

 Barhus chagunio, spilopholus and sarana, (not H. B.) McClell. Ind. Cyp. pp. 272, 341, pi. 9, f. 4; 

 Bleeker, Beng. p. 60 ; Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 373. 



Barhus spilopholis, Cuv. and Val. xvi, p. 171 ; Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 96. 



Barhics Beavani, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 96. 



Jerruah, Beng. : Ghagumd, Behar. : Pootee keintah, Assam. 



B. iii, D. 11(f), P. 15, V. 9, A. 8(1), C. 19, L. 1. 44-47, L. tr. 11/9. 



Length of head 4i to 5, of caudal 5, height of body 4 to 4i in the total length. Hyes — diameter 5 to 

 6|- in length of head, 2 to 3 diameters from end of snout, 1-|- diameters apart. Suborbital region, cheeks and 

 anterior superior margin of the orbit usually covered with numerous pores. Mouth somewhat inferior but 

 directed forwards. Barhels — both pairs rather longer than the orbit. Fini — dorsal commences midway between 

 the end of the snout and the base of the caudal fin, its last undivided ray is osseous, strong, with coarse teeth : 

 its length equals rather more than that of the head excluding the snout : some of the last few anal rays in 

 large specimens may be elongated, (B. spilophilus), but more frequently not so. Lateral-line — complete. 



