FAMILY, V— CTPRINID^. SyS 



Bmlelsfow, the rostral shorter them the mmillwry paw : jphwryngeal teeth crooked, pomted, 5/5. Dorsal fin without 

 osseous ray, amd vnthfew brarwhed ones, it is inserted posienor to the ventral, hut does not extend to over the anal the 

 laMer_ havmg hut few or a moderate number of branched rays : scales of moderate size. LateraUine, when presmt, 

 passmg to the lower half of the base of the caudal fm. Oill-rakers short. 



Oeogrwphdeal ddstrihution. — Continent of India, Ceylon, Burma, and the Mcobars. 



SYNOPSIS OP INDIVIDUAL SPECIES. 



1. Nwia damrica, T> 2/6, A. 3/5, L. 1. 30-34. Lateral-line present or absent. A black lateral band. 

 India, Ueylon, JHurma, and mcobars. 



1. Nuria danrica, Plate CXLV, fig. 7 (var. Malabarica) and fig. 8 (var. alta). 



Gypriwus danrica, sutiha, and jogia. Ham. Buob. Fisb. Ganges, pp. 325, 32f, 390, 391, pi. 16, f. 88- Cuv 

 and Val. xvi, pp. 404, 405, 408. ' 



Perilampus recwrvirostris, macrowrus, and thermophilus, McClell. Ind. Cyp. pp. 290, 291, 398, 399, pi, 46, 

 £ 2 (from H. B.'s MS.) and 3. 



Nwria thermoicos and thermophilos, Cuv. and Val. xvi, pp. 238, 240 ; Bleeker, Beng. p. 62. 



Esomas vittatus, Swainson, Fishes, ii, p. 285. 



Leuciscus barbatus, Jerdon, M. J. L. and Sc. 1849, p. 322. 



Nuria dcmnca, Bleeker, Beng. en Hind. pp. 62, 130 ; Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 200 ; Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1869, p. 558. 



Nwria alta, Blyth, J. A. S. of B. 1860, p. 162. 



Esomus danrica, Bleeker, At]. Ich. Gypr. p. 32. 



Esonms thermoicos, BJier, Novara Fisohe, p. 363. 



Esomus Malaharicus and Madraspatensis, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, pp. 299, 300. 



Bamrica and Jongja, Beng. : Kwrriah dahwiee. Hind. , 8ooma/rah, Hind. (N. W. P.) : Chid-dUl-ho, Punj. . 

 Mola and Mah-wa, N. W. Provinces : Nga-zin-byoon, Burmese. 



B. iii, D. 8 (f), P. 15, V. 9, A. 8 (f), L. 1. 30-34, L. tr. 6-6/3. 



_ Length of head 5i to 51, of caudal 5 to 5|, height of body 5| in the total length. %es— diameter ^ 

 to 3| in the length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout and apart. Ba/rbels — the rostral not so long as the 

 head, the maxillary ones extend to the base of the ventral or even to that of the caudal fin. Fins — the dorsal 

 commences nearer the base of the caudal than the head : pectoral varies with age, being generally 

 proportionately longer in the immature : sometimes the anal fin is higher than the dorsal, especially in the 

 immature. Lateral-line — usually present, entire : 2 rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral : 18 

 before the dorsal fin. Colours — a broad black lateral band, sometimes absent. 



Variety Nuria alta, Blyth, Plate cxlv, fig. 8, is a Burmese form, which differs in the height of its body, 

 being 4-1- (instead of 5|-) in the total length, and its anal fin being a little lower. 



Variety Nuria Malaharica, Day, Plate cxlv, fig. 7, is a form found along the coasts of India, Burma, 

 and the Nicobars. It is distinguished by the entire absence of the lateral-line, but is othenvise exactly similar 

 to the type. 



Habitat. — India, Ceylon, Burma and the Nioobars. Dr. Cumberland found it in a hot stream of 112° 

 Pahr. at Pooree, M. Hegnaud in a hot stream at Cannia in Ceylon : it attains 5 inches in length. 



Genus, 18 — Rasbora, BleeJcer. 

 Lemiscus, sp. Cuv. and Val. : Megarasbora, Giinther. 



Abdomen rou/nded. Pseudobra/nchice present. Cleft of mouth oblique, lower jaw slightly prominent, hamng 

 one central and on either side a lateral prominence, fitting into corresponding emarginations in the upper jaw. 

 Barbels two (rostral), or none. Eyes with free lids. Pharyngeal teeth 5, 3 or 4, 2/2, 3 or 4, 5. Dorsal fm without amy 

 osseous ray a/i;id few branched ones, inserted posterior to the origin of the ventral hut not extending to above the anal, 

 which latter is short. Scales large, or of moderate size. Lateral-line concave, continued to the middle or lower half 

 of the coMdalfm. Qill-raJcers short and lanceolate. 



Oeographiaal distribution. — Africa, India, Ceylon, Burma, to the Malay Archipelago. 



SYNOPSIS or SPECIES. 



A. Barbels present (Megarasbora). 



1. Bashora elanga, D. 2/7, A. 2/5, L. 1. 40-44. Bengal, Assam and Burma. 



B. Barbels absent (Basbora). 



2. Bashora damconius, D. 2/7, A. 2-3/5, L. 1. 30-34. Mostly a black lateral stripe. Continent of India, 

 Ceylon and Zanzibar. 



3. Bashora BuchoMand, D. 2/7, A. 2/5, L. 1. 26-29. Caudal black edged. From Mysore throughout 

 India, Assam and Burma. 



