350 



7-15. Ad. & yg. 



CYPRINID^E. 



Chaffs - Dousa, high 

 Plateau of Abyssinia. 

 16-25. Ad., hgr., & yg. Jerrer R. near Harrar. 

 26. Skel. 

 27-29. Ad. & yg. Gadschimboda E. 



(Hawash). 

 30-37. Hgr. & yg., types. Abyssinia. 

 38-42. Hgr. &yg., types. Amba, near Massowa. 



43-49. Hgr. & yg., types. Near Massowa. 



Mr. E. Degen (C). 



Prof. 0. Neumann and 

 Baron C. von Erlanger (C). 



Marquis G. Dona (P.). 



W. Jesse, Esq. (C.) ; 

 Dr. W. T. Blanford (P.). 



W. Jesse, Esq. (P.). 



6. DISCOGNATHUS HINDU. 

 Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1905, i. p. 62, pi. vii. fig. 1. 



Body feebly compressed, its depth 5 to 5^ times in total length. 

 Head broader than deep, 1^ to 1 J times as long as broad ; snout rounded, 

 projecting very strongly beyond mouth ; interorbital region flat, its 

 width not quite ^ length of head ; eye supero-lateral, not visible from 

 below, in middle of length of head, its diameter 4 (young) to 5 times in 

 length of head and 2 to 2 J times in interorbital width ; width of mouth 

 about -§- length of head ; upper lip well developed, fringed ; lower lip 

 surrounding a mental disk which is broader than long ; 2 barbels on 



Pig. 264. 





% 



f % # 



Discognathus hindii. 

 Type (P. Z. S. 1905). ±. 



each side, measuring \ to § diameter of eye. Dorsal III 7, equally 

 distant from centre or anterior border of eye and from caudal ; longest 

 ray as long as head or a little shorter. Anal II 5. Pectoral nearly as 

 long as head, not reaching ventral, which is situated below middle of 

 dorsal. Caudal deeply emarginate, as long as head. Caudal peduncle \\ to 

 \\ times as long as deep. Scales 38-42 yfcgf) 3^—4 between lateral line and 

 ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive above, whitish beneath ; 

 usually a few black spots on the base of the dorsal fin ; young with 



