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Show 786 MR. F. DAY O N T H E FISHES O F Y A R K A N D . [Dec. 5, Barbels : the rostral ones more than half longer than the eye, to below its first third ; the maxillary ones are slightly shorter. Fins : the dorsal as high as the body ; it commences midway between the nostrils and the base of the caudal; its last undivided ray osseous, coarsely serrated posteriorly, and its bony portion being as long as the headj excluding the snout. Pectoral does not quite reach the ventral, which latter fin commences on a vertical line slightly behind the origin of the dorsal, and extends two thirds of the distance to the anal. Length of base of anal f of its height; it reaches, when laid flat, to the base of the caudal, which latter fin is deeply forked. Free portion of the tail as high at its base as it is long. Colours: silvery, with numerous black spots most distinct in the upper half of the body. Hab. Leh or Ladak, on the head-waters of the Indus, Cashmere, and Afghanistan. 5. SCHIZOTHORAX INTERMEDIUS. Schizothorax intermedius, M'Clelland, Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. ii. 1842, p. 579 ; Giinther, Cat. vii. p. 165. B. iv., D. ~, P. 19, V. 10, A. | C. 20, L. 1. 105. Length of head 4-f, of caudal 5 to 6, height of body 6 in the total length. Eyes: diameter 5\ in the length of head, If diameter from the end of snout and also apart. Upper surface of the head flat; its greatest width equals its postorbital length, whilst its height equals its length excluding the snout. Upper jaw rather longer than the lower, and not overhung by the snout. Mouth horseshoe-shaped, the depth of the cleft equalling the width of its gape. The maxilla reaches to below the hind nostril. Lower labial fold interrupted in the middle. A thin, smooth, deciduous, horny covering to the lower jaw. Barbels four, as long as the eye in the young, longer in the adult. Teeth pharyngeal, 5, 3, 2 . 2, 3, 5, pointed and rather crooked at their summits. Fins : dorsal as high as the body in the young, not quite so high in the adult; it commences midway between the end of the snout or front nostril and base of the caudal; its last undivided ray strong, rather coarsely serrated posteriorly, one half to two thirds as long as the head in the immature, four fifths of its length in the adult. Pectoral as long as the head excluding the snout, and reaching more than halfway to the base of the ventral, which latter fin arises below the first dorsal ray and extends more than halfway to the anal. The length of the base of the anal equals half its height, which latter equals the length of the pectoral; if laid flat it almost reaches the base of the caudal, which is forked. Scales: depth of those in tiled row equals half a diameter of the eye. Free portion of the tail about as high at its commencement as it is long. Colours silvery, usually without spots; but in some specimens from Yankihissar there are minute black spots on the upper half of the body. Hab. Kashgah, Yankihissar, and Sirikol. M'Clelland likewise obtained it (through Griffith) from Afghanistan, the Cabul river at |
