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INDIAN FRESH-WATER FISHES. 
10. Barilius barila. 
IIab. Bengal. 4 inches. 
Char. Barbels two, small, sometimes wanting. 
Depth 4^ times, head 4^ times, in total. The last 
ray of the dorsal fin is opposite the first ray of the 
anal. 
About 14 blue bars down the middle of the side. 
Buchanan mentions that there are two lateral lines, 
the upper one being straight, and the lower one 
curved. The latter is the true lateral line. 
11. Barilius vagra. 
Hab. Bengal and N .W. Provinces. 5 inches. 
Char. Scales 42 to 45. Two short barbels. 
Depth contained 3 times, head of times, in the 
total. 
Colour silvery, with a light coloured stripe and 
indistinct crossbars. 
C. Species wanting Barbels. 
12. Barilius barna. 
Hab. Bengal Assam, and N.W. Provinces. 4 inches, 
Char. Barbels none. Depth contained 3, head 4 
times, in the total. The last three rays of the dorsal 
fin are opposite to the anal. About nine bluish black 
bars across the body. Dorsal and caudal fins tipped 
with black. In this species also Buchanan mentions 
an upper, straight, lateral line. 
13. Barilius gatensis. 
Hab. Western Ghats and Neilgherry hills. 6 inches. 
Char. Barbels none. Dorsal rays 10. Anal 10. 
Beales 38 to 40. 
