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F. Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinidcc. 
[No. 3, 
A singie species. 
1. Acamthopsis choirorrhynchus. D. 3/9. A. 3/5. Burma, 8fc. 
1. ACANTHOPSIS CnOTTiORRHYNCHL’S. 
Colitis choirorrhynchus, Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. vii, p. 95. 
Prostheacanthus spectalilis, Blyth, J. A. S. of B. 1860, p. 167. 
Acanthopsis choirorrhynchus, Bleekor, Atl. Ich. Cyp. p. 9, t. i. f. 3 ; Gunther, Catal. 
vii, p. 365 j Day, Proo. Zool. Soo. 1869, p. 549. 
Nga-tlia-lay-doh, Barmese. 
B. III. D. 3/9. P. 11. Y. 7. A. 3/5. C. 11. 
Length of head 2/9, of caudal 1/5, height of body 1/9 of the total 
length. Eyes situated in the posterior 2/5 of the head. Fins ; dorsal 
arises midway between end of snout and base of caudal, which latter is 
forked. Colours — brownish, with twelve bands across the back, and an equal 
number of blotches along the lateral line. Two rows of spots along the 
dorsal, aud three along the anal fins. 
Hah, Barma and Sumatra. 
Genus. 5. Cobitis, Artedi. 
Somileptes, Bleekor. 
Body elongated and compressed, dorsal profile nearly horizontal. Six 
barbels on the snout and upper jaw. A small erectile, bifid, suborbital spine. 
Dorsal Jin inserted opposite to the ventral ; caudal truncated or rounded. 
Geographical distribution.- — The Indian species of this genus extend 
from Orissa through Bengal to Barma. 
Synopsis, op species. 
1. Colitis gongota, D. 10. A 8 j barbels short. Assam. 
2. „ guntea, D. 2/7. A. 2/5 j barbels long. Orissa, Bengal and Barma. 
1. Cobitis gongota. 
Ham. Buch. Fish. Gang. pp. 351, 394. ; Gunther, vii, p. 363. 
Colitis cucura, Ham. Buch. pp. 352, 394 j McClelland, Ind. Cyp pp. 303, 434, 
t. 51, f. 2, (from H B.’s MSS.), young; # Cuv. and Val xviii, p. 70. 
Colitis ocvlata, McClelland, Ind. Cyp. pp, 303, 433, t. 51, f. 1, from H. B.’s MSS., 
adult. 
p Colitis maya, Sykes, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii, p. 367. 
p Colitis amnicola, Cuv. and Val. xviii, p 68. 
Somileptes gongota, *Swainson ; Bleeker. Atl. Icb. Cyp. (no description). 
B. III. D. 10. V. 7. A. 8. 
Barbels moderately developed, extending about half way to below the 
eyes which are small, prominent, and somewhat before the middle of the 
length of the head. Fins. — Origin of dorsal opposite the root of the inner 
ventral ray ; caudal rounded. Scales minute. Colours. — An undulated 
hand along the side of the body, giving off vertical bars towards the back. 
Dorsal and caudal fins with transverse rows of blackish dots. 
Huh. Assam. 
