INDIAN CYPRINID^. 273 



^^"-^ Spec. B. rodactylus,* J. M. 



Fins red and orange, except the dorsal and upper lobe of 

 the caudal, ten rays in the dorsal. 



Hab. Lower Assam. Usual size about 5 inches in length. 



Sub-Gen.— OREINUS,t J. M.— Mountain Barbels. 



Char. Head fleshy, mouth vertical, lower jaw shorter than the upper, 

 snout muscular and projecting, furnished with cirri, dorsal preceded by 

 a serrated spinous ray, scales small. 



Obs. Intestinal canal and stomach form a tube equal to about four or 

 five lengths of the body, including the head and caudal. 



Spec. O. guttaius, J. M. t. 39. f. 1. 



Head'Tcovered with thick integuments, branchial apertures 

 small, sides and fins irregularly marked with brown spots, scales 

 minute. D.IO : P.17 : V.ll : A.IO : C.20. 



Hab. Mountain streams in Boutan, at an elevation of 

 about 5000 feet, where it was found by Mr. Griffith. 



Spec. Cyprinus Richardsonii, Gray. Hardw. lUust. t. 94. f. 2. 



About eleven rays in the dorsal, and nine in the anal, back 

 speckled with minute dots.:!: 



Cr-^C^ * Rodakti/los, literally rosy-fingered, in allusion to its red fins, 

 t From Oreinos, pertaining to mountains. 

 X This may probably prove to be 0. guttaius. 



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