560 PHTSOSTOMI. 



with from 5i to 6| rows of scales between it and the basd|^of the ventral fin : 16 rows before the dorsal fin. 

 Free portion of the tail as high as long. Colours— umiorm silvery, with a pinkish tmge, the scales towards the 

 back sometimes being darkest at their bases : fins reddish with light outer edges, the summit of the dorsal fin 

 sometimes black. The young have a silvery band along the side. , ■, ^ , ^ x « -n t 



McClelland mistook H. Buchanan's figure of the Cyprvrms ehagwmo, (it was marked C. kimta) tor Bmbus 

 mrcuna, but found out his error previous to publishing the figure (which he consequently suppressed). That a 

 fish, "the same with the lunamoo of Dr. Russell," as Buchanan describes the sor^ma can be identical (as 

 advanced by Dr. Gunther) with G. Iwitd is incredible. H. Buchanan m his_ MSS. list of fish observes, The 

 Varanqi of the Tista is, in some places called huntd. It has a great afBrnty with the OwrmMca which is described 

 in mv account of Mysore." The G. cMgunio, of which the figure labelled 0. krnita is the representative, is placed 

 next to the G. curmuca, and it is stated p. 294, " This and the following species have a great resemblance to the 

 Gyprvnus cvnhosus of Bloch : but tie callosities of the head are neither mentioned in Bloch s description nor 

 represented in his figure ;" showing how alike he must have considered the two to be. It C. himta is not G. 

 chaqunio, what does it represent ? and where is the figure of chagunio ? . , ,, t, ■ , , 



Eabitat—From Orissa, throughout Bengal, Assam, Behar and the N. W. Provinces to the Punjab, but 

 not recorded from Sind, the Deccan, Western coast, Mysore, Madras, or Burma. It attains at least 18 inches 

 in length. 



The figure of the variety B. spilopjiolus (Plate CXXXVI) is from an Assam example, 7-5 inches in 

 length : that on plate CXL. is from a Delhi specimen. 



2. Barbus clavatus. 



McClelland, Cal. Joum. Nat. Hist. 1846, p. 280, pi. 21, f. 2; Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 97. 



B. iii. D. 11(f), P. 16, V. 10, A. 8(f), C. 19, L. 1. 42, L. tr. 6/4. 



Height of the body 1/4 of the length excluding the caudal fin. Hyes—lmge and in the middle of the 

 length of the head. Snout covered with small thorny tubercles. Ba/rlels— two well-developed pairs. Fins— 

 last undivided dorsal ray osseous, strong, serrated, and as long as the body is high. Scales— 11^ rows in an 

 oblique line from the base of the ventral to the dorsal. The figure shows 4i rows between the lateral-line and 

 base of the ventral which would give 6i above the lateral-line. Golowrs— blue superiorly becoming white 

 beneath: the fins pale bluish white. 



Habitat. — A single specimen (7 inches long) was obtaiaed from a river at the base of the Sikhim 

 mountaias in Bengal. 



3. Barbus sarana, Plate CXXXVI, fig. 2. 



Gyprinus hwnnamoo, Russell, Fish. Vizag. ii, p. 82, pi. 204. 



Gyprinus hakoo and kadoon, Russell, 1. c. p. 83. 



Gyprinus sarana. Ham. Buch. Fish. Ganges, pp. 307, 388. 



Barhus deliciosus, McClelland, Ind. Cyp. pp. 272, 342, pi. 39, fig. 3 ; Cuv. and Val. xvi, p. 172 ; Sleeker, 

 Beng. p. 60. 



Systomus immaculatus and chrysostomus, McClelland, 1. c. pp. 284, 380, pi. 44, f . 6 ; Cuv. and Val. xvi, 

 p. 409 ; Bleeker, Beng. p. 62. 



Ba/rhus sarana, Cuv. and Val. xvi. p. 151 ; Bleeker, Beng. p. 60; Jerdon,M. J. L. and Sc. 1849, p. 312 ; 

 Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 116 ; Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 374. 



Ba/rhus gardonides, Cuv. and Val. 1. c. p. 156, pi. 465 ; Bleeker, Beng. p. 60, 126. 



Barhus Jcakus and Bwaaucelli, Cuv. and Val. xvi, pp. 163, 167. 



Gyprvnus MoGlellandi, Cuv. and Val. xvi, p. 390. 



Bajrhus hakus and kadoon, Bleeker, Beng. p. 60. 



Barhus caudima/rginatus, Blyth. J. A. Soc. of Beng. 1860, p. 157. 



Fmitius sarana, Steind. Sitz. Ak. Wiss. Wien, Ivi, 1867, p. 68. 



Barhus immaculatus and BusselUi, Gunther, Catal. vii, p. 121. 



PuMgella, Tam. : Oiddi-kaoli, Durhie and Potah, Hind. : Gid-pakke, Can. : Earmaku, Tel. : Sarana, 

 Ooriah and Beng. : Jundoori, Punj. : Pop-pree and Kuh-nah-nee, Sind. : Ser^-nee, Assam : Nga-khon-mahgyee 

 and Nga-chong, Burmese. 



B. iii, D. 11(f), P. 16, V. 9, A. 8(f), C. 19, L. 1. 32-34, L. tr. 6|-6/6. 



Length of head 6 to 6i, of caudal 5, height of body 3^ to 3f in the total length. Eyes — diameter 4<\ to 

 4| in the length of head, 1 to 1| diameters from the end of snout, and 2 diameters apart. Profile of the back 

 elevated. Interorbital space convex. Lower labial fold interrupted. No pores on the snout. Barbels — ^the 

 rostral pair about as lojig as the orbit, the maxillary pair longer, sometimes equalling 1^ diameters of the orbit. 

 Fins — dorsal commences slightly nearer the snout than the base of the caudal fin and opposite the insertion of 

 the ventral, its last undivided ray osseous, strong in the adult, finely serrated posteriorly, and with its stiff 

 portion 2/3 as long as the head, the fin is 1/2 to 2/3 as high as the body, with its upper edge concave. Lateral- 

 line — complete, from 3^ to 4 rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral fin : 10 to 11 rows before the 

 dorsal fin. Golowrs — silvery, darkest superiorly, opercles shot with gold : the young have occasionally a dull 



