1849.] 



Fishes of Southern India. 



above, golden beneath ; 2 black spots under end of dorsal, and ano- 

 ther at base of tail ; length about 2 inches. D. 10, A. 7, Sic 



I procured specimens of this little species in a small stream near 

 the coast in Oanara, and have seen it no where else. 



Systomus conchonius. (Buch. ?) 



Body rather arched beneath, its depth 2\ times in the length ; 

 head 5 times in total length ; 2nd dorsal spine strongly serrated, 

 not so long as the next soft ray ; green above, silvery beneath, fins 

 yellowish ; 25 scales along the body in 8 or 9 rows. D. 2-8, A. 7, 

 2 inches long. 



This little fish from tanks near Madras answers so nearly to the 

 description of C. conchonius^ that I have retained it under that 

 name, although that species is from the Northern parts of Bengal. 



Systomus arulius. (New Species.) 



Head 3^ times in length ; depth 2\ times in the same ; eye large ; 

 20 scales along the sides in 6 rows — D. 10, A. 7 — green above, sil- 

 very beneath ; a large diffused black spot on side beneath the com- 

 mencement of the dorsal, another over the anal, and another at base 

 of caudal ; dorsal, caudal and anal fins red ; P. and V. colourless ; 

 in the older subjects the spots extend more over the sides, length 4 

 inches. 



Found in the Cavery, called aruli at Seringapatam. 



Systomus ruhro-tinctus , (New Species.) 



No cirri ; head about 4 times in total length ; depth about 2| 

 times ; scaks 20 along the sides in 7 rows — D. 2-8, A. 7 — green 

 above, cheeks golden, silvery beneath ; 3 small black spots on sides, 

 one under dorsal, the 2nd over the anal and the 3rd near base of 

 caudal, between the 1st and 2nd spots a series of bright red spots ; 

 dorsal, anal, and caudal fins red, the latter edged externally with 

 yellow. 



About 5 inches long, I procured this fish in the Manantoddy river, 

 a tributary of the Cavery. 



Systomus stigma. (Val.) ? 



Head about 4 times in length ; height 3i times in the same. 23 

 scales along the sides in 5 rows — D. 10, A. 7 — green, with a yellow 



