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INDIAN FRESII-WATER FISHES. 
Head contained 3^ to 3f times in the total length. 
2. Barbus kexastichus. 
Habitat. Assam and Himalayan streams. Grows 
to 2^ feet in length = 10 or 121b. weight. 
Char. This fish differs from Barbus mosal in having 
a smaller head, the length of which is contained 4| 
times in the total length. Scales 24 to 28. 
3. Barbus carnaticus. 
Hab. Rivers along the base of the Neilgherries 
and the Wynaad range of hills. Reaches 251b. 
weight. 
Char. Head contained 4| times in the total length. 
Scales 30 to 32 (Hay). 
“ 25 to 29 (Giinth.) 
4. Barbus chilinoides. 
IIab. Rivers of the Himalayas. 8 inches in length. 
Char. Head contained 4 to 4£ times in the total. 
Scales 32 to 35. Dorsal ray very stout. 
5. Barbus himalayanus. 
IIab. Ussun river, near Simla. Sylhet. 7 inches. 
Char. Head contained 2f (?) times in the total. 
Scales 32 to 34. Dorsal ray moderately strong. 
Colour golden above, in the young a black mark 
behind the gill openings. 
6. Barbus conirostris. 
This fish is described by Dr. Day as Barbus 
mysorensis. I think it is perhaps better to adhere 
to Dr. Giinther’s name which has been, as it were, 
stereotyped in the Catalogue of the British Museum. 
