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Hab. Western and southern parts of India. 
It appears to be without the black spot on the tail, 
otherwise there seems little to distinguish it from 
Barbus pinnauratus. 
Barbus polydori, Cuv. 
No specimens in the British Museum. 
Hab. Bombay. 
Char. Barbels 4. Dorsal ray slender and finely 
serrated. 
Colouration uniform. 
Dorsal rays 12. Scales 27. 
Barbus liacanthus, Bkr. 
Dr. Day considers this fish to be the same as 
Barbus chola. It was described by Bleeker from 
sjiecimens collected in Java, and it seems very 
possible that the single species from Cochin in the 
British Museum may belong to Barbus chola , and 
that the Java sjiecies may be distinct. My reason 
for making this suggestion is that I perceive that 
the British Museum has no specimen of Barbus chola 
which is a common species in India. However, I 
am not in a position to judge definitely on this 
question. 
Barbus sophoroides, Gunther. 
Here again is a disputed species, which Dr. Day 
considers to be a variety of Barbus chola. 
Hab. Bengal, Cachar. 3 inches. 
It has a black spot across the ba$e of the middle 
dorsal rays (as well as one on the tail). B. chola has 
