570 PHTSOSTOMI. 



I have seen an example in whicli the height of the body was only 4 in the total length, but it otherwise 

 resembled the typical form. r. n j i 



EaUtat—Froin. South Canara down the Western Ghauts to the Travancore hills. Mr. Ballard has 

 captured it at Courtallum with a fly. It attains at least 18 inches in length. 



31. Barbus innominatus. 



Leuciscus Imotatus, Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. of Beng. 1858, p. 290 (not K. and v. H.) 



Barbus imiommatus, Day, Proceedings Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 556. 



B. iii, D. 12 (f), P. 15, V. 9, A. 7 (f), C. 17, L. 1. 24, L. tr. 4j/4i. 



Length of head 34, of caudal 34, height of body 34 in the total length. %es— diameter ^ in length of 

 the head, 1 diameter from the end of the snout and also apart. ,Barlels—ilo.e rostral nearly reach the «rbit, 

 the maxillary pair are shorter. Fins — dorsal commences midway between the snout and the base of the caudal, 

 its last undivided ray osseous, weak, and entire. Caudal forked. Lateral-line — 3 rows of scales between it and 

 the base of the ventral fin. Oolov/rs—& black spot at the base of the caudal fin, none now apparent on the 

 dorsal. 



Eabitat.—Cejlo-a, from whence Mr. Blyth received specimens up to 1-1 inches in length, presented by 

 Dr. Kelaart. 



38. Barbus compressus. 



Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 555. 



B. iii, D 12 (f), P. 15, V. 9, A. 8 (|), C. 17, L. 1. 22, L. tr. 4/5. 



Length of head 5, of caudal 5, height of body 4 in the total length. Byes — diameter 2/9 of length of 

 head, If diameters from end of snout and also apart. Head much compressed : mouth inferior, upper jaw 

 the longer : the whole of the cheeks covered with pores : the posterior extremity of the maxilla extends to 

 below the anterior margin of the orbit. Ba/rbels — rostrals reaoh to beneath the centre of the orbit, the 

 maxillary to the angle of the preopercle. Fins — dorsal half as high as the body, it arises midway between the 

 snout and the base of the caudal, commencing slightly in advance of the ventrals, its last undivided ray is 

 osseous, not enlarged, and entire. Upper caudal lobe the longer. Lateral-line — complete, 3J rows of scales 

 between it and the base of the ventral fin. Colours — silvery, fins stained darker. 



Rabitat. — The native country of the type specimen is uncertain, but the fish was found in a bottle in the 

 Calcutta Museum with an Oreinus from Cashmere. It is a fine specimen in excellent preservation. 



33. Barbus Blythii. 



Capoeta macrolepidota (? K. and v. Hass.), Blyth, J. A. S. of Beng. 1860, p. 157 (not C.V.). 

 Ba/rbus Bl/ythii, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 555. 



B. iii, D. 12 (I), P. 15, V. 9, A. 8 (|), C. 17, L. 1. 22, L. tr. 4/5. 



Length of head 4, of caudal 4, height of body 3| in the total length. Eyes — diameter 2/5 of length of 

 head, 3/4 of a diameter from the end of snout and also apart. Preorbital covered with pores. Ba/rbels — well 

 developed, the rostral reaching the eye, and the maxillary to below the centre of the orbit. Fins — dorsal arises 

 midway between the snout and the base of the caudal, its last undivided ray articulated : it commences slightly 

 in advance of the ventrals. Caudal deeply forked. Lateral-line — complete, 2 j rows between it and the base of 

 the ventral fin. Golpurs — uniform silvery in spirit. 



Eabitat. — Tenasserim provinces. Specimen two inches long. This fish is very similar to Barbus 

 com/pressus, and may perhaps be the young. 



34. Barbus melanampyx, Plate CXXXIX, fig. 1. 



Girrhmus fasdatus, Jerdon, M. J. L. and Sc. 1849, p. 305 (not Bleeker). 



Labeo melanamipyx, Day, Proc. Zool. 1865, p. 317. 



Puntius melanampyx, Day, Fishes of Malabar, p. 210, pi. 16,'f. 1. 



Ba/rbus Qra/yi, Day, Proc, Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 293. 



Barbus arulius, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 133 (not Jerdon). 



B. iii, D. 11 (f), P. 15, V. 8, A. 7 (I), C. 15, L. 1. 20, L. tr. 3^/34. 



Length of head 4|, of caudal 4 to 4^, height of body 3 to 3J in the total length, i^yes— diameter 3 to 

 34 in the length of head, from 3/4 to 1 diameter from end of snout, 1 diameter apart. Dorsal profile more 

 convex than that of the abdomen. Cleft of mouth extends to below the anterior edge of the orbit : numerous 

 pores on the snout. Lower labial fold interrupted. Barbels— rostval short, the maxillary equal in length to 

 one diameter of the orbit. TeeiA— pharyngeal, in three rows, curved, sharp, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 6. Fins— donaal 

 scarcely higher than long, no osseous ray: it commences midway between the end of the snout and the base of 

 the caudal fin, which latter is deeply forked. Lateral-line— oom-plete, 2 rows of scales between it and the base 

 of the ventral fin : 7 rows before the dorsal fin. Colowrs—oi a deep dull red, with three black cross bands, the 



