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Show 376 SURGEON F. D A Y O N T H E FISHES O F ORISSA. [May 27, Bengal I find the true species still exists, but without any is as follows :- BARBUS (BARBODES) SOPHORE, H. Buch. B. iii. D. 3/9. P. 15. V. 9. A. 2/5. L. 1. 25. L. tr. |f. Length of head | of length of body. Height of body rather more than the length of the head. Eyes. Rather more than 1 of length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout, 1 diameter apart. Barbels four, the rostral ones reaching the anterior margin of the orbit, the maxillary ones extending to below the middle of the eye. Cleft of mouth extending to under orbit. Fins. Dorsal arises midway between the snout and the base of the caudal; its third ray is rather weak, osseous, smooth, and as long as the head without the snout. The ventral arises a little posterior to the dorsal. Scales. Two and a half rows between the lateral line and the base of the ventral fin. The specimen is 3| inches to the base of the caudal fin, which is injured from pressure. The specimen is bleached. 100. BARBUS (PUNTIUS) COSUATIS. B.iii. D. 3/8. P. 13. V. 9. A. 2/5. C.19. L. 1. 22. L. tr. 6. Lateral line incomplete, ceasing on the fourth scale. Hab. This little species I took in the Midnapore district. 101. BARBUS (PUNTIUS) VITTATUS, Day. Putti (Ooriah). B. iii. D. 2/8. P. 12. V. 9. A. 2/5. C. 20. L. 1. 20-22. L. tr. g. Lateral line incomplete. Hab. Rivers and tanks in southern Orissa. 102. BARBUS (PUNTIUS) TERIO, H. Buch. Kakachia kerundi (Ooriah). B.iii. D. |. P.15. V. 9. A. 3/5. C. 18. Ix. 1. 21. L. tr. 5/5. Lateral line incomplete. Hab. Tanks in Orissa. 103. RASBORA DANICONIUS, H. Buch. Dundikerri (Ooriah). B. iii. D. 2/7. P. 15. V. 9. A. 3/5. C. 19. L. 1. 33-34. L. tr. 5/3. Hab. Rivers and tanks. |
