FAMILY, V— CTPEINID^. 573 



40. Barbus dorsalis, Plate CXLII, fig. 2. 

 ttomus dorsaUs and ftristis, Jerdon, M. J. L. and Sc. 1849, pp. 314, 316. 

 Ba/rbm dorsalis, tetraspihis, and Laya/rdi, Giinther, Catal. vii, pp. 142, 144. 

 Lcrnibi kaoU, Hin. : 8aal candee, Tarn. : Ma/r-jpahhe, Can. 



B iii, D. 11-12 (V), P. 15, V. 9, A. 8 (|), C. 19, L. 1. 24-25, L. tr. 41/4. 



Length of head 4i, of caudal 4^ to 6, height of body 4 to 4J in the total length. JE?2/e«— diameter 4 to 

 4f in length of head, from 1| to 1| diameters from end of snout, 1^ diameters apart. Third suborbital bone as 

 wide as the cheek below it. Body compressed, a considerable rise to the base of the dorsal fin. The head is 

 conical anteriorly, the snout pointed, and the npper jaw the longer. Interorbital space flat. Lower labial fold 

 interrupted. Bwrbels — a maxillary pair 2/3 as long as the eye. Teeth — pharyngeal, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 6. Fins — 

 dorsal commences rather in front of the ventral, and nearly midway between the end of the snout and base of 

 the caudal fin, its last undivided ray is osseous, smooth, moderately strong, and its stifi" portion as long as, or a 

 little longer than, the head without the snout. Caudal forked. Lateral-line — complete. Scales — 8 or 9 rows 

 between occiput and base of dorsal fin : 2^ rows between lateral-line and base of ventrals. Free portion of the 

 tail as high as long. Colomrs — ^uniform silvery, frequently the scales in upper two-third of the body with dark 

 bases. A black spot at the posterior portion of the base of the dorsal, which more or less disappears after 

 maceration. 



B. tatraspihbs differs from B. dorsalis in having a dark spot before the base of the caudal fin. 



Habitat. — Kumool, Mysore, throughout Madras as low as the Cauvery and Coleroon rivers and Ceylon. 

 It does not attain a large size. The specimen figured was from Madras. 



c. Last wndmided dorsal rcvy aHiculated, or if osseous very weak. 



41. Barbus tolus, Plate CXLI, fig. 2. 



Sykes, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii, p. 357, pi. 62, f. 1 ; Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 136. 



Capoeta kolus, Bleeker, Beng. p. 62. 



Eypselobarbus (Qonoproktopterus) kolus, Bleeker, Prod. Cyp. p. 275. 



Barbus Chiemtheri, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 682. 



Nilusu, Telugu. 



B. iii, D. 12-13(V), P- 15, V. 9, A. 8(|), C. 19, L. L 40-43, L. tr. 10/8. 



Length of head SJ to 5J, of caudal 4, height of body 4 to 4| in the total length. Eyes — upper margin 

 near the profile, diameter 3| to 4 in the length of the head, H diameters from end of snout and also apart. 

 Interorbital space flat. Body compressed, a considerable rise in the proflle from the occiput to the dorsal fin. 

 Upper jaw the longer, overlapping the lower. Ba/rbels — extend rather beyond the middle of the eye. Teeth — 

 pharyngeal, pointed, uncinate, 6, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. Fins — the dorsal 3/4 as high as the body, inserted in advance of 

 the Ventral and rather nearer the snout than the base of the caudal fin, which last is deeply forked. Lateral- 

 line — complete, 4 to 6 rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral fin. Eree portion of the tail rather 

 longer than high. Golowrs — silvery, with a tinge of yellow : dorsal, caudal, and anal tipped with gray. 



Habitat. — Central Provinces, Deccan, and throughout the Kistna, Tamboodra, and Godavery rivers. It 

 attains upwards of a foot in length. 



42. Barbus Denisonii, Plate CXLIII, fig. 2. 



Ldbeo Bemsonii, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 299. 

 PwntvuiS Bemsonii, Day, Fish. Malabar, p. 212, pi. 16, f. 2. 

 Barbus Benisorwi, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 146. 



B. iii, D. 10-11 (V). P- 15, V. 9, A. 8 (|), C. 19, L. 1. 28, L. tr. 4i/4i. 



Length of head 6, of caudal 5, height of body 5 in the total length. Eyes — diameter 3| in the length 

 of head, 1 diameter from end of snout, and 1| apart. Dorsal and abominal profiles slightly and about equally 

 convex. Mouth small, directed forwards and rather downwards, with upper jaw sHghtly the longer. Snout 

 obtuse. Lower labial fold interrupted. Ba/rbels — a maxiUary pair one-third longer than the orbit. Teeth — 

 pharyngeal, pointed and curved at their extremities, 4, 3, 2/2, 3, 4. fms— dorsal arises rather before the 

 ventrals, and midway between the end of the snout and the posterior extremity of the base of the anal 

 fin, none of its rays osseous. Caudal deeply forked. Lateral-line— complete, 2i rows of scales between it and 

 ventral fin : 9 rows before the dorsal fin. Caudal peduncle rather longer than high. CoZowrs— silvery, with a 

 black band passing from the snout to the centre of the base of the caudal fin, above it runs a horizontal scarlet 

 stripe. Caudal with an oblique black band crossing the posterior third of each lobe. 



Habitat.—Mmidikyum in the Travancore hill ranges, where the Rev. H. Baker procured several 

 specimens for me. It attains six inches in length. 



43. Barbus melanostigma, Plate CXLIII, fig. 1. 

 Systomus Ca/mati(MS, Jerdon, lyi. J. L. and Science, 1849, p. 315. 

 B. iii, D. 10 (f), P. 15, V. 9, A. 7 (|), C. 19, L. 1. 26, L. tr. 5/4. 



