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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
halfway to the base of the caudal, which latter fin is forked. Scales : the row which bears 
the lateral line consists of larger scales than those above or below it ; those forming the ana 
sheath are equal to half a diameter of the eye. Colours greyish along the back, becom 
ing yellowish- white on the sides and beneath ; a black mark over the eye, and a few dull spo s 
on the back. 
Sab. Kashghar, Yangihissar, and Yarkand, up to 20 inches in length : also Afghanistan- 
Dr. Scully collected four specimens in Kashghar (4,043 feet above the sea), which axe 
13, 16, 17, and 18 inches respectively in length. 
4. SCHIZOTHOEAX PTJNCTATTTS. Plate I, fig. 3. 
Day, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1876, p. 785. 
B. iii., D. |, P. 20, Y. 11, A. f, C. 20. 
Length of head 3f to 4, caudal 5 a, height of body 6 to 7 in the total length. Ey es ' 
diameter 6f in the length of head, 2 a diameters from end of snout, and 2 apart. I n + 
orbital space flat. The greatest width of the head exceeds its height by one-fourth, and is 
of its length. Mouth anterior, with the upper jaw somewhat the longer ; the cleft co 
mencing opposite the middle of the eyes, whilst the maxilla reaches to below the front e 
of the orbit. Lower labial fold interrupted in the middle. A thin striated homy covering 
to the lower jaw. Barbels : the maxillary ones equal the diameter of the eye ; the r° s 
ones are slightly longer. Fins : dorsal rather higher than the body ; it commences mxdw .J 
between the front edge of the eye and the base of the caudal fin ; its last ixndivided ray 
strong, coarsely serrated posteriorly, and as long as the postorbital portion of the be • 
Pectoral does not quite reach the ventral, which latter arises on a vertical line be ° 
the first articulated dorsal ray, and extends two-thirds of the distance to the anal. -A- na 
rather above twice as deep as its base is long ; when laid flat it does not extend to t n 
commencement of the caudal. Free portion of the tail one-half longer than deep at i 
highest part. Scales : those along the lateral line larger than those above or below * ^ 
The tiled row along the base of the anal fin small, and equalling one-third of the diamc e 
of the orbit. Colours : silvery, covered with largish black spots. 
Bacoma nobilis, M’Clelland, lias more fleshy lips, whilst the mouth appears more tra 
verse, as in Oreinus, and the under jaw much the shorter. 
Sab. Kashmir Lake. 
5. Schizothoeax esocinus. Plate I, fig. 4. 
Schizothorax esocinus, Heekel, Fische Kasch, p. 48, t. ix. ; McClelland, Cal. Jouru. Nat. Hi > 
p. 579; Gunther, Cat. vii., p. 166. Day, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1876, p. 785. 
B. iii., D. |, P. 20, Y. 10, A. 7, C. 20. 
Length of head 4 a to 4 a, of caudal 5f ; height of body 7 a in the total length. 
diameter 6 a in the length of head, 2 diameters from end of snout and also apart- ^ 
orbital space flat. The greatest width of the head equals its height or its postorbital en 
Mouth very slightly oblique, horse-shoeshaped, the upper jaw longer than the lower, ^ 
maxilla reaching to ncraly below the front edge of the eye. Lower labial fold inter ru 
