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INDIAN FRESII- WATER FISHES. 
17. Barbus immaculatus. 
This fish seems scarcely to differ from the preced- 
ing species, except that the number of the scales are 
slightly greater. It may possibly be a variety of B. 
sarana. 
Hab. Himalayan streams, 10 or 12 inches. 
Char. Scales 32 to 34. 
18. Barbus pinnauratus. 
Hab. B. Indus, Kurnool, and Malabar. 5 inches. 
Char. Scales 27 to 29, transverse G + 5. 
A dark spot on the side, about the 24th to the 28th 
scales along the lateral line. 
19. Barbus roseipinnis. 
Hab. Pondicherry. 4^ inches. 
Char. Scales 22. 
Lower border of the caudal fin tinged with black. 
(c). The principal ray of the dorsal fin is flexible , and 
not serrated. 
20. Barbus spinulosus. 
Hab. Found near Darjeeling, in Sikkim, a Hima- 
layan region. 
Char. Scales 32. 
Head contained 4 times in the total length. 
21. Barbus pulchellus. 
Hab. Canara district, Madras. Length of one speci- 
men, 17^- inches. 
Char. Scales 30, transverse 6 + f)|-. Four rows 
between the lateral line and the ventral fin. 
