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2. Barilius modestus, D. 9, A. 12-13, L. 1. 43. Back dark, sides silvery. Sind and Puniab. 



3. Barilius radiolatus, D. 9, A. 12, L. 1. 56-62. Silvery. Central India. 



4. Barilius shaera, D. 9, A. 10, L. 1. 60-70. Twelve vertical bars. Bengal, N.W. Provinces and Assam. 



5. Barihus hendelisis, D. 9, A. 9-lOt L. 1. 40-43. Short vertical bars : each scale with a black spot in 

 adults. Prom Western Ghauts throughout India (not Sind) to Assam. 



B. — With two hwrhels. CB.eridilisis) . 



■ 6. Barilius Iwrila, D. 9, A. 13-14, L. 1. 43-46. "With 14 or 15 vertical bars. Bengal, Orissa, and Lower 

 Assam. 



C. — WitJiovi or ivith only rudimentary barbels. (Barilius). 



7. Barilius Baheri, D. 13, A. 16-17, L. 1. 38. A row of large spots. Travancore. 



8. Barilius gatensis, D. 10-12, A. 15-17, L. 1. 40. With- 15 vertical bars. Western Ghauts and 

 Neilgherries, 



9. Bamlius Gama/rensis, D. 12-13, A. 14-16, L, 1. 38. Two rows of spots. Canara. 



10. Banrilius barna, D. 9, A. 13-14, L. 1. 39-42. Nine vertical bands. Orissa, Bengal, Assam. 



11. Barilius guUatus, D. 9, A. 14, L. 1. 44-48. Two rows of spots. Burma. 



12. Barilius tileo, D. 9, A. 13, L. 1. 70-75. Two rows of spots. Bengal and Assam, 



13. BariliMs Eveza/rdi, D. 9, A. 14-15, L. 1. 40. Silvery. Poona. , 



14. Barilius bola, D. 10-11, A. 1^, L. 1. 88-94.. Two rows of blotches. Orissa, Bengal, Assam. 



A. — With fou/r barbels. (Pachystomus.) 



1. Barilius vagra, Plate CXLVIII, fig. 3. 



Cyprvnus vagra, Ham. Buch. Pish. Ganges, pp. 269, 385 ; Cuv. and Val. xvi, p. 420. 



Opsarius isocheilus, McClelland, Ind. Cyp. pp. 298, 421, pi. 56, f. 1 (from H. B.'s MSS.) 



? Opsarvus piscatorius, McClell. Cal. Journ. Nat. Hist, ii, 1842, p. 582. 



Leuciscus piscatorius and vagra, Bleeker, Beng. p. 68. 



Barilius aWv/rrms, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 289. 



BariMus Bleekeri, Day, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 1872, p. 5 (young). 



Lo-har-ree and Oharl, Punj. : Mon-e-o-ree, Assam. 



B. iii, D. 9(f), P. 16, V. 9, A.13-15(xf:|^), C. 19, L. 1. 42-44, L. tr. 7-8/4, Vert. 16-23. 



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

 in length of head, 1 diameter from end of snont, and Ij apart. The posterior extremity of the maxilla extends 

 to beneath the middle of the orbit ; lower jaw slightly the longer. Third suborbital bone twice as deep as the 

 uncovered portion of the cheek below it. Jaws of equal length anteriorly, the upper sometimes a little notched, 

 the lower covered with large pores in the adult. Axillary process very short. Barbels — rostral nearly 

 half as long as the head, maxillary pair very short. Teeth — pharyngeal, crooked, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. Fins— doTsa,\ 

 higher than long, commencing midway between the posterior edge of the orbit and the root of the caudal, its 

 last two rays being over the anal ; pectoral not quite so long as the head : caudal deeply forked. Lateral-line — 

 2 to 2| rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral fin : 20 rows before the base of the dorsal fin. 

 Colours — silvery, 10 to 14 dark bands (sometimes indistinct) ^descend from the back to the lateral-line : fins 

 yellowish, the edge of the caudal stained grayish. 



Both Ham. Buch. and McClelland overlooked the barbels. 



Habitat. — Sind hills, rivers in the Himalayas and Sub-Himalayan range, Jumna and Ganges, also the 

 Punjab and Assam. It attains above five inches in length. Kelaart sent a Ceylon specimen to the E. I. 

 Museum. 



2. Barilius modestus, Plate CLI, fig. 3. ^ 



? Opsa/rius bidrrhatus, McClelland, Cal. Journ. Nat. Hist, ii, 1842, p. 582. 



? Leiuyiscus bici/rrhatus, Bleeker, Beng. p. 66. 



? Barilius bicirrhatus, Gunther, Catal. vii, p. 290. 



Barilius modestus, Day, J. A. S. of Beng. 1872, p. 4. 



B. iii, D. 9(f), P. 15, V. 9, A. 12-13(xo?tt), C. 19, L. 1. 43, L. tr. 6/4^. 



Length of head 5|, of caudal 5i, height of body 5J in the total length. .Eyes— diameter 4 in the 

 length of the head and situated in its anterior half, I diameter from end of snout and also apart. Suborbital 

 ring of bones wide, the third nearly touching the preopercular ridge. Upper jaw slightly the longer, and notched 

 at its end in large examples. The posterior extremity of the maxilla reaches to below the middle of the orbit. 

 Ba/rbels— rostral extend to beneath the front margin of the eyes, the maxillary pair minute. AxUlary process 

 short. iFins — dorsal two-thirds as high as the body below it, commencing midway between the middle of the 

 caudal lobes and the snout : it is entirely, or all but the last ray, in advance of the anal. Pectoral nearly as 

 long as the head, but not reaching the ventrals, which last extend half way to the base of the anal. Lateral-line— 

 yr&ry slightly concave, two and a half rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral fin : 19 rows before 

 the base of the dorsal fin. (7ofoMrs— back brownish, strongly defined from the silvery sides : caudal edged with 

 dark : the other fins yellow : a dark band along the dorsal. n ■ -i. ■ ^ 



Habitat.— Ihs Indus in Sind, and the Ravi river at Lahore. It attains four or five inches in length. 



