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INDIAN FRESH-WATER FISHES. 
museum with barbels ; and that the fish described 
under this name by Dr. Gunther is a different species 
which has no barbels at all ; (this fish will be found 
described under the name Barbus stigma). 
IIab. Ponds in Bengal. 3 or 4 inches. 
Char. Scales 25, transverse 3-^+4-^. 
A black spot at the end of the tail on each side, a 
dark blotch at the base of the dorsal fin, and a golden 
spot on the gill-covers. 
12. Barbus jerdoni. 
Hab. Kivers below the Ghats, in Canara (Madras). 
Char. Fins tipped with black. 
Scales 28, transverse 6 + 4. Four rows between 
the lateral line and. the ventral fin. 
(b). Principal ray of the dorsal fin osseous , very 
strong , and toothed on the inner edge. 
13. Barbus spilopholis. 
Colours. Body silvery, fins red, head plates golden 
tinted, eye light yellow, base of each scale above the 
line slightly shaded. This fish is very oily, and I 
should imagine on that account it would not be good 
eating. Sometimes one or two of the rays of the anal 
fin are produced into long filaments. 
IIab. I obtained a specimen at Ilazareebagh. 
(Bengal.) 
Char. Scales 46, transverse 9|+9£. 
Eight rows of scales between the lateral lino and 
the ventral fin. Head 4 times in total. 
