13 
1872.] F. Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinidce. 
gently for five scales, then more abruptly for two more, and having been 
continued along five more scales to above the ventral fin, it ceases . — Colours : 
silvery, with short vertical bars along the middle of the side. The upper 
scales with black spots. 
Ilab. — Hotlia, whence Dr. J. Anderson brought many specimens mea- 
suring up to 2 inches in length, having collected them when attached to the 
Yunan expedition. 
20. Barilitts barka. 
Cyprinus barna, Ham. Buck., Pisli., Ganges, pp. 268, 384 ; *Cuv. and Val. xvi, 
p. 419. 
Opsanvs fasoiatus, Mo.Clell., Ind. Cyp., pp. 269, 417, pi. 48, fig. 9. 
,, latipinna tax et acantlwpterus, McClelland, Ind. Cyp., pp. 298, 422, f 
pi. 48, fig. 7; *Cuv. and Val. xvi, p. 472. 
Sarilius barna, Gunther, Catal. vii, p. 290 j Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 378. 
Bahri, Uriah. Balisundree, Asamese. 
B. III. D. | , P.13, Y. 9, A. C. 19, L. 1. 42, L. tr. ?=* 
7 10 5 
Length of head 1/5, of caudal 1/5, height of body 2/7, of dorsal 
fin 1/6 of the total length. — Byes : diameter 2/5 of length of head, 2/3 of 
a diameter from end of snout, 1 diameter apart. Third suborbital bone 
twice as broad as the uncovered portion of the cheek below it. Humeral 
process slightly developed. The posterior extremity of the maxilla reaches 
to beneath the anterior third of the orbit . — Bins : the dorsal commences 
rather nearer the snout than the base of the caudal, its posterior rays, when 
laid flat, merely reach half way to the base of the caudal fin . — Lateral line : 
2]- rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral fin. — Colours : nine 
bluish black vertical bands on the body, Dorsal and caudal fins tipped with 
black. 
Mob. — Orissa, Bengal, AsSm, attaining 4 inches or more in length, 
A variety exists in the Mahanuddi river, which has the dorsal fin more 
elevated, the eye slightly larger, and the cleft of the mouth a little greater. 
21. Baktlius borelio. 
Cyprinus borelio, Ham. Bnch., Pish. Ganges, pp. 336, 392; *Cuv. and Val., xvi, 
p 443. 
„ solio, Ham. Buch., loc. cit. pp. 337, 392 ; *Cuv. and Val., xvi, p. 444. 
It Orel i and Soli, Beng. 
B. III. D. 2/7, P. 15, Y. 9, A. 2/9, C. 18, L. 1. 39, L. tr. 7/7. 
Length of head nearly 1/5, of caudal 1/5, height of body 1/5 of the 
total length. — Byes : diameter 2/7 of length of head, 1 diameter from end of 
f McClelland in his errata directs 0. latipiimatus to be substituted at p. 422 for 
0. acanthopterus. 
