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INDIAN FRESH-WATER FISHES. 
3. Barilius alburnus. 
Had. Himalayan streams. 5 inches. 
Char. Anal rays 13 or 14. 
Depth of body contained 5-| times, length of head 
4-j to 5 times, in the total length. The two last rays 
of the dorsal tin arise over the root of the anal. The 
humeral process, (a bony projection just above the 
pectoral tin) is very short. Ten or twelve blackish 
bars descend from the back to the lateral line. 
4. Barilius bendelesis. 
Hab. River Ganges and Southern India. 4| inches. 
Char. Depth of body contained 4 times, head 4^, 
in the total. Dorsal tin terminates in advance of the 
anal. 
A series of short, green or bluish, bars on the side 
not reaching the lateral-line. Some of the scales have 
occasionally a black spot at their bases. 
5. Barilius cocsa. 
Hab. India generally. 6 inches. 
Char. Anal rays 10. Depth of body contained 4 
times, head 4^ times, in the total. Barbels 4, minute, 
the upper pair being often absent. Dorsal tin ter- 
minates in advance of the anal. Humeral process 
elongate. 
The back, in young specimens, with indistinct 
crossbars. Each scale with a small black spot at the 
base, a row of double spots forming the lateral line. 
