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Show 378 SURGEON F. DAY ON THE FISHES OF ORISSA. [May 27, 108. BARILIUS (PACHYSTOMUS) LINEATUS, Day. Poncha geraldi (Ooriah). B.iii. D. \. P. 13. V. 8. A,J. C.19. L. 1. 28. L. tr. 6. Lateral line absent. This fish I have placed as a Barilius instead of Danio, in accordance with Dr. Giinther's division of the two genera. I find in the Calcutta Museum several specimens obtained from the Hooghly by Mr. Blyth, and labelled Cyprinus rerio, II. Buch. It may therefore turn out to be this latter species, which I shall shortly be able to determine in the locality where the original species exists; the C. rerio is said to have D. 8, V. 7, A. 16. 109. BARILIUS (BENDILISIS) BARILA, H. Buch. Gilland (Bengali). B.iii. D.-?. P. 13. V. 9. A. L C.19. L. 1.44-46. L. tr. *?. i 10 4 This species has two very fine rostral barbels, whose existence has been overlooked. Teeth. Pharyngeal 5, 4, 3/3, 4, 5. Hab. Cossye river, where it attains 4 inches in length. 110. BARILIUS (BARILIUS) BARNA, II. Buch. Bahri (Ooriah). B.iii. D.f. P. 13. V. 9. A. i. C.19. L.l. 42. L. tr. 9/4. Dorsal fin rather higher than long ; its last ray is over the anal, and only extends halfway to the base of the caudal. A variety exists in the Mahanuddi which has the dorsal rays rather more elevated, the eye slightly larger, and the cleft of the mouth a little greater. 111. BARILIUS (BARILIUS) PAPILLATUS, sp. n. B. iii. D. 3/7. P. 15. V. 9. A. j^.. C. 21. L. 1. 39. L tr 7i=3 U. II. . Length of head |, of pectoral -f\, of base of dorsal T 2 T, of base of anal T 2 T, of caudal £ of the total length. Height of head ^, of body j, of dorsal fin yy, of anal g of the total length. Eyes. Diameter ^ of length of head, nearly 1 diameter from end of snout. Third suborbital bone thrice as deep as the cheek below it; humeral process rather narrow. No barbels. Fins. Dorsal arises midway between the posterior margin of the orbit and the base of the caudal fin; its base is as long as the fin is high ; the last ray is thickened and divided to its root; it reaches as far as the base of the caudal fin. The pectoral extends to beyond the origin of the ventral, and the latter fin to the base of the anal; its inner rays are thickened and rather stiff. The caudal is forked in its posterior two-thirds, and the lower lobe is rather the longest; the ends of both are rounded. |