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THE FISHES OF MALABAR. 
Fins—Dorsal arises midway between tlie snout and tlie base of tbe caudal ; ventral under the 
commencement of the dorsal: whilst the anal is situated entirely in the posterior third of the total 
length. Pectoral large, the internal rays forming a broad spine, with a flattened extremity inter¬ 
nally, and terminating externally in a soft filamentous and articulated prolongation : the flat portion 
of the spine, which is only about half the length of the soft rays, lies against the side when the 
fin is at rest. The anal with the first ray undivided, and the last divided to the root. Caudal 
slightly lobed. 
Scales—Very distinct over the whole of the body and cheeks. None on the summit of the 
head. 
Lateral line—Straight. 
Colours—Light brown with irregular spots and bands. Dorsal spotted with brown. Caudal 
with four oblique bars of dark brown, and a brown bar at its base. 
Habitat—Trichoor, near Cochin, on the Malabar coast. 
Fam. CYPRINQIDES, Meeker. 
Group garr^e. 
Sub-Fam. LABEQNINI, Bleeker. 
Genus GAEEA, Ham. Buck. 
Discognathus, Heckel. 
Discognathichthys et Lissoriiynchus, Bleeker. 
Branchiostegals, three : pseudobranchise. Body elongated, subcylindrical. Mouth destitute of teeth, 
directed downwards, jaws protrusible: lower jaw not covered in front by bps, but those of the upper and 
lower jaw continuous. No lateral processes to the snout. A suctorial disk on the chin. Cirri four ( Garret , 
Ham. Buch.) of which one pair are on the snout, the others on the maxilla: or only one pair present 
( Discognathus , Heckel) which are situated on the maxi] l;e. Pharyngeal teeth, sharp, conical, and 
curved at their extremities, situated in three closely approximating rows 2, 4, 5 | 5, 4, 2. Dorsal with few 
rays, no scales along its base: pectoral inserted sub-horizontally. Scales large, cycloid. Lateral line 
continuous. 
Garra Malabarica. Plate XV. Fig. 1. 
Garra Malabarica, Day , Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 297. 
B. iii. D. f. P. 15. Y. 10. A. f. C. 19. L. 1. 31. L. tr. f. Vert. 29. 
Length of head -J, of pectoral of base of dorsal of base of anal A of total length. 
Height of head A, °f body -}j, of dorsal of anal -J of total length. 
Eyes—Nearer the posterior than anterior extremity of the head, and with their superior 
surfaces on the upper profile looking upwards and outwards. Diameter nearly 1 the length of the 
head, rather more than 1 diameter from end of snout, nearly 2 diameters apart. 
The profile rises as far as the back of the head, from whence to the caudal it is nearly straight: 
the abdominal profile as convex as that of the back, sides compressed. Back rather broad, flat, 
and nearly as wide as the body is high. 
Mouth below, snout broad and depressed, the upper jaw overlapping the lower : the two lips 
united, moderately thick and in the young covered with numerous pores which almost disappear 
