FAMILY, V— OTPRINID^. 569 



B. Hi, D. 13(A), p. 17, V. 9, A. 8(|), C. 19, L. 1. 26-28, L. tr. 4/6. 



Length of head 4f to 5, of caudal 5 to 5i, height of body 4J to 5 in the total length. Sj/es— diameter 

 5 in the length of head, li to 2 diameters from the end of snout, and If apart. No considerable rise to the 

 base of the dorsal fin. Snout conical. Upper jaw the longer overlapping the lower. Interorbital space nearly- 

 flat. Lower labial fold interrupted. Barbels — ^the maxiUary pair as long or longer than the orbit, the rostral 

 1/4 shorter. Fms — the dorsal 2/3 as high as the body, its origin is a little anterior to the insertion of the 

 ventral, its last undivided ray weak, osseous, with an articulated extremity. Lateral-lme — complete, 2i to 3 

 rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral fin : 10 rows before the dorsal fin. Free portion of the 

 tail rather longer than high. Golowrs — leaden silvery along the back, with a dark band running from behind 

 the eye to the middle of the base of the caudal fin where it sometimes ends in a round black blotch. Abdomen 

 of a light orange colour. Fins stained with gray at their edges. 



, Habitat. — Vithry in the Wynaad where it is common in the larger streams. It attains at least 8 inches 

 in lengfth. The examples are figured life-size. 



28. Barbus Stevensonii, Plate CXXXY, fig. 6. 

 Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 100. 

 B. iii, D. 12(1), P. 17, V. 9, A. 8(1), C. 19, L. 1. 27, L. tr. 4^/5. 



Length of head 4^, of caudal nearly 4, height of body 4| in the total length. Eyes — diameter 2/7 of 

 length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout and apart. Body elongated and compressed : dorsal profile but 

 little arched. Upper jaw the longer. Lower labial fold interrupted. Ba/rbels — ^the maxillary extend to below 

 the posterior extremity of the orbit, the rostral are shorter. J?'iTOs —dorsal with a smooth, weak, osseous ray, as 

 long as the head excluding the snout : it is rather lower than the body, arising midway between the end of 

 the snout and the base of the caudal, whilst it is slightly in advance of the ventrals. Lateral-line — complete, 

 there are 2^ rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral fin : and 9 before the dorsal fin. Golowrs — 

 silvery, upper portion of the body the darker : numerous black specks along the side : a black spot at the base 

 of the caudal, and a dark band along the dorsal fin. 



Habitat. — Hills near Akyab. I named this species after the late Colonel Stevenson, Commissioner at 

 Akyab, who procured for me several new sorts of fish from that locality. It is figured life-size. 



29. Barbus Neilli, Plate CXL, fig. 4. 



Day, Proceedings Zoological Society, 1868, p. 681. 



? Barbus khvdree, Sykes, Fishes of Deccan, p. 357 ; Bleeker, Beng. p. 60 ; Jerdon, Madr. J. L. and Sc. 

 1849, p. 313. 



B. iii, D. 13(f), P. 15, V. 10, A. 8(f), C. 19, L. 1. 24-26, L. tr. 4i/4. 



Length of head 4i- to 5, of caudal 5, height of body 3^ to 4 in the total length. Hyes — diameter 4i to 

 5 in the length of the head, li diameters from the end of snout and also apart. Dorsal and abdominal profiles 

 about equally convex. Interorbital space nearly flat. Snout conical with the upper jaw slightly the longer. 

 Lower labial fold continuous. Ba/rbels — the rostral pair reach the front edge of the eye, the maxillary pair 

 equal 1^ diameters of the orbit. Teei^— pharyngeal, curved, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. Fins — origin of dorsal rather 

 nearer base of caudal fin than the end of the snout, and anterior to the insertion of the ventral, it is 2/3 as high 

 as the body, its upper edge concave, its last undivided ray osseous, entire, and very weak. Pectoral as long as 

 the head excluding the snout, and longer than the ventral. Anal laid fiat reaches the base of the caudal which 

 is forked. Lateral-line — complete, 3^ rows of scales between it and the ventral fin : 9 rows anterior to the 

 dorsal. Free portion of the tail as high as long. Golows — silvery above the lateral-line with a tinge of yellow 

 below it. Fins with a bluish tinge in some specimens, reddish in others. The young have a dark spot at the 

 base of the caudal fin. Eyes golden. 



Habitat. — Kurnool on the Tamboodra river. The largest specimen personally seen was 38 lbs. weight, 

 but it is said to attain to 50 or 60 lbs. The example figured is stuffed, and 22 inches in length. 



30. Barbus Malabaricus, Plate CXXXVIII, fig. 6. 

 Jerdon, M. J. L. and Sc. 1849, p. 312. 



B. iii, D. 12-13 (V), P- 17, ^- 9, A. 8 (|), C. 19, L. 1. 24, L. tr. 4/4. 



Length of head 4f to 5, of caudal 6, height of body 4J to 4f in the total length. %es— diameter 5 in 

 the length of head. If diameters from end of snout, and 2 apart. Dorsal and abdominal profiles about equally 

 and moderately convex. Interorbital space slightly convex. Upper jaw the longer : lips thick : lower labial 

 fold complete and with a median lobe. Ba/rbels— ihe, maxillary pair reach to below hind edge of eye, the 

 rostral pair are shorter. Ifes— dorsal 2/3 as high as the body, its origin is anterior to the insertion of the 

 ventral, its upper edge concave, its last undivided ray osseous, weak, with its bony portion equalling the post- 

 orbital length of the head. iaiera?-Zme— complete, 14 rows of scales between it and the ventral fin : 9 rows 

 anterior to the dorsal. Free portion of the tail rather longer than high. OoZowrs— bluish, becoming white on 

 ' the abdomen. Fins usually blue. Eyes red. Sometimes the fish is brown : and the dorsal, pectoral and ventral, 

 red. Or the front edge of dorsal and anal and upper and lower borders of the caudal may be dark. 



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