ZOOLOGY OF THK FAR FAST. 
osseous; second branched dorsal ray Iyo to in head. Anal like soft dorsal, 
smaller, begins about midway between gill-opening and caudal base ; first branched 
ray i| to li in head. Caudal well forked, pointed lobes little greater than head. 
Pectoral low, pointed, reaches f to | to ventral ; i to in head. Ventral inserted 
little before dorsal origin, reaches anal or li to ih in head. 
Dull brownish generally, paler to whitish below. Dorsal with 2 or 3 longitudinal 
deeper brownish streaks. Other fins pale. Belly and lower surface pale or whitish. 
Iris silvery white. Leaden vertebral streak along side from above ventral and most 
distinct and widest at front of caudal peduncle. Four examples, 62 to 108 mm. 
BARBINAE. 
Barbus schlegeli (Giinther). 
Head 3f ; depth 3-| ; D. Ill, 7, i ; A. Ill, 6, i ; P. i, 19 ; V. i, 9 ; scales 44 in 
lateral line to caudal base and 3 more on latter ; 7 scales above lateral line and 6 
below; 15 predorsal scales; snout zh in head; eye 5f ; maxillarv 35 ; interorbital 
Body elongate, slender, well compressed, deepest at dorsal origin, edges all 
convexly rounded. Caudal strongly compressed, least depth i| in its length or 2f 
in head. Head compressed, width if its length ; profiles about evenly inclined ; many 
mucous cavities around eyes and along preopercle flange. Snout conic, well pro- 
truded beyond lower jaw ; long as wide. Eye with hind pupil edge midway in head 
length ; 2 in snout, if in interorbital. Mouth inferior, rather small, lower jaw 
shorter ; maxillary reaches opposite hind nostril ; with terminal barbel about | of 
eye. Lips coriaceous, rather narrow, firm. Nostrils together, anterior near last 
third in snout, with flap behind largely covering posterior, which little smaller. 
Interorbital convex. Bones of head smooth, especially opercle. 
Gill-opening extends forward about opposite vertical preopercle ridge. Gill rak- 
ers v + v, short, low^, tuberculate stumps, about I of gill-filaments, which equal eye. 
Pseudobranchiae half of gill-filaments. 
Scales large, little smaller on caudal peduncle and breast ; free pointed axillary 
ventral scale 2^ in fin ; apical radiating striae about 33, fine ; circuli fine. Lateral 
line complete, midwa3^ along side ; tubes simple and each extends well over .scale 
expo.sure. 
Dorsal origin midway between snout tip and caudal ba.se ; first branched ray 
1 1 in head ; third simple ray greatly enlarged, osseous. Anal entirely behind depress- 
ed dorsal or first branched ray 2 in head. Caudal well forked, lobes rounded, but 
slightly less than head. Pectoral not quite reaching ventral, 1} in head. Ventral 
inserted little before dorsal origins, if to anal, i| in head. Vent close before 
anal. 
Brown, on back base of each scale w^ith dark spot. About 6 rows of 
dusky small spots on caudal. Dorsal sparsely and irregularly spotted with dusky. 
Lower surface of body paler than upper. One example, 327 mm. 
