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and thirteen in an oblique line from the base of the ventrals 

 to the dorsum. D.12 : P.18 : V.9 : A.8 : C.19. 



Hab. Assam, where it usually attains two feet and up- 

 wards in length. 



II. Gen.— BARBUS. 



Char. Lower jaw composed of two lengthened limbs, united in front so 

 as to form a smooth narrow apex. Dorsal short preceded by a strong spine, 

 lips hard, four cirri, intermaxillaries protractile. 



Obs. Species of this genus inhabit the Caspian Sea, the Nile, and several 

 of the rivers of Europe, generally confined to clear water. The comparative 

 shortness of the intestinal canal proves them to be less exclusively herbivo- 

 rous than any other fishes of the same sub-family. The Indian species, 

 indicated in the Regne Animal, all belong to other genera. 



Spec. B. hexastichus,* J. M. t. 39- f. 2. 

 Cyp. tor, Buch. P. G. 305. 

 Lobura of the Assamese. 



Length of the head to that of the body as two to seven, 

 twenty -five scales along the lateral line, and six in an oblique 

 row from the base of the ventrals to the dorsum. D.ll : P.17: 

 V.9:A 8:C.19. 



Hab. Great rivers in the plains of India. Ordinary length 

 from one and a half to three feet. 



From the sciilivs f()niiin<f six rows uIdii;,' tlii> sidrs. 



