INDIAN CYPRINID^. 



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Spec. Botia grandis, Gray, Hardw. Illust. t. 94. f. 3. 



Body olive-brown, with irregular yellow spots and streaks ; 

 eight cirri ? 



Hab. Said to have been found in the mountains of Kuma- 

 on ; its description I believe is yet a desideratum ; and as the 

 only spotted species known, it might be named S. maculata. 



The fins of the remaining species are without bars, spots, or other orna- 

 ments; the air vessel is bilobate, and placed over the pharynx, and the body is 

 long and cylindric as in the true Loaches. 



S-pec. €. balgara, Buch. t. 53. f. 2. /3 



Clouded with brown above, below silvery. D.7 : P. 7 : V.7 : 

 C.17. 



Hab, Northern frontier of Bengal. 



Spec. S. acnleata, J. M.* 



Trenchant bony ridge between the eyes, clouded streaks on 

 the sides. D.8 : P.9 : A.7 : C— ? 

 Hab. Assam. 



Spec. S. montana, J. M. t. 57. f. 1. J. A. S. vol. vii. t. 55. f. 1. 



Twelve zones encircling the body, with a black bar at the 

 insertion of the caudal, and a single suborbitar spine on each 

 side. D.8: P.IO: V.8 : A.6 : C.18. 



Hab. Mountains at Simla. Dr. Macleod's Coll. 



* This species corresponds in form with the preceding so closely that I have not figured it, and 

 as I have not found Buchanan's species, I suspect they are tiie same; though he has not noticed the 

 peculiarity of the licad. 



