CYPRINIDiE. 
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Three transverse black bars down the sides. Dor- 
sal and caudal fins edged with black. 
36. Barbus puckelli. 
Hab. Bangalore. 3 inches. 
Char. Scales 24, transverse 4 + 3. 
A scarlet stripe along the side. A deep black 
mark on the dorsal fin. An indistinct dark mark on 
the lateral line from the 19th to the 21st scales. 
C. Species without Barbels (Puntius). 
We next come to the third division of genus Bar- 
bus, containing such species as have no barbels. 
They form a group of small fishes common all over 
India in ponds, and are generally brightly coloured. 
Ham. Buchanan designated them as a separate 
division under the name of Puntius , but the series is 
so perfect between these and the species last described 
that it is impossible to draw the line of distinc- 
tion except at those species that are without barbels, 
which are sometimes so minute as to make it difficult 
to ascertain their existence. It is even possible that 
some species, such as Barbus lepidus and filamentosus , 
the former with two barbels, the latter with none, or 
Barbus titius and B. tetrarupagus , may by further in- 
vestigation turn out to be identical species which are 
liable to variation in this respect. 
In this group the number of the scales is not of 
much value for identification, as, with the exception of 
Barbus ambassis with 36 scales, and Barbus punja- 
