1849.] 



Fishes of Southern India, 



and the fins stained with red. I have found this barbel in the Cave- 

 ry and its tributaries, and it is said to grow to a large size. 



JBarhus gracilis. (New Species.) 



Head one-fourth of body ; height 4^ times in its length ; snout 

 smooth, very protractile, 4 long cirri, 42 scales along the sides in 12 

 rows ; D. 4-9, A. 7, &c. ; 4th dorsal spine very ending in a soft point ; 

 pale greenish yellow above, silvery on the sides and beneath ; fins 

 yellowish. 



This is a very well defined species found in the same localities as 

 the last, it is said not to grow larger than 12 or 15 inches. 



Colonel Sykes has 2 barbels which may be identical with some of 

 the foregoing supposed new species, but in the absence of more de- 

 tailed information, I must place them as distinct. 



*Barhus massaloh. Sykes. 



4 short cirri, nose tuberculated ; D. 12, A. 8, up to 3 feet long 

 and 1 foot high. In the Goreh river. 



^Barhus hliudree. Sykes. 



4 cirri, large hexagonal scales, body elongated, D. 14, A. 7, 

 fins blood stained. In Mota Mola river. 



If Colonel Sykes had not given 14 rays to the dorsal fin I might 

 have considered it the same as B. Hamiltonii, 



'^'Barhus suhnasutus. C. V. 



Head one-fifth of total length ; eyes small ; muzzle smooth ; height 

 three times and a third on the total length ; 29 scales along the side 

 in 12 rows ; D. 3-8, spine serrated ; A. 8, &c. ; said to be from Pon- 

 dicherry, nearly 6 inches long. 



■^B, gihhosus. C. V. 



Head small, one-sixth of total length ; height three and a half 

 times in its length, eye one-fourth of head; 29 scales along the body 

 in 12 rows ; D. 4-8, A. 3-5, spine serrated ; from Alipey, brought by 

 M. Bussumier. 



^-Barius gardonides. Val. 

 Head five and a half times in total length ; height not quite three 

 and a half times in the same; eye ^ times in length of bead; cirri 



