PISCES MALACOPTERYGII. 
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border of conical papillse on the thin upper lip, and four barhules ; the 
species are from Java and India. 
Nuria, Val., has a short dorsal fin directed backwards, without an 
anterior spine ; two barbules at each side of the corner of mouth ; lips 
thin : species from Ceylon and India. 
Rohita, Val. ; lips fleshy, more or less fringed ; a thick fold of skin 
forms superiorly a sort of stumpy fleshy snout, and beneath there is a 
velum, which conceals the opening of the mouth in the closed state ; in 
the open state, the mouth forms a sort of sucking-cup. To this belong 
several of Buchanan’s species. 
Capceta, Val. ; only two barbules at the corners of the mouth ; the 
first ray at the dorsal fin hard and serrated, or hard and not serrated, or 
soft. 
M‘Clelland, 1. c. p. 576, has arranged a number of new species, and 
also a new genus, in the family of the Cyprinoids. 
Racoma is distinguished from Schizothorax, Heck., by protrusile 
jaws, the intermaxillary forming a moveable border. R. gobioides ; the 
operculum ends in a round point ; dorsal fin central ; between the eyes 
and caudal fin it has anteriorly a prickly ray, which posteriorly is 
serrated; D. 3. 8 ; P. 19; V. 1. 11; A. 6 : Bamean River; 12". 
R. chrysochlora, brownish-yellow ; D. 3. 8 ; P. 19 ; V. 10 ; A. 8 : 
Lolpore, Cabul River ; 10". R. nobilis ; body and fins have many 
small spots ; D. 3. 9 ; P. 19 ; V. 11 ; A. 8 ; 18". R. labiatus ; head 
longer than the height of the body ; intermaxillary covered with thick 
fat ; the barbules end in three points ; D. 3. 8 ; P. 19 ; V. 10 ; A. 7 : 
Pushut, Koonar River, at Jallalabad. R. brevis ; lips covered with a 
thick fleshy membrane; fins small; D. 2. 7 ; P. 20 ; V. 11 ; A. 7 : 
Helmund River. 
ScHizoTHORAX, Hcck. ; head elongated and conical ; snout pointed ; 
intermaxillary fixed, a. Under lip, only at the corner of the mouth, 
has a free enveloping margin. S. intermedins ; D. 4. 8 ; P. 1. 18 ; 
V. 1. 10 ; A. 2. 6 : Cabul River, at Jallalabad ; Tarnuck River, b. Tlie 
enveloping margin to the under lip, free at the point. 8. edeniana ; 
border of the under lip entire ; snout compressed ; dorsal spine serrated 
at the base; D. 3. 8 ; P. 1. 19; V. 1. 9; A. 1. 7 : Cabul River, at 
Koti-i-Ashruf. 8. ritschieana ; posterior margin of the under lip triple 
flapped ; lips broad ; dorsal spine broad ; body spotted ; D. 4. 8 ; 
P. 1. 19; V. 1. 9; A. 1. 6: AlFghanistan. 8^. barbatus; head elon- 
gated ; lips thin and hard at margins ; dorsal spine very broad, 
compressed, and bony ; D. 3. 8 ; P. 20 ; V. 12 ; A. 2. 6 : Cabul River, 
at Jallalabad. 
Oreinus plagiostomiis {8chizothorax plagiostomus, Heck.), 0. 
Grijithii ; mouth half as broad as the length of the head ; dorsal spine 
broad; D. 4. 8 ; P. 20; V. 11; A. 1. 6; Afighanistan, 
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